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    Articles by Ashlyn O'Hara
    The Kachemak Selo Middle-High School building sits against a backdrop of the ridge separating the village from the Kenai Peninsula Borough road system Thursday, Aug. 30 in Kachemak-Selo. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Board of Ed group will focus on district’s...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 23, 2023 2:30 am

    A newly minted Kenai Peninsula Borough School District group will focus on the needs of the district’s small schools and…

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor-elect Peter Micciche testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Micciche made borough mayor
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 21, 2023 2:30 am

    Peter Micciche is the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s new mayor following certification of the Feb. 14, 2023, special election results by…

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    The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board finance group mulls budget cuts
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 21, 2023 2:30 am

    More students per teacher and the closure of school pools and theaters are among the cuts being considered by the…

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    The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School budget debate draws attention to home-school enrollment
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 20, 2023 2:30 am

    As the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District works to fill a projected gap between revenues and expenditures for the upcoming…

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    The Anchor Point Senior Center advertises that the polls are open on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman
The Anchor Point Senior Center advertises that the polls are open on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Micciche leads mayor’s race
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 15, 2023 2:30 am

    Election workers reported sluggish voter turnout

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    The badge for the Kenai Police Department
    Kenai man charged with murdering woman in hotel...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The man is charged with one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of murder in the second degree

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    One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in the village at the head of Kachemack Bay. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Assembly OKs project list for state funding consideration
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The list outlines work for which the borough would like financial assistance from the State of Alaska

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    The Homer Spit stretching into Kachemak Bay is seen here on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer woman indicted over seaplane incident
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    Marian Tillion Beck was indicted on charges of negligent operation of a vessel and attempted interference with the navigation of a sea plane

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral candidate Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings addresses the KPBSD Board of Education on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Mayoral candidates reiterate commitment to school funding
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    Dave Carey, Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings, Zach Hamilton and Peter Micciche spoke to KPBSD Board of Education members

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Tyson Cox (right) and Richard Derkevorkian (center) discuss an amendment to legislation that raised the borough mayor’s salary at an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly hikes borough mayor’s pay
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    The pay bump does not apply to current Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, or to whoever is elected through the special mayoral election

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    KPBSD Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes (left) gives a presentation on the school district’s FY23 budget at Soldotna High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School district budget forums start next week
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    In Homer, Kenai and Seward district finance staff will provide an overview of district finances

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    Homer Electric Association General Manager Brad Janorschke testifies before the Senate Resources Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. (Screenshot via Gavel Alaska)
    Senate group briefed on future of Cook Inlet...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    Demand for Cook Inlet gas could outpace supply as soon as 2027

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    Justin Ruffridge (Courtesy photo)
    Ruffridge bill would exempt veterinarians from opioid reporting...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    The bill cleared the Alaska Senate last session

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