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The sun shines on the Kenai Mountains in Turnagain Arm on Saturday, July 9, 2022 near Anchorage, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Simple gifts

It’s always humbling to be reminded of what we take for granted in this life.

Robert Ruffner fields questions from attendees at a meeting to discuss the potential boundaries of a Nikiski Advisory Planning Commission at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in Nikiski, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seeking more local say, Nikiski residents pursue advisory planning commission

A group of Nikiski residents are pushing for more local say in borough land decisions that affect their…

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)

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School district to begin replacing classroom technology following board approval

The district will purchase 103 new boards in the current fiscal year

Ken Landfield staffs a voter registration table on Saturday, July 9, 2022, during the "Bans off our bodies" march and protest at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Reminder: Voter registration deadline is July 17

Alaskans will cast ballots in the state’s special general election and the regular primary election

Slash is piled at the City of Kenai’s slash disposal site on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. The Kenai Peninsula Borough will use $300,000 in general funds to set up temporary slash disposal sites in multiple communities throughout the borough. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly OKs $300k for borough slash sites

The move is in response to the ongoing spruce bark beetle outbreak

A giant silver salmon is paraded through Salmonfest on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Umphrey’s McGee, Shakey Graves to headline Salmonfest 2022

The festival returns Aug. 5-7 in Ninilchik

Alaska LNG Project Manager Brad Chastain presents information about the project during a luncheon at the Kenai Chamber Commerce and Visitor Center on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Window of opportunity’ seen for LNG Project

Brad Chastain presented the current status of the project Wednesday

People gather outside of the Alaska Airlines Center, where a Save America rally was being held, on Saturday, July 9, 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska. Former President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka and U.S. House candidate Sarah Palin were among the event’s speakers. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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In Anchorage, Trump promotes Tshibaka, Palin

Thousands of Alaskans flocked to Anchorage on Saturday, where former U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on his…

Graphic by Ashlyn O’Hara

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Borough voters to get final say on school maintenance bond

Assembly members approved Tuesday putting the issue on the Oct. 4 ballot

Upper Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone can be seen on this map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image via fisheries.noaa.gov)

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Court ruling reopens part of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing

The United Cook Inlet Drift Association called the court’s ruling a “victory”

Soldotna City Manager Stephanie Queen listens to a presentation from Alaska Communications during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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ACS pilots fiber program in certain peninsula neighborhoods

The fiber to the home service will make available the fastest internet home speeds on the peninsula

A sign describing bluff erosion is seen on Kenai North Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Aug. 6, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai, borough look to extract rock for bluff stabilization

In moving hard rock out of Seldovia, the borough could kill a few birds with one stone

A spruce bark beetle rests on the photographer’s thumb on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Cantwell, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Division of Forestry: Spruce bark beetles are on the move in Southcentral

People are urged not to harvest live spruce or create fresh spruce slash