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    Articles by Ashlyn O'Hara
    KPBSD Assistant Superintendent Kari Dendurent presents an update on the district’s strategic plan during a board of education work session on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Screenshot)
    District developing 5-year plan for schools
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2022 2:30 am

    The plan will be informed by data collected via surveys distributed throughout the district community

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    Teea Winger testifies in opposition to universal masking in schools during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Screenshot)
    School mask policies frustrate some community members
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2022 2:30 am

    To mask or not to mask? The question continues to cause headaches within the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, where…

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    Nathan Erfurth speaks before the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday, July 12, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Board of education approves hundreds of teacher contracts
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2022 2:30 am

    Board approval came earlier than usual this year

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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, borough begin budget talks
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 2, 2022 2:30 am

    Fiscal year 2023 begins on July 1, 2022

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    The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska as seen on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    HEA sues Sterling man over power theft
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 12, 2022 2:30 am

    Suit alleges more than $325,000 worth of power stolen from the cooperative since 2014.

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    State Sen. Peter Micciche fields questions from constituents during a joint chamber luncheon on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022 at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    State Senate president lays out vision for upcoming...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 12, 2022 2:30 am

    Micciche seeks path forward on budget, looks to pass legislation on fishing permits, alcohol regulations

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    Furniture awaits use in a bedroom at a cold weather shelter set to open next month on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 in Nikiski, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Half of beds at Nikiski shelter are occupied
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 12, 2022 2:30 am

    The shelter opened at the end of December 2021

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    Alaska Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna (Courtesy photo)
    Micciche ‘optimistic’ lawmakers can steady state’s financial future
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 12, 2022 2:30 am

    Heading into the session, Micciche said his primary focus will be on passing a fiscal plan for the state

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board works to highlight students’ voices
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 12, 2022 2:30 am

    Within the first hour of the meeting students would have up to five minutes each to address the board about any issue

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a board meeting on Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School district allows some COVID-positive staff, students return...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 12, 2022 2:30 am

    The policy mirrors new CDC guidance on the issue

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    The moon sits above Mount Redoubt on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021 near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of Office: Chasing sunshine
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 12, 2022 2:30 am

    The winter solstice fell on a beautiful Tuesday last month. I woke up to flickers of sunshine peeking through the…

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    Lawmakers will return next week to the Alaska State Capitol building, seen here on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, for the next session of the Alaska State Legislature, but local leaders were cautious about what could be accomplished in an election year. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)
    Local lawmakers prefile bills as session looms
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 12, 2022 2:30 am

    COVID-19 health mandates, annexation and alcohol code reform on lawmakers’ agenda

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    A Ravn Airlines plane arrives in Anchorage to transport passengers to Kenai after more than two hours of delay on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Windy conditions delayed flights to and from the peninsula over the weekend. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)”
    Severe winds hammer Southcentral
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 5, 2022 2:30 am

    The winds caused flight cancellations, power outages and local road closures

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