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President Joe Biden speaks about the bipartisan infrastructure bill from the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.

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$1 trillion infrastructure plan passes Senate

Efforts to advance the legislation were spearheaded by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy outlines new measures the state will undertake to tackle sexual assault during a press conference streamed live from the Alaska Department of Public Safety Crime Lab in Anchorage on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (Screenshot)

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‘The days of getting away with it are over’

Dunleavy announces new process for tracking sexual assault cases, renewed effort to collect DNA from offenders.

Mayor Charlie Pierce speaks at a Kenai Peninsula Borough meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough seeks to change planning commission selection process

Traditionally, cities have advertised for their vacant seat on the commission, with applications forwarded to the city council…

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)

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District reaches tentative bargaining agreements with teacher, support staff unions

If ratified, would be in effect from July 1, 2021 until June 30, 2024.

Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby waves to the crowd in Seward during her celebratory parade on Thursday, August 5, 2021. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)

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‘So thankful for you all’

Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby returns as Seward’s hometown hero

Soldotna Police Department Officer Victor Dillon speaks with KPBSD Director of Secondary Education Tony Graham at the George A. Navarre Borough Admin building on Monday, August 2, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district doubles down on optional masks

Masks will be required on buses, but not mandated in classrooms

Dan Nelson (left) and Brenda Ahlberg stand at the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Office of Emergency Management’s Emergency Response Center on Thursday, July 29, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nelson to step down as head of Emergency Management

Fiscal Projects Manager Brenda Ahlberg to transition into leadership role.

The Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s July 3 discovery hike was at the Vista Trail. (Photo by Camille Botello)

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Wishing y’all well

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be “well” lately. Like, what does that actually…

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski attends a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘An investment in our country’

Murkowski details implications of infrastructure deal for Alaska

Kenai Soil Water Conservation District Manager Teri Diamond walks in a field near Sterling, Alaska on Friday, July 30, 2021. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Finding cover

Study aims to assess how different cover crops perform in regions throughout the state.

The Alaska SeaLife Center in downtown Seward is seen on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)

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Habor seal pup admitted to Alaska SeaLife Center

The seal was found on a beach near the center

People wait in cars to get COVID-19 testing or vaccinatioins on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 site on Bartlett Street in Homer, Alaska. On Tuesday morning about 10 people waited to be helped, part of a recent uptick in testing and vaccination on the Southern Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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COVID-19 surge continues

‘They’re getting sicker this time around’

The Alaska State Capitol on March 1, 2024. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Per diems add up for lawmakers

State lawmakers could make more than $85,000 in per diem payments and their annual salary for this year’s…