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    Articles by Ashlyn O'Hara
    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board kills efforts to phase out insurance...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 14, 2021 2:30 am

    Members of the board receive a monthly stipend in addition to being eligible for district insurance.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy announces a tourism aid initiative during a press conference on Friday, April 9, 2021, at Wings Airways Hangar in Juneau, Alaska. Dunleavy was joined by officials and business owners, including Alaska Sen. Peter Micciche (left). (Governer’s Office/Kevin Goodman)
    Dunleavy announces tourism aid initiative
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 14, 2021 2:30 am

    Dunleavy said 1.3 million tourists were expected to come to Alaska via cruise ship before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down operations.

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    A Kelly Tshibaka campaign sign is seen inside of Nikiski Hardware & Supply on Friday, April 9 in Nikiski, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tshibaka makes rounds on the peninsula
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 14, 2021 2:30 am

    The former DOA head is challenging Sen. Lisa Murkowski for her Senate seat.

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    Jim Cockrell speaks at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Dunleavy taps Cockrell to head public safety
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 7, 2021 2:30 am

    Cockrell is a former wildlife trooper and Marathon security supervisor.

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    Students Sabriel Davidson and Kenadi Smith play on the swings on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021 at Fireweed Academy in Homer, Alaska. Elementary students were able to return to onsite schooling five days a week starting Monday. (Photo courtesy Todd Hindman/Fireweed Academy)
    District to relax mask requirement during outdoor activities
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 7, 2021 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is planning to relax masking requirements for staff and students when they are participating…

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    Tracy Silta (left) administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to Melissa Linton during a vaccine clinic at Soldotna Prep School on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Get the vaccine’
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 7, 2021 2:30 am

    Amid growing concern of long-term COVID symptoms, public health officials urge vigilance

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    Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion 
Soldotna High School English teacher Nicole Hewitt teaches her students remotely from her empty classroom at Soldotna High School on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska.
    ‘Birthed by circumstance’: SoHi takes on COVID-19 in...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 7, 2021 2:30 am

    Soldotna High School students will share their COVID-19 experiences beginning on April 8 during a three-day in-person performance of “Pandemic:…

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    Family practice physician Christina Tuomi, D.O., (right) gets Homer’s first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine from Emergency Department nurse Steve Hughes (left) on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Tuomi has been the hospital’s medical lead throughout the pandemic. (Photo courtesy Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
    Vaccine hesitancy among local health care workers mirrors...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    CPH will continue to follow up with employees to see if they are interested in being vaccinated.

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    Kenai Peninsula Tourism and Marketing Council Executive Director Debbie Speakman presents to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, March 2 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Trends 2021: Peninsula tourism targeted Alaskans in 2020
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 17, 2021 2:30 am

    It was the year that almost wasn’t for peninsula tourism.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy addresses Alaskans during a remote press conference on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Dunleavy announced that the COVID-19 vaccine is now available to all Alaskans who want it. (Screenshot)
    ‘A gigantic milestone’: Alaska becomes 1st state to...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 10, 2021 2:30 am

    The state announced the change Tuesday

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    Joseph Lee, of Idaho, backed by Ivan Zarate, of Arizona, and Abiud Zarate, of Baja California, Mexico, arrange fish so their heads can be chopped off by a guillotine-style machine Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Pacific Star Seafoods in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai, assembly urge US Commerce Secretary to veto...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 10, 2021 2:30 am

    The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to reccomend the closure last December.

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    A screenshot of the Kenai Peninsula Borough GIS Parcel Viewer shows the different layers available, including aerial imagery. (Screenshot)
    Borough to do aerial survey of peninsula
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 10, 2021 2:30 am

    The last time the borough conducted a general capture of imagery was in 2012 and 2013 for the western Kenai Peninsula.

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    Richard Derkevorkian speaks at a borough and district work session on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough, district step toward compromise
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 3, 2021 2:30 am

    The board reviewed their initial request and agreed to approach the borough with a new, lower request of $50 million.

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