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Sockeye salmon are caught in a set gillnet at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly calls for economic disaster declaration for east side setnet fishery

The resolution is in response to this year’s unprecedented closure of the fishery by the Alaska Department of…

Community members gather in a building part of the Church of St. Nicholas, out of which a school cooperative runs, during a meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. In rear, cars are parked in front of a building that has been used this school year as a makeshift classroom for families who are part of a home-school cooperative. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board rejects Nikolaevsk charter school application

Charter organizers say they plan to appeal that decision to the State of Alaska

From left, Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, Gov. Mike Dunleavy, Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner John Boyle and Alaska Department of Revenue Deputy Commissioner Fadil Limani discuss Cook Inlet oil and gas shortages during a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy the Office of the Governor)

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Dunleavy looks to lower Cook Inlet oil and gas royalties

The governor said he plans to introduce legislation lowering the rate

The entrance to the George A. Navarre Admin Building in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Assembly OKs overhaul of borough gravel pit regs

The unanimous vote in support of the ordinance caps more than a year of work by an assembly…

Kelly King, a representative of the Students in Transition program at the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Association of Realtors about the duffel bag donations on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 at Kenai Catering in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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2 KPBSD staff appointed to state homeless education group

The state group is tasked with reviewing and updating Alaska’s McKinney-Vento policies and procedures

A copy of “If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name” is held on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: Haines obituary writer charms in slice-of-life collection

Heather Lende’s “If You Lived Here, I’d Know Your Name” is as much about Lende as it is…

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DOT commissioner: New road maintenance strategy could reduce brine use by 40%

Vehicle corrosion and associated costs, threats to public safety and environmental impacts were the top concerns

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A lone voter fills in their ballot at Soldotna Prep School in Soldotna, Alaska, during Election Day on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

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Borough, Soldotna, Seward certify election results

Results for multiple borough seats came down to just a handful of votes.

Mary Hunt, a survivor of Holy Cross Mission, holds flowers during an Orange Shirt Day ceremony at Ggugguyni T'uh, "Raven Place," outside the Dena'ina Wellness Center on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. Orange Shirt Day honors indigenous elders who survived and children lost from boarding schools established to detribalize indigenous people. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘You don’t understand unless you lived it’

On day of remebrance, two elders share stories of childhood in a boarding school

From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education members Jason Tauriainen, Kelley Cizek, Dianne MacRae and Penny Vadla are sworn in by District Secretary Nikkol Sipes during a special school board meeting on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board swears in new members, reorganizes

Kelley Cizek, Dianne MacRae, Jason Tauriainen and Penny Vadla took oaths of office during the meeting

Attendees listen to Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman (top left) speak during a community conversation about home-schooling on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Home-school meeting draws dozens

The event was hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai outlaws marijuana drive-thrus

The state, during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowed marijuana establishments to operate drive-thru or walk-up windows

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Liz Hayes, left, testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during a budget work session on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough, school district present local funding process

The presentation was the second as part of KPBSD’s “Budget 101”