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Borough ballot props fail

Cannabis businesses in the borough outside the cities can continue operations as usual with the failure of Kenai…

Linda Hutchings speaks during a forum for borough mayoral candidates last month. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)

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Pierce, Hutchings headed to runoff

Charlie Pierce and Linda Hutchings are headed to a runoff election in the race for Kenai Peninsula Borough…

This Monday, Sept. 18, 2017 photo shows the upstairs fan structure in the heat, ventilation and air conditioning system of the George A. Navarre Borough Administration Building in Soldotna, Alaska. The HVAC systems are original to the building and inefficient, leading to cold patches and overly heated portions of the building. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Prop 2 asks voters to support HVAC repairs to borough building

A set of round dials mounted on a monitoring box in a cramped maintenance room are supposed to…

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Keep Cannabis Legal group leads pack for campaign spending

With less than a month to go until the regular election, candidates and groups are racking up campaign…

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Sam Cotten (left) and Board of Fisheries member Reed Morisky (right) testify during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation field hearing on the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, hosted by Sen. Dan Sullivan on Aug. 23 in Soldotna. (Photo/Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Stakeholders voice preferred changes to federal fisheries act

SOLDOTNA — Sportfishing groups and advocates want to see the federal government separate the management of sport and…

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A lack of candidates plagues service area board elections

After October, only two of the five members of the Seldovia Recreational Service Area Board will be elected.…

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Judge orders council to get to work on Cook Inlet salmon plan

KENAI — The United Cook Inlet Drift Association’s lawsuit against the federal government has finally reached its conclusion,…

This map, taken from Alaska Communications’ presentation to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, shows the areas eligible for broadband expansion with the funding Alaska Communications received from the Federal Communications Commission. The company plans to expand its broadband internet services on the Kenai Peninsula in stages from 2018–2025. (Courtesy Alaska Communications)

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Alaska Communications plans broadband expansion on peninsula

Residents in the most rural areas of the western peninsula may get access to much better internet connections…

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Bed tax fails, sales tax cap goes to ballot

Kenai Peninsula voters will get to decide again if they want to raise the cap on taxable sales…

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Assembly introduced bed tax ordinance

Voters may get to decide whether Kenai Peninsula Borough hotels and bed-and-breakfasts should have to charge a bed…

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Park users, commercial fishermen clash over Tutka Bay net pens

The debate over whether a Cook Inlet hatchery operator can move some net pens out into a Homer-area…

Judge denies assembly member’s request for expedited hearing in complaint against borough

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Judge denies assembly member’s request for expedited hearing in complaint against borough

Editor’s note: Following the March 16 court hearing, Assembly member Willy Dunne submitted his opinion piece to the…

Assembly member files complaint against borough

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Assembly member files complaint against borough

A Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member from Homer has challenged a clause prohibiting him from speaking or writing…