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    Articles by Elizabeth Earl
    Report examines five-year outlook for peninsula economy
    Report examines five-year outlook for peninsula economy
    By Elizabeth Earl • June 15, 2016 1:39 pm

    The Kenai Peninsula’s relatively diverse economy has some room to grow in the next few years, accommodating for lower oil…

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    Landfill discussed as assembly passes budget
    Landfill discussed as assembly passes budget
    By Elizabeth Earl • June 9, 2016 12:19 pm

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved the budget for fiscal year 2017 at its Tuesday meeting. The budget will go…

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    Borough eliminates funding for CARTS program
    Borough eliminates funding for CARTS program
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 26, 2016 11:16 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly cut its support for the Central Area Rural Transit System out of its Fiscal Year…

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    Assembly shoots down gun range in Seldovia
    Assembly shoots down gun range in Seldovia
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 26, 2016 11:15 am

    The power of public comment took down an effort to set up a gun club in a valley near Seldovia….

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    Division of Parks to sell merchandise to help pay costs, become self-sufficient
    Division of Parks to sell merchandise to help...
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 19, 2016 12:03 pm

    Add promotional hats, water bottles, visors and other promotional items to the list of ways Alaska hopes to balance its…

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    Support industries feel pinch
    Support industries feel pinch
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 19, 2016 11:49 am

    The round tables were fringed with people chatting leisurely and exchanging bits of news, like they were on lunch break….

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    Borough disbands Central Peninsula Hospital service area board
    Borough disbands Central Peninsula Hospital service area board
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 12, 2016 11:54 am

    Governance at Soldotna’s Central Peninsula Hospital will go directly to the hospital’s operating board and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly….

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    Ordinance would merge two borough departments
    Ordinance would merge two borough departments
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 12, 2016 11:52 am

    Facing decreased revenue from the state, the Kenai Peninsula Borough has proposed merging the Capital Projects Department with its Purchasing…

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    Teen birth rate declines in Alaska
    Teen birth rate declines in Alaska
    By Elizabeth Earl • May 12, 2016 10:43 am

    The number of teenage parents in Alaska is continuing its downward trend. Nationwide, the birth rate among teenage women 15-19…

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    Report analyzes short-term economic impacts of cuts
    Report analyzes short-term economic impacts of cuts
    By Elizabeth Earl • April 7, 2016 10:24 am

    The Legislature must take strides to reduce the deficit, but the transition will be smoother if it is a multi-year…

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    Soldotna hospital hopes to upgrade imaging equipment
    Soldotna hospital hopes to upgrade imaging equipment
    By Elizabeth Earl • March 17, 2016 10:29 am

    Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna is looking to update its imaging capabilities with some new equipment if the Kenai Peninsula…

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    The jack-up rig Randolph Yost arrived on the heavy-lift vessel Tai An Kou the evening of Wednesday, March 9. The jack-up rig was floated off the Tan An Kou on Saturday and put legs down at the Deep Water Dock. Furie Operating Alaska will use the jack-up rig to drill new wells in the Kitchen Lights unit off Nikiski. The rig is undergoing mechanical modifications and will be moved about April 1. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Seismic, exploration projects underway on Kenai Peninsula
    By Elizabeth Earl • March 17, 2016 10:20 am

    Despite pessimistic oil and gas outlooks, two companies are conducting seismic data-gathering activities on the Kenai Peninsula this spring and…

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    Apache to shutter Alaska operations
    Apache to shutter Alaska operations
    By Elizabeth Earl • March 10, 2016 1:18 pm

    Apache Corporation, which has been exploring oil and gas resources in the Cook Inlet area, announced recently that it will…

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