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    Articles by Victoria Petersen
    University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen makes a presentation to the university’s Board of Regents at the University of Alaska Southeast Recreation Center on Sept. 15, 2016. Johnsen and the UA board discussed tuition increases and budget concerns Friday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
    Johnsen gives optimistic State of the University address
    By Victoria Petersen • March 4, 2020 1:30 am

    “It wasn’t the best deal ever, but it was a lifesaver.”

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    Damage in a corner on the inside of the middle and high school building of Kachemak Selo School Nov. 12, 2019, in Kachemak Selo, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board asks to add bond to ballot
    By Victoria Petersen • March 4, 2020 1:30 am

    The $30 million bond package would fund capital projects in school buildings across the district.

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    Members of the Recall Dunleavy group are close to achieving their goal for signatures, with only about 20,000 signatures remaining as of Jan. 19, 2021. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire file)
    Recall Dunleavy group gathering signatures for next phase...
    By Victoria Petersen • February 26, 2020 1:30 am

    The recall group must gather 71,252 signatures.

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    Principal Michael Wojciak stands in front of one of the buildings used as the Kachemak Selo School, Nov. 12, 2019, in Kachemak Selo, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    $30 million bond package to address aging school...
    By Victoria Petersen • February 5, 2020 1:30 am

    A $30 million bond package proposal is in the works to tackle nearly 20 different deferred maintenance projects in school…

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    Tammie Willis speaks at the LGTBQ Town Hall at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna on Jan. 4. (Brian Mazurek | Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai to vote on resolution in support of...
    By Victoria Petersen • February 5, 2020 1:30 am

    A state bill looking to expand hate crime protections to include crimes motivated by the victim’s sexual orientation or gender…

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    White Sands National Monument in New Mexico could almost be mistaken for a snowy hillside. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: El Paso or bust
    By Victoria Petersen • February 5, 2020 1:30 am

    It was minus 22 when we left for the Anchorage airport earlier this month. It was a sunny, beautiful drive…

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    Former Kenai Peninsula Borough municipal elections candidate John Quick is seen in this undated photo. Quick was ordered to pay a maximum penalty fine of $300 for violating a campaign law. (Courtesy photo)
    Quick ordered to pay $300 fine for campaign...
    By Victoria Petersen • January 15, 2020 1:30 am

    The Alaska Public Offices Commission released its staff report and corresponding penalties regarding the 2019 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly campaign…

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    In this 2007 file photo, an oil transit pipeline runs across the tundra to flow station at the Prudhoe Bay oil field on Alaska’s North Slope. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
    Alaskans flock to register for PFD
    By Victoria Petersen • January 15, 2020 1:30 am

    As of Saturday night, 101,266 had filed.

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    Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press file                                Royal Caribbean’s “Radiance of the Seas” is docked in Seward on Sept. 7, 2007.
    Report: 2020 job trends modest
    By Victoria Petersen • January 8, 2020 1:30 am

    The Gulf Coast Region saw a 0.7% increase in jobs between November 2018 and November 2019.

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    Visitor guides await travelers at the Kenai Municipal Airport, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tourism council gets funding, objectives approved by assembly
    By Victoria Petersen • January 8, 2020 1:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly awarded $150,000 to the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council at Tuesday night’s meeting.

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    Beth J. Harpaz / Associated Press file                                Royal Caribbean’s “Radiance of the Seas” is docked in Seward on Sept. 7, 2007.
    Report: 2020 job trends modest
    By Victoria Petersen • January 8, 2020 1:30 am

    The Gulf Coast Region saw a 0.7% increase in jobs between November 2018 and November 2019.

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    Photo courtesy of Alaska Volcano Observatory                                Redoubt erupting April 27, 1990.
    ‘Like a nuclear weapon went off’
    By Victoria Petersen • December 24, 2019 1:30 am

    During the volcanic eruptions of 1989 and 1990, locals looking out at Mount Redoubt — the 10,197 foot volcano looming…

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    Rick McGlasson, who bought Kassik’s Brewery in Nikiski with his wife Michelle, held a meet and greet event last week at the brewery’s taproom, on Dec. 13, 2019, in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Community meets Kassik’s Brewery new owners
    By Victoria Petersen • December 18, 2019 1:30 am

    15 years after they started their brewery, the Kassiks are set to retire to be closer to family.

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