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    Articles by Victoria Petersen
    Clarion reporters Brian Mazurek, left, and Victoria Petersen interview Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, at the Peninsula Clarion in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. Murkowski discussed issues such as the Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, the Pebble Mine project and Alaska-related legislation. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    A conversation with the senator
    By Victoria Petersen • August 14, 2019 1:30 pm

    Lisa Murkowski talks PFD, Pebble and what’s happening in the Senate.

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and two employee associations — The Kenai Peninsula Borough Education Association and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Education Support Association — negotiate for a new contract on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, at the Soldotna High School Library, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    No deal reached in district contract negotiations
    By Victoria Petersen • August 14, 2019 1:30 am

    Negotiations between school district and associations have snagged on rising cost of health care.

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    Alaska Department of Fish and Game                                Beluga whales arch their backs through the surface of the water in September 2017. Of Alaska’s five distinct beluga whale populations, only Cook Inlet’s is listed as endangered.
    Researchers receive federal funds to study Cook Inlet...
    By Victoria Petersen • August 14, 2019 1:30 am

    The grant program supports management, research and outreach campaigns for conservation of wildlife.

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Voters to weigh in on city manager, sales...
    By Victoria Petersen • August 14, 2019 1:30 am

    The decision to put the measures on the ballot was approved at Tuesday’s assembly meeting.

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News                                 A plume of smoke rises from the Swan Lake fire area as vehicles head south on the Sterling Highway on July 18, near Skilak Lake between Sterling and Cooper Landing.
    Kenai Peninsula suffering moderate drought
    By Victoria Petersen • August 13, 2019 1:30 am

    Kenai has seen a nearly 40% decrease in the average rainfall for the area from June to August.

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets to discuss school safety during a work session Monday in Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Two student representatives join school board
    By Victoria Petersen • August 7, 2019 1:30 am

    Student representatives are offered a vote, however it is only an advisory vote.

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    Kenai peninsula Borough School District administration, members from the Kenai Peninsula Education Association and the Kenai Peninsula Education Support Association meet at a collective bargaining session to continue contract negotiations for employees who have been without contracts for a year, on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    School district, employees to resume contract talks
    By Victoria Petersen • July 31, 2019 1:30 am

    After contract negotiations hit a standstill, peninsula educators and staff voted May 22 to strike.

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    Nate Rochon cleans our fish after dip netting in the Kasilof River, on June 25, 2019, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Dipping into dipnetting
    By Victoria Petersen • July 31, 2019 1:30 am

    The net needed to be assembled. The two pieces, one very long rod, connected to a shorter rod with a…

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    Lawmakers talk among themselves during a break of a joint session of the Alaska Legislature Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska. Lawmakers are meeting for a second day to consider overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes, but still don’t have the needed 45 votes as about a third of lawmakers continue to meet in Wasilla instead of Juneau. (Michael Penn/The Juneau Empire via AP)
    Efforts to override vetoes quashed
    By Victoria Petersen • July 17, 2019 1:30 am

    Without enough lawmakers in Juneau, legislators look to next steps

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    Shop Talk: Storage Condominiums of Alaska
    Shop Talk: Storage Condominiums of Alaska
    By Victoria Petersen • July 10, 2019 1:30 am

    One Anchor Point man, Pete Kineen, is trying to change how Alaskans store their property, by selling storage units instead…

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce speaks at the Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, assembly meeting in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Mayor vetoes bed tax
    By Victoria Petersen • July 10, 2019 1:30 am

    Pierce said he did not support a dedicated or targeted tax on specific activities or services.

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    ‘Everything is on the table’
    ‘Everything is on the table’
    By Victoria Petersen • July 3, 2019 1:30 am

    Facing $135M budget cut, university contemplates drastic action

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    Kenai Joe’s Taphouse serves their first patrons under new ownership on Monday, July 1, 2019, in Old Town Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Joe’s Taphouse opens in Old Town
    By Victoria Petersen • July 3, 2019 1:30 am

    Right now the bar is open and offering small appetizers, beer on tap and specialty cocktails.

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