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    Articles by Victoria Petersen
    Rep. Gary Knopp (R-Kenai/Soldotna), House Speaker Bryce Edgmon (I-Dillingham) and Vice-Chair of the House Finance Committee Janice Johnston (R-Anchorage) listen to public testimony at a local House Finance Committee meeting at the Soldotna Sports Complex on Saturday, March 23, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Peninsula residents pack House Finance meeting
    By Victoria Petersen • March 27, 2019 1:30 am

    “We are now to the bone … More cuts will cut to the marrow and we’re going to start losing limbs”

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire File)
    Dunleavy forums to begin in Kenai
    By Victoria Petersen • March 20, 2019 1:30 am

    ‘These presentations will outline our vision for Alaska’

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    Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, introduces Senate Bill 22 to the Senate Resources Committee at the Capitol on Jan. 30. The bill would allow organizations to obtain permits and enhance the habitat of shellfish in hopes of improving the seafood industry. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire)                                Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, introduces Senate Bill 22 to the Senate Resources Committee at the Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. The bill would allow organizations to obtain permits and enhance the habitat of shellfish in hopes of improving the seafood industry. (Michael Penn/Juneau Empire)
    Peninsula educators support early funding for education
    By Victoria Petersen • March 20, 2019 1:30 am

    Last week, Sen. Mia Costello, R-Anchorage, introduced a constitutional amendment guaranteeing early funding for state K-12 public education. Several state…

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    Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion                                Teachers and support staff from across the Kenai Peninsula fill the Betty J. Glick Borough Assembly Chambers during the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Education Board meeting in Soldotna on Monday, Feb. 11.
    Schools face drastic cuts
    By Victoria Petersen • March 13, 2019 1:30 am

    District would see increased class sizes, school closures if Dunleavy budget passes

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    Mayor Charlie Pierce speaks at a Kenai Peninsula Borough meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly passes resolution supporting oil and gas property...
    By Victoria Petersen • March 13, 2019 1:30 am

    Borough asks state to modify oil and gas property tax bills

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks with his cabinet members at the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Borough introduces resolution asking for state to modify...
    By Victoria Petersen • March 6, 2019 1:30 am

    Revenues from oil and gas properties provide the borough with an estimated $15 million per year

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    Community member Kalliste Edeen offers an invocation at the Jan. 8 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly OKs funds for ACLU bill
    By Victoria Petersen • February 27, 2019 1:30 am

    Assembly approved appropriations of $70,400 to pay toward the balance of ACLU-Alaska’s legal fees

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    Mayor Charlie Pierce speaks at a Kenai Peninsula Borough meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2018. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough enacts new whistleblower protection policy
    By Victoria Petersen • February 27, 2019 1:30 am

    Policy protects borough employees to report matters of public concern without fear of retribution

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks with his cabinet members at the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Dunleavy releases budget
    By Victoria Petersen • February 14, 2019 5:30 am

    Proposed cuts could impact university system, public schools

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    Teachers and support staff from across the Kenai Peninsula fill the Betty J. Glick Borough Assembly Chambers during the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Education Board meeting in Soldotna, Alaska on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Educators call for action
    By Victoria Petersen • February 13, 2019 1:30 am

    District staff rally at school board meeting, talk of a strike

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    The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough to lose $1.4 million under proposed Dunleavy...
    By Victoria Petersen • January 30, 2019 1:30 am

    School district says it can’t afford cut to education

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    A bronze statue near Anchorage’s Ship Creek represents Olga, an elder and matriarch for the Dena’ina people north of Anchorage. (Photo courtesy of Joel Isaak)
    Soldotna artist honors Dena’ina heritage with Anchorage statue
    By Victoria Petersen • January 23, 2019 5:30 am

    Near Anchorage’s Ship Creek, a new bronze statue of an elder named Olga, a Dena’ina matriarch from the village of…

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    Along the Sterling Highway, people pitch a small shack on a frozen lake to go ice fishing near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Peninsula sees growth in winter tourism
    By Victoria Petersen • January 23, 2019 5:30 am

    While the borough’s ports and highways fill up with thousands of visitors from across the world in the summertime, more…

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