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The entrance to the George A. Navarre Admin Building in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Assembly OKs overhaul of borough gravel pit regs

The unanimous vote in support of the ordinance caps more than a year of work by an assembly…

Kelly King, a representative of the Students in Transition program at the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Association of Realtors about the duffel bag donations on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 at Kenai Catering in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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2 KPBSD staff appointed to state homeless education group

The state group is tasked with reviewing and updating Alaska’s McKinney-Vento policies and procedures

A series of pots full of chili fill tables during Kenai Aviation’s Fifth Annual Pumpkin Drop at the Kenai Municipal Airport Operations Building in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Aviation celebrates fall with falling pumpkins

Hundreds gathered Saturday for the Fifth Annual Pumpkin Drop

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Fire crew respond to a vessel fire on Oct. 13 in the Homer Harbor.

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Vessel catches fire in Homer Harbor

Homer Harbor crew and volunteer fire department responded

Pioneer Hall at the Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchoarge, as seen on July 2, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Kenai Peninsula College finalizes land purchase

The lot, next door to Kachemak Bay Campus, formerly belonged to Young’s Downtown Inn and Restaurant

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Management council takes no action on pollock bycatch

The council will discuss issue further in December

Joel Caldwell shows off the new Tecnam Traveller on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Grant Aviation, Kenai Aviation to add flights following Ravn exit

Kenai Aviation and Grant Aviation both announced earlier this month that they will expand their scheduled flight services…

Upper Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone can be seen on this map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image via fisheries.noaa.gov)

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NOAA seeking comment for proposed regulation of Cook Inlet commercial fishing

Public comment is being sought by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries on a proposed rule that…

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DOT commissioner: New road maintenance strategy could reduce brine use by 40%

Vehicle corrosion and associated costs, threats to public safety and environmental impacts were the top concerns

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A lone voter fills in their ballot at Soldotna Prep School in Soldotna, Alaska, during Election Day on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

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Borough, Soldotna, Seward certify election results

Results for multiple borough seats came down to just a handful of votes.

Mary Hunt, a survivor of Holy Cross Mission, holds flowers during an Orange Shirt Day ceremony at Ggugguyni T'uh, "Raven Place," outside the Dena'ina Wellness Center on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. Orange Shirt Day honors indigenous elders who survived and children lost from boarding schools established to detribalize indigenous people. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘You don’t understand unless you lived it’

On day of remebrance, two elders share stories of childhood in a boarding school

From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education members Jason Tauriainen, Kelley Cizek, Dianne MacRae and Penny Vadla are sworn in by District Secretary Nikkol Sipes during a special school board meeting on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board swears in new members, reorganizes

Kelley Cizek, Dianne MacRae, Jason Tauriainen and Penny Vadla took oaths of office during the meeting

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Film screening to support family planning clinic

‘Mom and Dad’s Nipple Factory’ premieres at Homer Theatre on Oct. 26