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Clarion Sports Editor Jeff Helminiak harvests a newsroom Christmas tree from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Arc Lake outside of Soldotna, Alaska, on Dec. 3, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Christmas tree harvesting available around Kenai Peninsula

Trees may be harvested until Christmas Day

Board President Zen Kelly speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board looks to create more restrictive cellphone policy

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education is seeking to make the district’s cellphone policy stricter.…

A memorial for Drew Brown with his photo, flowers and a heart sculpture was installed at the site where he died in a car crash on the Sterling Highway, as seen here on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer man sentenced in drunk driving death

Tyler Cordes on Thursday was sentenced in the Homer Courthouse for driving while intoxicated and crashing his vehicle…

Evan Frisk calls for full-time staffing of the Central Emergency Services’ Kasilof station during a meeting of the CES Joint Operational Service Area Board on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, at Soldotna Prep School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kasilof residents ask for full staffing at fire station

Public testimony centered repeatedly on the possible wait times for an ambulance

Photo by Kaiti Grant/courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center Alaska SeaLife Center Wildlife Response Team members treat a juvenile northern sea otter that was admitted for care on Nov. 16 in Seward.

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Sealife center admits juvenile sea otter

The juvenile otter was rescued from Seward with “significant” facial trauma

Sunrise over UAA's Kenai Peninsula College Kenai River Campus main entrance and Clarence E. Goodrich Building. Photo provided by KRC.

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$2.3 million grant will fund migrant education at KPC

The College Assistance Migrant Program is a five-year grant provided by the U.S. Department of Education

Josiah Kelly, right, appears for a superior court arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Anchor Point resident arraigned in Homer shooting case

He’s currently in custody at Wildwood Pretrial Facility

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Authorized Verizon retailer opens in Homer

The Homer store is the second on the Kenai Peninsula

The southbound lane of Homer Spit Road, which was damaged by the Nov. 16 storm surge, is temporarily repaired with gravel and reopened on Thursday, Nov. 21<ins>, 2024, in Homer, Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Spit road reopened to 2 lanes

Repairs and reinforcement against erosion will continue through December

Jacob Caldwell, chief executive officer of Kenai Aviation, stands at the Kenai Aviation desk at the Kenai Municipal Airport on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Aviation, Reeve Air submit proposals to bring air service back to Seward

Scheduled air service has been unavailable in Seward since 2002

Homer Senior Citizen Center in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News.

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Senior center during board meeting discloses extensive debt

The organization reported unpaid payroll taxes and invoices

Suzanne Phillips, who formerly was a teacher at Aurora Borealis Charter School, speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Aurora Borealis charter renewal clears school board

The school is seeking routine renewal of its charter through the 2035-2036 school year

Lindsay Bear, a member of the Chapman School Site Council, speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough approves Chapman School land purchase

Ordinance 2024-19-18 was approved at the Nov. 12 assembly meeting