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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Liz Hayes (left) presents preliminary fiscal year 2025 budge information during a school board committee meeting on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Budget deficit continues to steer school board talks

Warnings about the implications and scale of the budget deficit the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is facing…

From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Bill Elam, Brent Johnson, Tyson Cox and Brent Hibbert attend an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly calls on state to increase K-12 funding

School districts across Alaska lobbied lawmakers heavily last session for a meaningful increase to the base student allocation

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Vance hosts local discussion ahead of upcoming legislative session

Rep. Sarah Vance on Jan. 4 hosted a public discussion and question and answer session ahead of the…

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Kachemak Nordic Ski Club hears public feedback on regulations related to dogs on ski trails

Homer’s Kachemak Nordic Ski Club (KNSC) held a meeting Jan. 4 at the Alaska Islands and Oceans Visitor…

A freshly stocked rainbow trout swims in Johnson Lake during Salmon Celebration on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Johnson Lake in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Game accepting comment on sport fish stocking plan

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is accepting public comment on its 2024 Statewide Stocking Plan for…

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The Homer planning commission discusses the proposed development by Doyon, Limited at the former Lighthouse Village site during a special meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 3<ins>, 2024</ins> in the Cowles Council Chambers at Homer City Hall<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Planning Commission deliberates Doyon proposed development

Decisions on the proposed development at the former Lighthouse Village remain forthcoming.

Airplane wreckage sits in brush on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, near Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo via National Transportation Safety Board)

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NTSB releases preliminary report on Anchor Point plane crash

The Dec. 8 crash killed 2

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Drag performer Jasper Dragful accepts a crown after speaking about the history of drag during Soldotna Pride in the Park on Saturday, June 3, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Soldotna Pride postpones drag story hour event, citing safety concerns

The story hour was one of three events scheduled as part of a “Happy New Queer Winter Celebration”

Joel Isaak, Kenaitze Tribe Member and adjunct professor at Kenai Peninsula College, speaks during a Celebration of Life for Dr. Alan Boraas at Kenai Peninsula College on Jan. 17, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local Dena’ina linguist named DEED deputy commissioner

Joel Isaak teaches Dena’ina at Kenai Peninsula College and works as a linguist for the Kenaitze Indian Tribe

Cracks split the siding outside of Soldotna High School on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. The siding is one of several projects in a bond package Kenai Peninsula voters will consider during the Oct. 4 municipal election next month. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Suit alleges fungal growth at 4 KPBSD schools caused health problems

The district has both acknowledged and responded to the complaint, KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland said

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Former Soldotna-based trooper sentenced for attempted sexual abuse of a minor

63-year-old Vance Peronto was sentenced to eight years in prison with four suspended

Mount Redoubt volcano can be seen across Cook Inlet from the shores of South Kenai Beach, in Kenai, Alaska, on April 10, 2022. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources in January reported demand for Cook Inlet gas could outpace supply as early as 2027 without additional development in the basin’s active fields. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mayors’ coalition to assess energy needs as Cook Inlet natural gas shortage looms

The group includes peninsula borough and city mayors

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City posts schedule for public feedback on short-term rental regs

Meetings will be held up to the Feb. 26 city council public hearing on ordinance