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Vote Here sign directs voters to the voting station at Homer City Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, election day. (Finn Heimbold/ Homer News)

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Incumbents lead in Homer early results

Margins were slim in many contested races for seats on the assembly and school board

Voters fill out their ballots at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska, on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2023: When, where to vote Tuesday

City council, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, the local school board races are all on the ballot

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes, left, gives a presentation on the school district’s FY23 budget at Soldotna High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. Hayes during the KPBSD Board of Education’s Sept. 11, 2023, meetings, debuted first of an informational “Budget 101 Series.” (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district warns of looming $13 million deficit in first ‘Budget 101’ presentation

The first installment explored Alaska’s foundation formula

Kenai Mayor Brian Gabriel speaks a signing ceremony for a project partnership agreement for the Kenai Bluff Stabilization Project at the Kenai Senior Center on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Bluff stabilization agreement signed in Kenai

The agreement allows the project to go out to bid and construction to begin

Dianne MacRae, Debbie Cary, Beverley Romanin and Kelley Cizek participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education candidate forum at Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board candidates wrap up forum series

The forum was the eighth in a series hosted by the Clarion and KDLL ahead of the 2023…

Engineer Lake Cabin can be seen in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 21, 2021. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Public comment accepted for proposed rate increases for overnight fees at refuge

Campsites would increase $5 per night and cabins would increase $10 per night

Attendees, staff and volunteers gather for a video conference with SeaWorld San Antonio, where a Cook Inlet beluga named Tyonek was successfully rehabilitated and still lives, during a festival held as part of Belugas Count! at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Belugas Count! celebrated in Kenai

At a viewing station on Kenai’s bluff overlook, dozens gathered and peered out over the Kenai River during…

A seal rescued earlier this summer by the Alaska SeaLife Center awaits release on the North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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2nd harbor seal release draws large crowds

The seals were Pierogi, Pringle and Belle de Fontenay

Kelly Cooper (right) answers a question from moderator and Homer Chamber of Commerce board of directors president Michael Daniel (left) during the Kenai Peninsual Borough Assembly candidate forum with Cooper and Heath Smith (center) on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Homer chamber holds assembly candidate forum

Kelly Cooper and Heath Smith discussed issues

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Volunteers clean up Anchor Point beach

Environmental action part of annual coastal monitoring event

A photo distributed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a man who allegedly robbed the Global Credit Union branch located in Anchorage, Sept. 19, 2023. Tyler Ching, 34, was arrested last week on charges related to robberies at the credit union and an Anchorage bank. (Photo courtesy Federal Bureau of Investigation)

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Alleged bank robber arrested in Cooper Landing

Photos of a man wearing a beanie, a mask and sunglasses were distributed by the FBI the day…

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion Brad Snowden and Julie Crites participate in a Seward City Council candidate forum at the Seward Community Library in Seward on Thursday.

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Seward council candidates discuss issues at election forum

Participating in Thursday’s forum were Julie Crites and Brad Snowden

Homer High School students finish eating lunch outside the school while others make their way back into the building for the next class period on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News file)

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Homer High School evacuated after water main break

The fire alarms were activated Tuesday afternoon