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Peter Micciche (second from left) is sworn in as mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Micciche reflects on taking helm at ‘rudderless’ borough

Micciche cruised to victory in the Feb. 14 Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral special election

Acting Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk Michele Turner, left, accepts a ballot from Richard Derkevorkian during an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly considers resuming annual meetings in Homer, Seward

The assembly currently meets at the George A. Navarre Administration Building in Soldotna

From left: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education member Penny Vadla; Assistant Superintendent Kari Dendurent; Board members Jason Tauriainen and Matt Morse; and student representative Ashley Dahlman participate in a board meeting on Monday, April 11, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board sends KPBSD budget, with cuts, to borough assembly

Among the cuts put forth were the elimination of theater technicians and pool supervisors

Donna Weeks volunteers at the Central Peninsula Hospital Gift Shop in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 11, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hospital volunteer program struggles to bounce back

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the volunteer program at Central Peninsula Hospital boasted a team of around 250.

Photo by Christina Whiting Karalee Bechtol, owner of Divinitea, is photographed in her store on Thursday, March 16.

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Meet Your Neighbor: Divinitea

Where tasty treats and treasures abound, Homer woman strives to build community through her store

Department of Fish and Game Northern Kenai Peninsula Area Manager Colton Lipka speaks to the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee during a meeting on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Game releases memo on Cook Inlet escapement goals

The information is intended to be used during a board work session next year

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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COVID-19: Local cases remain low

In the Kenai Peninsula Borough, 13 cases were reported this week

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News Homer fishing vessels participate in annual Alyeska oil spill response training on Kachemak Bay on Friday<ins>, April 7, 2023</ins>.

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Prepping for a spill

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company conducts response training in Homer

Photo by Emilie Springer/ Homer News R/V Tiglax Captain John Faris shows students a chart of Kachemak Bay and Cook Inlet in the wheelhouse of the boat in the harbor in Homer on April 6.

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Research life on the seas

6th grade Fireweed Academy students tour Alaska Research Vessel Tiglax in Homer harbor

Photo provided by Jenny Carroll Col. Damon Delarosa, Alaska District Commander USACE (front) signs the feasibility cost-share agreement with the City of Homer on Wednesday, March 29 at the Harbormaster’s Office. Pictured in the back from left to right are Melissa Jacobsen, City Clerk & Acting City Manager; Bryan Hawkins, Harbormaster & Port Director; Aaron Glidden, Port Maintenance Supervisor; and Bruce Sexauer, Chief, Civil Works Project Management at USACE.

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Harbor general investigation study officially launched

Study will be conducted over next three years, involve community input

A map shows the location of the Willow oil field project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, where more than 200 drills are scheduled to be drilled during a 30-year period if approved. (The Associated Press)

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Oil plan foes lose 1st fight over Willow project

The court’s decision means ConocoPhillips Alaska can forge ahead with cold-weather construction work

AP Photo/Mark Thiessen This March 28, 2023, photo shows Bruce Boolowon, left, posing with his eldest daughter, Rhona Pani Apassingok, at an Alaska National Guard ceremony in Gambell, Alaska. Maj. Gen. Torrence Saxe, the adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, presented Alaska Heroism Medals to Boolowon, the last surviving guardsman of 16 who helped rescue 11 Navy crewmen after they crash landed on St. Lawrence Island on June 22, 1955, and to the family members of 15 other guardsman who are now deceased.

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Alaska Native Scouts feted 67 years after rescuing Navy crew

By MARK THIESSEN

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Alaska House votes for temporary boost to public school funding

This week, the House is considering amendments to a state budget proposal that contains a deficit of about…