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Brent Johnson speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly approves Seward land purchase ordinance

The ordinance first authorizes a road feasibility study in Blueberry Hill, the results of which will determine the…

An 86 pound Kenai River king salmon is measured in Soldotna, Alaska, on June 29, 1995. (M. Scott Moon/Peninsula Clarion File)

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Kenai River king salmon fishing closed entirely for 3rd year

Kenai River king salmon were designated a stock of management concern in 2023.

The Kenai Peninsula College Main Entrance on Aug. 18, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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University of Alaska Board of Regents to meet in Soldotna

The last time the board met on the Kenai Peninsula was April 2012.

Kids race across the snow during the Snow Rondi kids’ snowshoe races on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at Fireweed Meadows golf course in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Snow Rondi returns to Anchor Point

Activities will be held daily, Feb. 26 through March 2

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education member Penny Vadla and student representative Emerson Kapp speak to the joint Alaska House and Senate education committees in Juneau, Alaska, on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy Gavel Alaska/KTOO)

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KPBSD representatives press for funding during in-person testimony to Legislature

Districts spotlighted programs already lost over years of stagnant funding that hasn’t met inflationary pressure.

Photo courtesy of Christopher Kincaid
The Krewe of Gambrinus, costumed for the “Sunshine and Snowflakes” theme, marches in the annual Winter Carnival Parade on Saturday, Feb. 8 on Pioneer Avenue.

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71st Winter Carnival celebrates community

The parade showed about 25 entries.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Tourism Industry Working Group in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough awards contract to assess emergency electrical system failures at hospital

The contract follows the failure of the SPH system to come online during a recent major snowstorm.

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Mondragon-Lopez enters guilty plea

Arturo Mondragon-Lopez, Jr. pleaded guilty Feb. 5 to manslaughter for the October 2023 death of Brianna Hetrick.

One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in the village at the head of Kachemack Bay. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News file)

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Borough awards contract for K-Selo school design

It has been approximately nine years since the State of Alaska gave money to the borough to replace…

Cook Inletkeeper Energy Policy Analyst Ben Boettger presents information about retrofitting homes to be more energy efficient at the Cook Inletkeeper Community Action Studio on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Cook Inletkeeper to launch salmon solution community project

The program aims to address the impacts of pollution and warming temperatures in the Cook Inlet watershed.

Homer High School choral program students gather onstage at the Mariner Theater for the first reading of this year’s musical, “Singin’ in the Rain,” on Tuesday, Jan, 28. (Photo courtesy of Homer High School Choral Program)

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Homer High School choir to produce “Singin’ in the Rain” for annual musical

The show will run March 21, 22.

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A night out at the theater

The Porcupine successfully held its long-awaited grand opening last weekend.

Balancing Act’s homepage for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. (Screenshot)

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KPBSD launches ‘Balancing Act’ software, calls for public to balance $17 million deficit

The district and other education advocates have said that the base student allocation has failed to keep up…