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Willy Dunne is running for a third term on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. (Courtesy photo)

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Willy Dunne seeks 3rd Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly term

There’s only one contender this year for the District 9 South Peninsula seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough…

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Kachemak Emergency Services bids goodbye to chief

Robert Cicciarella, long-time chief for KESA, retired on Friday, Sept. 13

Cars drive past the building where the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. is headquartered on Sept. 21, 2023. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire file photo)

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State announces $1,700 PFD

The amount includes a one-time energy relief payment

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Trooper found ‘legally justified’ for July shooting and killing of man at Kasilof Beach

The former Kenai Police officer shot 67-year-old Kirk Medak

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2 dead in Friday morning plane crash

Troopers were notified around 11:30 a.m.

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Behavioral Health Service celebrates 45 years

The community is invited to an anniversary event, Sept. 12-13

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Homer Theatre under new ownership

The new owners will hold a grand reopening for the theater in December

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Summer months see spike in COVID cases

A summer spike in statewide COVID cases peaked at the end of July, with cases showing a decline…

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Seward man arrested for identity theft, threatening governor

A Seward man who allegedly used an assumed identity to threaten to “bomb and shoot” Gov. Mike Dunleavy…

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Former KPBSD custodian charged with sex abuse of a minor

The charges stem from incidents alleged to have taken place while the man was working at Soldotna Middle…

Assembly Vice President Tyson Cox speaks during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly work session in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly OKs new Tourism Industry Working Group

Another resolution was considered in June that would have added a bed tax question to the October ballot

Seals poke their heads out of kennels while being released from the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program at North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Crowd gathers for rainy release of harbor seals

Four harbor seals were released from the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during their work session in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly gets update on school bond projects

Voters approved in 2022 a $65.55 million bond package to address a list of 10 critical maintenance projects…