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Center, from left: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland; Borough Mayor Peter Micciche; Seward High Student Council President Otto Nipp; and Seward High School Principal Dr. Henry Burns participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new turf field at Roger Steinbrecher Memorial Field at Seward High School, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘A symbol of a new era of Seahawks football’

Seward High School celebrates installation of new football field

Sarah Douthit and Jeanne Reveal participate in a candidate forum for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Jamie Diep/KBBI)

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School board candidates address budget issues, homeschooling, 4-day weeks at forum

Each of the open seats is for a three-year term expiring in October 2027

Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Fish requests tackle commercial dipnets, beach seines, bait restrictions

The proposals are meant to address fishing regulation outside of the board’s three-year cycle

From left: South Peninsula Hospital CEO Ryan Smith; Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Kelly Cooper; and South Peninsula Hospital Board of Directors member Beth Wythe address community questions regarding Proposition 1 authorizing a $38.5 million bond at a meeting last Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Town Hall addresses hospital bond questions

Proposition 1 will be voted on in the Oct. 1 election

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

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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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

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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2 dead in Friday morning plane crash

Troopers were notified around 11:30 a.m.

South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services, Inc. logo. Photo courtesy of South Peninsula Behavioral Health Services, Inc.

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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

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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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…