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Vice President Tyson Cox speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly adds 3 recipients to opioid grant awards

The grant program was created to distribute funds received by the borough through three nationwide settlement agreements

A sign welcomes visitors on July 7, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward Pride Alliance rallies after bomb threat displaces drag story hour

The event was able to continue after a delay and a fundraising effort has brought in more than…

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Jonathan Wilson leads a tour at the K’beq’ Cultural Heritage Interpretive Site near Cooper Landing on Friday.

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K’beq’ site reopens after 5-year closure

The site offers a look at the traditions and culture of the Kenai Peninsula’s Indigenous people

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks during a meeting of the Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly unanimously approves borough budget

The budget describes around $178 million in revenue and $180 million in expenditures

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kasilof River personal use setnet opening delayed

Low counts for Kenai River early-run king salmon motivate restriction

Assembly member Cindy Ecklund speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly shuts down ordinances that would tax tobacco, fund child care

Ordinance 2024-15 sought to combat the lack of affordable, accessible and quality child care in the borough

People visit at the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, for a memorial for Anesha “Duffy” Murnane and the dedication of the bench. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Hearing rescheduled for man accused in Homer death

Kirby Calderwood was indicted for the murder of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane in 2022

Kenai Peninsula Borough Purchasing and Contracting Director John Hedges answers questions from KPB Assembly members on a proposed bond issuance for improvements to the South Peninsula Hospital during the Finance Committee hearing on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Borough assembly to consider hospital bond vote

A public hearing on Ordinance 2024-12 will be held on June 18

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Public comment period open for proposed Hilcorp project

Comments must be received by June 17 at 4:30 p.m.

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Homer Pride to hold Liberation events through June

The nonprofit honors Pride month and Juneteenth in joint celebration

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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Races for State Legislature come into focus after filing deadline

Incumbents Sen. Jesse Bjorkman and Reps. Justin Ruffridge and Sarah Vance are all facing challengers

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Psychology professor accepts KBC campus directorship

Brian Partridge is a longtime KBC faculty member and previously the Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Services

Ken Coleman in 2019. (Photo provided by Gary Hollier)

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‘You can’t be a fisherman if you’re not an optimist’

Ken Coleman, longtime advocate for the east side setnet fishery, dead at 72