Clayton Holland, superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, speaks during a meeting of the Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, June 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Holland to stay on as school district superintendent

Clayton Holland will remain the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s superintendent through June 2027 after the district’s Board…

Zen Kelly, president of the board, speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s School Board in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board directs KPBSD to begin restoring cut positions

The board had previously advanced and approved a budget based on “the worst-case scenario” of no additional funding…

A fallen tree reaches onto Kalifornsky Beach Road in Soldotna, Alaska, as cars drive by on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Grants, borough to support HEA effort to mitigate dangerous trees

HEA will have permission to enter borough land and the borough’s right of way

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Panel discussion on local addiction treatment services to take place next week

Panelists will discuss local options for residential and outpatient treatment, counseling services and peer support programs

A bag of freshly dug razor clams is held aloft at the Ninilchik Beach in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, July 1, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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No clamming in Ninilchik or Clam Gulch this year

Adult abundance “well below” fishery thresholds on both beaches

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1 dead, 3 missing after boat capsizes near Seward

Alaska State Troopers were notified by the U.S. Coast Guard of an overturned vessel last Wednesday

Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Homer Harbor expansion receives federal support

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has allocated funds and Rep. Mary Peltola has requested funding for the harbor’s…

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‘May the spirit of Memorial Day remind us of the price of freedom’

Memorial Day services were held on the lower Kenai Peninsula on Monday

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Homer man convicted of attempted sexual assault

A sentencing hearing is currently scheduled for August

Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Director Robert Ruffner answers questions posed by borough assembly members on Ordinance 2024-11 during the Lands Committee meeting on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Screenshot)

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Borough assembly introduces ordinance to amend gravel pit regs

Ordinance 2024-11 would amend borough code Chapter 21.29 to include regulations on quarries

Soldotna Elementary School Principal Dr. Austin Stevenson points out corroded insulation outside of the school building on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna Elementary awaits action on approved bond

Almost two years after public OKs bond, borough asking for more time

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council supports coordination between Airbnb, borough

A resolution passed last Monday would potentially lead to direct sales tax collection and remittance by Airbnb

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A seal pup rescued from near Kenai beach is treated by the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program on May 9, 2024.

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SeaLife Center admits abandoned harbor seal pups

Both seals were found abandoned and malnourished, and both were born prematurely