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City cuts ribbon on new sidewalk

The Ben Walters Lane Sidewalk Project is part of the city’s ongoing walkability efforts

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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Applications open for working group tasked with exploring bed tax

Of the group’s seven voting members, four will be members of the public and three will be representatives…

Left to right: Loretta Stapel, Mary Perry, Bobby Ness, Carol Slavik and Maureen Tracy volunteer as election workers at the Anchor Point Community and Senior Center for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Regular Election on Tuesday, Oct. 1 in Anchor Point. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Hospital bond likely defeated, Lord leads for mayor in preliminary election results

Early results show few surprises, little support for South Peninsula Hospital bond

A Kenai Peninsula Borough Voter Information Pamphlet rests on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion’s newsroom in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2024: When, where to vote Tuesday

City council, borough assembly, school board seats are on the ballot

Late Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell is seen in this 2003 photo provided by the Norman Lowell Gallery on Sept. 19, 2024. (Courtesy)

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Losing the light

Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell dies at 96

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Libraries face uncertainty in wake of funding cuts

The annual Public Library Assistance Grant funding was cut for 82 libraries statewide for FY2025

Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board hears bond update, seeks way forward for Soldotna schools

Central to the conversation was the increased cost of reconstruction of Soldotna Elementary School

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

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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