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    From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Bill Elam, Brent Johnson, Tyson Cox and Brent Hibbert attend an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly calls on state to increase K-12 funding
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 10, 2024 1:30 am

    School districts across Alaska lobbied lawmakers heavily last session for a meaningful increase to the base student allocation

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    Sarah Vance (Photo provided)
    Vance hosts local discussion ahead of upcoming legislative...
    By Emilie Springer • January 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Rep. Sarah Vance on Jan. 4 hosted a public discussion and question and answer session ahead of the Jan. 16…

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The Homer planning commission discusses the proposed development by Doyon, Limited at the former Lighthouse Village site during a special meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 3<ins>, 2024</ins> in the Cowles Council Chambers at Homer City Hall<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>.
    Planning Commission deliberates Doyon proposed development
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Decisions on the proposed development at the former Lighthouse Village remain forthcoming.

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    Airplane wreckage sits in brush on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, near Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo via National Transportation Safety Board)
    NTSB releases preliminary report on Anchor Point plane...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 4, 2024 2:30 am

    The Dec. 8 crash killed 2

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    Mount Redoubt volcano can be seen across Cook Inlet from the shores of South Kenai Beach, in Kenai, Alaska, on April 10, 2022. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources in January reported demand for Cook Inlet gas could outpace supply as early as 2027 without additional development in the basin’s active fields. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    Mayors’ coalition to assess energy needs as Cook...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 4, 2024 2:30 am

    The group includes peninsula borough and city mayors

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    City posts schedule for public feedback on short-term...
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 4, 2024 1:30 am

    Meetings will be held up to the Feb. 26 city council public hearing on ordinance

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    A vehicle is surrounded by avalanche debris along the Seward Highway on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)
    Christmas Eve avalanche severs travel along Seward Highway
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 27, 2023 2:30 am

    The road was closed for several hours

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    A full audience listens to presentations and public testimony on the proposed development at the site of the former Lighthouse Village on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Lighthouse Village development public hearing to continue next...
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 27, 2023 1:30 am

    A special Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Jan. 3

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    2023: The year in review
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 27, 2023 1:30 am

    While 2023 saw the closest thing to a “return to normalcy” since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, actual COVID…

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    Audience members listen to Iris Fontana, of the Satanic Temple, deliver an invocation during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. Fontana was the last person to deliver an assembly invocation before a new borough policy, which says only borough volunteer chaplains may deliver the invocation, takes effect. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Satanic Temple gets last word as assembly ends...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 20, 2023 2:30 am

    Effective Jan. 1, assembly invocations will be delivered exclusively by volunteer chaplains who serve the borough’s fire and emergency medical service areas

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    United States Department of Agriculture logo. Photo courtesy of USDA Rural Development
    Southern peninsula communities awarded federal grants to improve...
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Grants are among 21 USDA awards to improve infrastructure in rural Alaska

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    South Peninsula Hospital Home Health Center on Pioneer Avenue will soon house a licensed childcare center for hospital employees. Photo provided by Derotha Ferraro
    South Peninsula Hospital receives $1.3 grant to open...
    By Emilie Springer • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    The licensed child care facility will serve hospital employees

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    Hilcorp seeks exception to oil exploration spacing regs...
    By Emilie Springer • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Hilcorp has applied for an exception that would allow it to begin prospects on an exploratory well closer to adjacent…

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