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    Government
    Local field for 2024 state elections takes shape
    Local field for 2024 state elections takes shape
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 21, 2023 2:30 am

    Although Alaska’s next general election is almost a year away, candidates interested in representing the Kenai Peninsula on a statewide…

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    Signs direct visitors at the City of Seward’s city hall annex on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward council considers electricity rate hike
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 15, 2023 2:30 am

    A resolution considered at Monday’s council meeting would increase rates by $0.06 per kWh for all customers

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    The borough’s welcome sign greets drivers as they enter the Kenai Peninsula on Milepost 75 of the Seward Highway, on Sunday, May 5, 2019, near Turnagain Pass, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough to include cities in tourism promotion materials
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 15, 2023 2:30 am

    Borough code doesn’t allow the borough to promote city-specific tourism without entering into a partnership with that city

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    A firefighter from Cooper Landing Emergency Services refills a water tanker at the banks of the Kenai River in Cooper Landing, Alaska on Aug. 30, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Emergency services, roads top borough capital priority list
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 15, 2023 2:30 am

    The 72-page plan outlines more than 30 projects

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    Adam Bertoldo testifies in opposition to a resolution only permitting certain chaplains to deliver invocations before Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meetings on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly OKs changes to borough invocation policy
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 15, 2023 1:30 am

    The new policy says only chaplains may give assembly invocations

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    The Seldovia archway is one of the first landmarks visitors see when stepping off the boat. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Seldovia receives $2.3M to replace Jakolof Bay dock
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 8, 2023 2:30 am

    The project is one of seven in Alaska funded through the department’s Port Infrastructure Development Program,

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    Sockeye salmon are caught in a set gillnet at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly calls for economic disaster declaration for east...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 1, 2023 2:30 am

    The resolution is in response to this year’s unprecedented closure of the fishery by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    City tries again with comprehensive plan
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 1, 2023 1:30 am

    After more than a year of groundwork and debate by the City of Homer, the city council took a concrete…

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    The entrance to the George A. Navarre Admin Building in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    Assembly OKs overhaul of borough gravel pit regs
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 25, 2023 2:30 am

    The unanimous vote in support of the ordinance caps more than a year of work by an assembly material site subcommittee

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A lone voter fills in their ballot at Soldotna Prep School in Soldotna, Alaska, during Election Day on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.
    Borough, Soldotna, Seward certify election results
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 18, 2023 2:30 am

    Results for multiple borough seats came down to just a handful of votes.

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    DOT commissioner: New road maintenance strategy could reduce brine use by 40%
    DOT commissioner: New road maintenance strategy could reduce...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 18, 2023 2:30 am

    Vehicle corrosion and associated costs, threats to public safety and environmental impacts were the top concerns

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Finance Director Liz Hayes, left, testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during a budget work session on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough, school district present local funding process
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 11, 2023 2:30 am

    The presentation was the second as part of KPBSD’s “Budget 101”

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    Attendees listen to Connections Homeschool Principal Doug Hayman (top left) speak during a community conversation about home-schooling on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Home-school meeting draws dozens
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 11, 2023 2:30 am

    The event was hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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