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    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)
    Assembly OKs new Tourism Industry Working Group
    By Jacob Dye • September 12, 2024 1:30 am

    Another resolution was considered in June that would have added a bed tax question to the October ballot

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs Senate Bill 179, while Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, right, stands by on Aug. 13, 2024. (Photo provided by Sen. Jesse Bjorkman)
    Bjorkman property tax bill signed into law
    By Jacob Dye • August 22, 2024 10:30 pm

    The bill cuts property taxes for farmers and prevents transfer taxes on the sale of houses

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    A voting booth for the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer elections at Cowles Council Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/ Homer News)
    Election 2024: Here’s who’s running in local races
    By Jacob Dye • August 16, 2024 1:30 am

    The candidate filing period closed Thursday, Aug. 15

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    Assembly Vice President Tyson Cox speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly won’t pursue further discussion on tabled bed...
    By Jacob Dye • July 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Members say they’re going to work on a new version of the idea this winter

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    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.
    Borough assembly to consider hospital bond vote
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 12, 2024 1:30 am

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

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    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)
    Borough assembly introduces ordinance to amend gravel pit...
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 29, 2024 1:30 am

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

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough mayor proposes flat sales tax, mill rates...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 16, 2024 2:30 am

    Borough Mayor Peter Micciche emphasized sustainability and affordability

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    Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, confers with other senators and legislative staff moments before gavelling in the start of this year’s legislative session at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    Senate’s draft operating budget includes outstanding KPBSD pandemic...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 8, 2024 2:30 am

    Public education advocates, students and staff have doggedly lobbied lawmakers for an increase to the state’s K-12 funding formula

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    Kenai Peninsula Education Association President LaDawn Druce speaks in support of borough and school district budget collaboration during a borough assembly meeting on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly sets school funding floor
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 7, 2024 2:30 am

    The roughly $56.2 million amount is less than the $58.2 million requested last month but is more than what the borough gave the district last year

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Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Commissioner Ryan Anderson answers questions from state senators during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday in Juneau.
    State officials revise transportation plan as summer construction...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 6, 2024 2:30 am

    The federal government rejected the plan on Feb. 9, citing numerous deficiencies

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    Stickers are available for voters at the Kenai No. 1 precinct for Election Day on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Soldotna to hold ‘I Voted’ sticker design contest
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 6, 2024 2:30 am

    City council members approved the program during their Wednesday night meeting

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    Areas cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass Project (bottom) can be seen above the Kenai River in Cooper Landing in this August 10, 2021, photo. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion file)
    Borough plans for 1,000-acre Cooper Landing property take...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 24, 2024 2:30 am

    The borough-owned parcel will be bisected by the Cooper Landing Bypass Project

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    Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, confers with other senators and legislative staff moments before gavelling in the start of this year’s legislative session at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    Lawmakers open session with education discussion
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 17, 2024 2:30 am

    Early effort to overturn veto of one-time school funding fails in House

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