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    Sidewalk chalk drawings cover the outside of corroding insulation at Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Sidewalk chalk drawings cover the outside of corroding insulation at Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly accepts $50.4M for borough bond projects
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 17, 2023 2:30 am

    $40 million will be used to complete a first round of school maintenance projects

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    Foreground: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland, left, and KPBSD Finance Director Liz Hayes, right, speak about the district’s fiscal year 2024 budget during a work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School district, borough mull budget shortfall as cuts...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 14, 2023 2:30 am

    The two groups convened for a work session Tuesday

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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 mulls plans for bypass parcel
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The 1,000-acre Juneau Bench, or Unit 395, is located north of the Sterling Highway

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    Map showing the proposed boundary changes for Kenai Peninsula Borough districts 2 and 3. (Map via Kenai Peninsula Borough)
    Assembly OKs new district boundaries
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 28, 2023 2:30 am

    The affirmative vote marked the end of a lengthy reapportionment and redistricting process

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    Peter Micciche (second from left) is sworn in as mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Micciche sworn in as borough mayor
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 27, 2023 2:30 am

    Micciche received more than 50% of votes cast during the Feb. 14 special election

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor-elect Peter Micciche testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Micciche made borough mayor
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 21, 2023 2:30 am

    Peter Micciche is the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s new mayor following certification of the Feb. 14, 2023, special election results by…

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    Ruffridge bill would exempt veterinarians from opioid reporting...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    The bill cleared the Alaska Senate last session

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Tyson Cox (right) and Richard Derkevorkian (center) discuss an amendment to legislation that raised the borough mayor’s salary at an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly hikes borough mayor’s pay
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    The pay bump does not apply to current Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, or to whoever is elected through the special mayoral election

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral candidate Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings addresses the KPBSD Board of Education on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Mayoral candidates reiterate commitment to school funding
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2023 2:30 am

    Dave Carey, Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings, Zach Hamilton and Peter Micciche spoke to KPBSD Board of Education members

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    From left, Dave Carey, Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings, Zach Hamilton and Peter Micciche participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor candidate forum on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough mayoral candidates participate in Tuesday forum
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 2, 2023 9:05 am

    The forum was hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM in partnership with the Central Peninsula League of Women Voters

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    Soldotna City Council members interview city manager applicant Elke Doom (on screen) during a special city council meeting on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Soldotna council interviews city manager candidates
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 2, 2023 9:00 am

    The city announced last November that Soldotna City Manager Stephanie Queen will be stepping down

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    Acting Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk Michele Turner helps newly sworn-in assembly member Peter Ribbens set up assembly materials on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly names Ribbens to fill Bjorkman’s seat
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 18, 2023 2:30 am

    He is a senior environmental professional and a former emergency response coordinator with Tesoro Alaska.

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    The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
    Bump to borough mayor salary proposed
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 18, 2023 2:30 am

    The legislation would increase and inflation-proof the mayor’s salary

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