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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly
    Keith Hamilton of Alaska Christian College gives public testimony for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in support of the assembly appealing the superior court’s decision regarding the borough’s invocation policy, in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Assembly’s prayer list broadens after policy change
    By Anchorage Daily News Via the Associated Press • January 2, 2019 1:00 pm

    ANCHORAGE — The list of people signed up to deliver invocations to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly includes Christian pastors,…

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stands in silence while Assembly President Wayne Ogle offers an invocation before the meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough has openings for next year’s invocation providers
    By Victoria Petersen • December 5, 2018 8:07 pm

    At the Dec. 4 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting, President Wayne Ogle announced there were eight openings to give invocations…

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    Borough votes to lease Anchor Point parcels to Hilcorp
    Borough votes to lease Anchor Point parcels to...
    By Victoria Petersen • November 28, 2018 6:31 pm

    At last week’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting, the assembly voted to lease parcels in the Anchor Point area to…

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    Keith Hamilton of Alaska Christian College gives public testimony for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in support of the assembly appealing the superior court’s decision regarding the borough’s invocation policy Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough chooses to not appeal court decision, updates...
    By Victoria Petersen • November 21, 2018 8:12 pm

    Tuesday night, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted not to appeal a Superior Court decision that cited the borough’s invocation…

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stands in silence while Assembly President Wayne Ogle offers an invocation before the meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPB Assembly to consider invocation issue
    By Michael Armstrong • November 14, 2018 10:08 pm

    At its Nov. 20 meeting, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will consider two questions for its invocation policy:

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stands in silence while Assembly President Wayne Ogle offers an invocation before the meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly continues invocations
    By Victoria Petersen • October 31, 2018 10:08 pm

    Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to note that Assembly member Willy Dunne will make the invocation at the…

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Superior Court finds borough invocation policy violates Constitution
    By Megan Pacer • October 9, 2018 6:00 pm

    Editor’s note: This article has been updated to include more background information and quotes from sources including Borough Mayor Charlie…

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    One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 in the village at the head of Kachemak Bay near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Prop 1 asks for a new school for...
    By Megan Pacer • September 26, 2018 8:26 pm

    Voters will decide on Tuesday whether about 50 students in a remote Kenai Peninsula village will get what public officials…

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    Troy Jones hopes to gain seat on borough assembly
    Troy Jones hopes to gain seat on borough...
    By Megan Pacer • September 19, 2018 9:14 pm

    A longtime business owner from a homesteading family is looking to snag a spot on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly.

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    <span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo provided by Willy Dunne</span>                                Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Willy Dunne, pictured here, is running for re-election in October for a second term.
    Willy Dunne seeks second Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly...
    By Megan Pacer • September 19, 2018 9:02 pm

    Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify that Willy Dunne’s opinion piece he sought to run in local…

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    Homer area residents listen to the Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting at Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Residents talk Kachemak Selo school at assembly
    By Megan Pacer • September 19, 2018 12:04 pm

    While no major action was taken at Tuesday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting, held in Homer, community members still had…

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    In this Thursday, May 18, 2017 file photo, packs of cigarettes are offered for sale at a convenience store in Helena, Mont. Tobacco companies have made claims about cigarettes since the 1950s, all later proven false. In some cases the introduction of these products, such as filtered and cigarettes, propped up cigarette sales and kept millions of Americans smoking. Although the adult smoking rate has fallen to an all-time low of 15 percent in 2017, smoking remains the nation’s leading preventable cause of death and illness, responsible for about one in five U.S. deaths. (AP Photo/Bobby Caina Calvan)
    Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly unanimously votes down cigarette...
    By Victoria Petersen • September 12, 2018 9:20 pm

    A cigarette and tobacco products tax was voted down unanimously by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly last Tuesday, but residents…

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