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Borough settles harassment and discrimination suit brought by former firefighter
The borough is not admitting any wrongdoing through the settlement
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City council joins peninsula voices advocating for increased BSA
The Homer City Council unanimously passed a resolution at their Jan. 22 regular meeting advocating for increased education…
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Borough plans for 1,000-acre Cooper Landing property take shape
The borough-owned parcel will be bisected by the Cooper Landing Bypass Project
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New policy clarifies filming, recording in borough facilities
A new Kenai Peninsula Borough policy that explains what is and isn’t allowed in borough buildings when it…
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Assembly calls on state to increase K-12 funding
School districts across Alaska lobbied lawmakers heavily last session for a meaningful increase to the base student allocation
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Suit alleges fungal growth at 4 KPBSD schools caused health problems
The district has both acknowledged and responded to the complaint, KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland said
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Multiple agencies respond to reports of employee with handgun in borough building
35-year old Lucas Thein was arrested on unrelated domestic assault charges
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Satanic Temple gets last word as assembly ends open invocation policy
Effective Jan. 1, assembly invocations will be delivered exclusively by volunteer chaplains who serve the borough’s fire and…
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Assembly mulls borough logo rebrand
The borough’s current logo is “dated, difficult to scale, and too detailed to be effective,” according to legislation…
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Emergency services, roads top borough capital priority list
The 72-page plan outlines more than 30 projects
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Borough to include cities in tourism promotion materials
Borough code doesn’t allow the borough to promote city-specific tourism without entering into a partnership with that city
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Assembly OKs changes to borough invocation policy
The new policy says only chaplains may give assembly invocations
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Assembly calls for economic disaster declaration for east side setnet fishery
The resolution is in response to this year’s unprecedented closure of the fishery by the Alaska Department of…