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    Kenai Peninsula Borough
    Landslide debris surrounds part of Lowell Point Road on Friday, June 3, 2022, in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Feds, state to reimburse borough for Lowell Point...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 21, 2022 2:30 am

    The borough assembly voted Tuesday to accept the funds

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    A “Vote Here” sign is seen at the City of Kenai building on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)
    Special election for mayor could take place as...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 14, 2022 2:30 am

    A special election is necessitated by Charlie Pierce’s resignation — as his current term does not expire until the end of next year

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    2022 gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce walks in the 65th annual Soldotna Progress Days Parade on July 23 in Soldotna . (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly statement: Borough investigated harassment complaint against Pierce
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 14, 2022 1:30 am

    The allegations were found to be ‘credible’, the borough said Sunday

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    Mike Navarre testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Mike Navarre to step in as interim borough...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 7, 2022 2:30 am

    Navarre will take over from sitting Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, who resigned on Aug. 26

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    As measured by the CDC, dispensing rate reflects the number of prescriptions dispensed per 100 persons per year. While the United States’ dispensing rate peaked at 81.3 in 2012, the Kenai Peninsula’s rate was 100 or higher every year between 2001 and 2015. Graphic by Ashlyn O’Hara.
    Borough creates grant program to distribute opioid settlement...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 17, 2022 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough will offer hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants for opioid remediation using funds it expects…

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    Assembly members participate during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly to revisit gravel pit legislation
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 17, 2022 2:30 am

    A proposed ordinance would overhaul borough code addressing material site permits

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    Robert Ruffner fields questions from attendees at a meeting to discuss the potential boundaries of a Nikiski Advisory Planning Commission at the Nikiski Community Recreation Center on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in Nikiski, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seeking more local say, Nikiski residents pursue advisory...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • July 20, 2022 2:30 am

    A group of Nikiski residents are pushing for more local say in borough land decisions that affect their community. Residents…

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    Slash is piled at the City of Kenai’s slash disposal site on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. The Kenai Peninsula Borough will use $300,000 in general funds to set up temporary slash disposal sites in multiple communities throughout the borough. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly OKs $300k for borough slash sites
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • July 13, 2022 2:30 am

    The move is in response to the ongoing spruce bark beetle outbreak

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    Graphic by Ashlyn O’Hara
    Borough voters to get final say on school...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 29, 2022 2:30 am

    Assembly members approved Tuesday putting the issue on the Oct. 4 ballot

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    A sign describing bluff erosion is seen on Kenai North Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Aug. 6, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai, borough look to extract rock for bluff...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 10, 2022 2:30 am

    In moving hard rock out of Seldovia, the borough could kill a few birds with one stone

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    A spruce bark beetle rests on the photographer’s thumb on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Cantwell, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Division of Forestry: Spruce bark beetles are on...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 9, 2022 2:30 am

    People are urged not to harvest live spruce or create fresh spruce slash

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    Peninsula project funding, alcohol reform pass in Juneau
    Peninsula project funding, alcohol reform pass in Juneau
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 30, 2022 2:30 am

    $3,200 PFD payments, education legislation also included

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    A spruce bark beetle is seen on the underside of a piece of bark taken from logs stacked near Central Peninsula Landfill on Thursday, July 1, 2021, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Emergency harvest of beetle-killed spruce trees approved
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 26, 2022 2:30 am

    The move comes amid an infestation that has spread across Southcentral Alaska

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