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    Kenai City Manager Paul Ostrander sits inside Kenai City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Ostrander to leave City of Kenai in January
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 6, 2022 2:30 am

    Ostrander has served as the city manager since 2017

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    Joel Caldwell shows off the new Tecnam Traveller on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Aviation ready to take off
    By Jacob Dye • September 21, 2022 1:30 am

    The local airline begins scheduled commuter service Oct. 3

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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 nine-seat Beechcrafter Super King Air B200 plane sits in a hanger at Kenai Aviation in Kenai, Alaska on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai council OKs Kenai Aviation agreements
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 13, 2022 2:30 am

    The airline plans to begin offering flights in May

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    Joel Caldwell, director of operations for Kenai Aviation, sits in the pilot’s seat of Kenai Aviation’s nine-seat Beechcrafter Super King Air B200 plane in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Airline preps to serve Southcentral Alaska
    By Camille Botello • March 16, 2022 1:30 am

    Kenai Aviation seeks to add weekday commuter flights beginning in May

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    Kenai Mayor Brian Gabriel and Kenai City Manager Paul Ostrander speak at the Kenai City Council meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Due to COVID spike, state funds to be...
    By Camille Botello • January 26, 2022 1:30 am

    COVID cases are up 38% from last week, and have risen significantly since mid-December.

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    Upper Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone can be seen on this map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image via fisheries.noaa.gov)
    Municipalities still working to oppose EEZ closure
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 29, 2021 2:30 am

    The waters in question run from south of Kalgin Island to about Anchor Point

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    Kenai City Council members James Baisden (left) and Deborah Sounart (right) listen as member Teea Winger (center) speaks in support of legislation opposing government COVID-19 mandates, during a meeting of the Kenai City Council on Wednesday, in Kenai.
    Kenai council declares opposition to mask mandates
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 8, 2021 2:30 am

    The statement does not change city code or supersede federal law.

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    Signs welcome travelers to the Kenai Municipal Airport on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Federal funds coming to peninsula airports
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 1, 2021 2:30 am

    The money was made available under the American Rescue Plan Act.

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    The Kenai Community Library health section is seen on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. The Kenai City Council voted during its Oct. 20 meeting to postpone the legislation approving grant funds after members of the community raised concerns about what books would be purchased with the money, as well as the agency awarding the grant. The council will reconsider the legislation on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai council to consider library grant again
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 1, 2021 2:30 am

    The council earlier voted to postpone the legislation after concerns were raised about what books would be purchased.

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    Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion
The intersection of Willow Street and the Kenai Spur Highway shows stoplights out Wednesday night as approximately 2,700 people experienced a Homer Electric Association power outage.
    Outage knocks out power to much of Kenai
    By Camille Botello • November 22, 2021 1:30 am

    Power had been restored by about 9 p.m.

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    The Kenai waterfront can be seen from Old Town Kenai on April 27, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion file)
    Kenai council postpones approval of waterfront study contract
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 10, 2021 2:30 am

    The move was to give newly elected members more time to thoroughly acquaint themselves with the project.

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    The Kenai Community Library health section is seen on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. After the Kenai City Council postponed a vote to approve a grant funding health and wellness books, community members set up a GoFundMe to support the purchase of materials. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    After cries of censorship, community raises funds for...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 27, 2021 2:30 am

    The Kenai City Council voted during its Oct. 20 meeting to postpone acceptance of a $1,500 grant for materials related to health and wellness.

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