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Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News 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.

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School board turns its eyes to ‘small’ schools

The board of education is building a committee to address issues for small schools

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to local leaders at the Alaska Municipal League’s legislative conference in this February 2020 photo. (Peter Segall/ Juneau Empire File)

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Dunleavy gives 1st look at next state budget

The budget proposal comes as statewide revenue projections have gone down an estimated $1.8 billion

Commercial drift boat in Cook Inlet. Photo from Upper Cook Inlet Drift Association.

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Council takes no action on finalizing EEZ plan

No action was taken on North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) Cook Inlet Salmon Fishery Management Plan.

Photo courtesy Fish and Wildlife Razor clams are seen in this undated photo.

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East Cook Inlet sport and personal use razor clam fisheries closed for 2023

An emergency order has been issued each year from 2015 to 2022 closing the fisheries

Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion A City of Kenai grader moves snow from a roadway on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska.

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To close or not to close? Winter storms keep school district admin up at night

The district’s most recent snow day was on Dec. 12

Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion Pete Kineen, a neighbor of the proposed Beachcomber LLC gravel pit, stands on his deck and points to where the pit could be, on May 2, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska.

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Judge upholds denial of Anchor Point gravel pit

Decision affirms decision of KPB Planning Commission to set standards in gravel pit applications.

This map shows the location of a magnitude 4.5 earthquake that hit about 100 miles southeast of Homer, Alaska, near Nuka Island in the Gulf of Alaska. The map also shows the intensity of the quake as reported by observers. (Map by U.S. Geological Survey)

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M. 4.5 quake hits peninsula

No damage, injury was reported.

Laura McBride, Food Pantry Coordinator, stands in front of the Community Fridge located at the Homer United Methodist Church on Thursday, Dec. 1 in Homer. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)

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Community Fridge provides free food

This community fridge encourages anyone to donate what they would eat and take what they need.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Regular Municipal Election informational pamphlet for the Oct. 4, 2022, election is pictured. The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly is considering an ordinance that would end distribution of hard copies of the pamphlet to borough box holders. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Assembly mulls nixing hard copy voter pamphlets

Mailing a borough to every box holder in the Kenai Peninsula Borough costs about $30,000 each regular election

Mountain View Elementary School teacher Callie Giordano demonstrates with students “word building” with practices from the University of Florida Literacy Institute during a board of education meeting on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mountain View students demo literacy curriculum at school board meeting

Principal Karl Kircher said the Alaska Reads Act is “foremost” on the minds of the school community

The Kenai Peninsula Borough administration building is photographed on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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4 candidates vie for borough mayoral seat

The special election is slated for Feb. 14

“Remember” is one of the messages on a luminaria onThursday, Dec. 16, 2021, for Hospice of Homer’s “LIght Up a Life” event at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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A way to love those you’ve lost

The efforts of the Hospice of Homer during this holiday season.

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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Fatal collision near Anchor Point closes highway for hours

Crash killed Anchor Point woman.