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House District 6: Ginger Bryant

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Senate District C: Gary Lee Stevens

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A resident casts their vote in the regular municipal election Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News file)

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Senate District C: Heath Smith

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy, left, and Nancy Dahlstrom sit in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Friday, July 22, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dunleavy leads in fundraising, latest campaign filing shows

Dunleavy, along with running mate Nancy Dahlstrom, raised more than $600,000 during the most recent filing period

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Hospitalizations see uptick; COVID cases still declining

South Peninsula Hospital reports zero hospitalizations and one emergency room visit related to COVID-19

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre speaks during an assembly meeting on Tuesday in Soldotna. The meeting was Navarre’s first as mayor since being appointed last month.

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Navarre attends 1st assembly meeting as mayor

Mike Navarre attended his first Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting as mayor Tuesday night, where assembly members offered…

Voting booths are set up at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Unofficial results: school bond, field house OK’d

Incumbents also came out ahead in preliminary results

Staff move tables ahead of lunchtime at Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Critical needs’: Aging school on the brink

Renovations are cost prohibitive at Soldotna Elementary

Kenai City Manager Paul Ostrander sits inside Kenai City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ostrander to leave City of Kenai in January

Ostrander has served as the city manager since 2017

Efrosinia Yakunin, a Nikolaevsk parent, testifies in support of a charter school for the area during a board of education meeting on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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2 groups pursue peninsula charter school options

There are currently four charter schools operating as part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

A voting booth for the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer elections at Cowles Council Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/ Homer News)

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Homer voters come out for low-key election day

Voters weigh in on important borough and city issues.

Elementary school students line up to touch a salmon during the annual egg take demonstration at the Anchor River on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. Students leave the egg take event with fertilized salmon eggs to raise into fry throughout the year through the Salmon in the Classroom project hosted by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Sport Fish Division. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News file)

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Kids to learn about fish life cycle

Alaska Department of Fish and Game representatives will conduct presentations at coho salmon egg takes on Oct. 11

Sir James Adcox, left, leads Silas Barnes, Manoah Barnes and Nehemiah Barnes through the Literary Haunted House at the Kenai Community Library on Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Central peninsula libraries host haunted houses, scary storytimes, seasonal crafts

It’s all about Halloween at Kenai and Soldotna libraries