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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)

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Assembly to revisit gravel pit legislation

A proposed ordinance would overhaul borough code addressing material site permits

Signs and examples on the recycling super sack at the Cook Inletkeeper Community Action Studio show which plastics are desired as part of the project in Soldotna, Alaska, on Aug. 11, 2022. Plastics from types 1, 2, 4 and 5 can be deposited.(Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local nonprofit accepting plastics for synthetic lumber project

The super sack receptacles can be found on either side of Soldotna

Evelyn Cooley competes in the barrel race at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Aug. 12, 2022, in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Weaning off of tourists, returning home from fishing, and sending children to school, Homer residents are beginning to…

Vehicles are parked in or near the road on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, on Lakeshore Drive in Homer, Alaska. An ordinance passed by the Homer City Council on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, made it unlawful to push snow into roads and city right-of-ways and to park vehices or leave other objects that interfere with snow removal or road maintenance in city roads, paths, sidewalks or drainage ways or structures. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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City Council approves updating transportation plan

The Homer City Council on Monday appropriated $185,368 for its Master Transportation Plan Update, which emphasizes a “people-first”…

Aaron Surma, the executive director for National Alliance on Mental Illness Juneau and the Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition, leads a safety plan workshop Tuesday night hosted by NAMI and the Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition. The workshop was a collaborative brainstorming session with Juneau residents about how to create a safety plan that people can use to help someone who is experiencing a mental health or suicide crisis. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Study shows a rise in anxiety and depression among children in Alaska

Increase may indicate growing openness to discussing mental health, according to experts.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang, right, listens to east side setnet fisherman at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association building on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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ADFG commissioner to setnetters: Take up closures with fisheries board

The closure was triggered when the state closed the Kenai River drainage to king salmon fishing

People gather in Ninilchik, Alaska on Friday, August 5, 2022 for Salmonfest, an annual event that raises awareness about salmon-related causes. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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All about the salmon

Fish, love and music return to Ninilchik

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

Silver salmon hang in the Seward Boat Harbor during the 2018 Seward Silver Salmon Derby. (Photo courtesy of Seward Chamber of Commerce)

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Seward Silver Salmon derby runs Aug. 13-21

Last year’s derby featured 1,800 contestants competing across eight days

Icebergs have been pushed close to shore at Grewingk Glacier Lake on Monday, July 25, 2022, in Kachemak Bay State Park near Halibut Cove, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Glorious Grewingk

It’s a little walk to Grewingk Glacier, but worth it.

Charlie Cunningham stands behind the bar at Good Time Charlies on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Good Time Charlies closes its doors

The 50-year-old club is making way for state highway improvements

Lori Holcomb of Talkeetna and daughters Heather and Heidi are introduced to "Creatures of the Dock" during a Saturday tour led in May 2007 by Marilyn Sigman (center), director of Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies. (Courtesy photo/Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies)

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Growing educational programs and stewardship in a rapidly- changing environment

Editor’s note: The story of the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies continues in the latest of a series…

Kenai Peninsula Educational Support Association President Susanna Litwiniak testifies in support of two memorandums of agreement during a meeting of the Kenai Penisula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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District support staff to get pay raises

The move was approved by the school board Monday