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    Audience members listen to Iris Fontana, of the Satanic Temple, deliver an invocation during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. Fontana was the last person to deliver an assembly invocation before a new borough policy, which says only borough volunteer chaplains may deliver the invocation, takes effect. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Satanic Temple gets last word as assembly ends...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 20, 2023 2:30 am

    Effective Jan. 1, assembly invocations will be delivered exclusively by volunteer chaplains who serve the borough’s fire and emergency medical service areas

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    A design of the proposed new Kenai Peninsula Borough logo, left, and the current borough logo. (Logos via Kenai Peninsula Borough)
    Assembly mulls borough logo rebrand
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 20, 2023 2:30 am

    The borough’s current logo is “dated, difficult to scale, and too detailed to be effective,” according to legislation proposing the change

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    Signs direct visitors at the City of Seward’s city hall annex on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward electric rates to increase by $0.06 per...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 20, 2023 2:30 am

    Seward twice in 2023 voted not to sell the utility to Homer Electric Association

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    Cassidi Cameron (left) and Tim Dillon (right) stand in Dillon’s office at the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPEDD director prepares to pass the torch
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 20, 2023 2:30 am

    When Tim Dillon steps down as head of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District at the end of the month,…

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    A snowmachine rider takes advantage of two feet of fresh snow on a field down Murwood Avenue in Soldotna, Alaska on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Snowmachine use closed in parts of Chugach National...
    By Jacob Dye • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    On the refuge, all areas “traditionally open to snowmachine use” are now open

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    United States Department of Agriculture logo. Photo courtesy of USDA Rural Development
    Southern peninsula communities awarded federal grants to improve...
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Grants are among 21 USDA awards to improve infrastructure in rural Alaska

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    Homer city council member Jason Davis (center) speaks to the audience gathered in Pioneer Hall for the Israel-Palestine conflict panel discussion on Friday, Dec. 15<ins>, 2023</ins> at Kachemak Bay Campus<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>. Davis formerly served in the political section of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Israel-Palestine discussion brings listeners to KBC
    By Emilie Springer • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    A discussion on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict hosted Friday at Kachemak Bay campus drew a standing-room only crowd to a…

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    Public Works director Jan Keiser clarifies details on the Beluga Slough Green Infrastructure Project to Homer City Council during the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 in the Cowles Council Chambers at City Hall in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Public Works director to retire in January
    By Emilie Springer • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer Public Works Director Jan Keiser is retiring from her position with the city in January.

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    South Peninsula Hospital Home Health Center on Pioneer Avenue will soon house a licensed childcare center for hospital employees. Photo provided by Derotha Ferraro
    South Peninsula Hospital receives $1.3 grant to open...
    By Emilie Springer • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    The licensed child care facility will serve hospital employees

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    U.S. Department of Justice Logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai woman sentenced in bankruptcy fraud case
    By Jacob Dye • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Saray Lockwood formerly operated Kenai Dental Clinic with her late-husband Dr. Glenn Lockwood

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    Michael Daniel. (Photo via Daniel for House)
    Homer chamber board head enters race for state...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Michael Daniel, a Republican, is challenging Alaska House Rep. Sarah Vance.

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    Cook Inletkeeper Energy Policy Analyst Ben Boettger presents information about retrofitting homes to be more energy efficient at the Cook Inletkeeper Community Action Studio on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Inletkeeper turns focus to energy for next community...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The meeting marked the official kickoff of Cook Inletkeeper’s fourth installment in its local solution series

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    The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska, as seen on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    HEA rates to increase Jan. 1
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The cooperative’s last rate increase took effect in April 2020

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