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    Foreground: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland, left, and KPBSD Finance Director Liz Hayes, right, speak about the district’s fiscal year 2024 budget during a work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School district, borough mull budget shortfall as cuts...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 14, 2023 2:30 am

    The two groups convened for a work session Tuesday

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    Areas cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass Project (bottom) can be seen above the Kenai River in Cooper Landing in this August 10, 2021, photo. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion file)
    Borough mulls plans for bypass parcel
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The 1,000-acre Juneau Bench, or Unit 395, is located north of the Sterling Highway

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    Kenai woman sentenced to 10 years for federal...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case with the Alaska State Troopers and the Kenai Police Department

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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)
    6 vying for seats on HEA Board of...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 9, 2023 2:30 am

    The board is composed of nine directors elected from three voting districts

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    Leslie Jacoby, whose daughter Lydia is an Olympic gold medalist swimmer from Seward, testifies testifies in opposition to the proposed cut of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District pool managers during a board of education meeting on Monday, March 6, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Community makes plea to school board as pools,...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 7, 2023 2:30 am

    The cuts are just two of the budget reductions put forth for consideration by the board’s finance committee

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    Information about SNAP benefit amounts is posted on a wall at the Alaska Division of Public Assistance’s Kenai office on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Food bank sees demand jump amid SNAP benefit...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 6, 2023 2:30 am

    About 9.5% of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s roughly 22,800 households received SNAP benefits in 2021

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    Map showing the proposed boundary changes for Kenai Peninsula Borough districts 2 and 3. (Map via Kenai Peninsula Borough)
    Assembly OKs new district boundaries
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 28, 2023 2:30 am

    The affirmative vote marked the end of a lengthy reapportionment and redistricting process

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    Peter Micciche (second from left) is sworn in as mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Micciche sworn in as borough mayor
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 27, 2023 2:30 am

    Micciche received more than 50% of votes cast during the Feb. 14 special election

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    Seanna Swanson (front) and Kelsi Curren (rear) review a recipe for pretzels during a foods class at Kenai Central High School on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Hands-on’ education equips students with vocational skills
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 24, 2023 2:30 am

    Sparks were flying last Wednesday morning at Soldotna High School, where junior Kevin Steger donned protective eyewear while applying a…

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    The Kachemak Selo Middle-High School building sits against a backdrop of the ridge separating the village from the Kenai Peninsula Borough road system Thursday, Aug. 30 in Kachemak-Selo. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Board of Ed group will focus on district’s...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 23, 2023 2:30 am

    A newly minted Kenai Peninsula Borough School District group will focus on the needs of the district’s small schools and…

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor-elect Peter Micciche testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Micciche made borough mayor
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 21, 2023 2:30 am

    Peter Micciche is the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s new mayor following certification of the Feb. 14, 2023, special election results by…

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    The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board finance group mulls budget cuts
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 21, 2023 2:30 am

    More students per teacher and the closure of school pools and theaters are among the cuts being considered by the…

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    The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School budget debate draws attention to home-school enrollment
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 20, 2023 2:30 am

    As the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District works to fill a projected gap between revenues and expenditures for the upcoming…

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