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    Assembly member Tyson Cox speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Split assembly voices opposition to proposed statewide sales...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    The resolution approved Tuesday opposes the implementation of a statewide sales tax in Alaska

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    Kenai Public Health Nurse Sherra Pritchard gives Love Inc. Director Leslie Rohr a COVID-19 booster shot during the Project Homeless Connect event in Soldotna on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Project Homeless Connect participation down from last year
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    Organizers site the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a press conference on Thursday in Juneau. (Photo courtesy Kevin Goodman, Office of the Governor)
    Dunleavy reiterates budget priorities from Juneau
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    The governor has emphasized public safety, the PFD and education

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    Ashlyn O’Hara / Peninsula Clarion
State Rep. Ron Gillham speaks at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 6. at Kenai Municipal Airport.
    Gillham targets school reform in Juneau
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 23, 2022 2:30 am

    Gillham said Friday that his bills are aimed at expanding parent choice in education

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    The 2021 Final Redistricting Map features newly drawn boundaries for Alaska State House race on the Kenai Peninsula. (akredistrict.org/Screenshot)
    Assembly, school board need to be reapportioned
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    Some areas of the Kenai Peninsula are gaining new residents at faster rates than other areas, and it’s skewing how…

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    A sign urging caution stands on the Slaughter Ridge Trail in an area cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass, on Aug. 10 in Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Cooper Landing residents concerned about borough development in...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    A desire by the Kenai Peninsula Borough to explore development on a chunk of land east of Cooper Landing is…

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    KPBSD Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes (left) gives a presentation on the school district’s FY23 budget at Soldotna High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School district budget forums continue next week
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is inviting community members to give input on the district’s fiscal year 2023 budget…

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    Aaron Rhoades, Charlie Pierce, Richard Derkevorkian and Jesse Bjorkman listen to testimony during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough to use grant funds for COVID treatments,...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 16, 2022 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved a spending plan for the funds during the body’s Feb. 1 meeting

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    Sanitization equipment is seen inside of a classroom at Kenai Middle School on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    District nixes contact tracing for schools with universal...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2022 2:30 am

    When a school moves to universal masking, nurse and staff time is “no longer dedicated” to contact tracing

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    Soldotna Prep School is pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019 in Soldotna, Alaska. Relocating the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administration to the location is one of the projects for which the borough is seeking state funds. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Soldotna Prep School is pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019 in Soldotna, Alaska. Relocating the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administration to the location is one of the projects for which the borough is seeking state funds. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough to lobby state for $87 million for...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2022 2:30 am

    The projects include funds for a new fire station, school district relocation and flood mitigation

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    KPBSD Assistant Superintendent Kari Dendurent presents an update on the district’s strategic plan during a board of education work session on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Screenshot)
    District developing 5-year plan for schools
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2022 2:30 am

    The plan will be informed by data collected via surveys distributed throughout the district community

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    Teea Winger testifies in opposition to universal masking in schools during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Board of Education on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Screenshot)
    School mask policies frustrate some community members
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2022 2:30 am

    To mask or not to mask? The question continues to cause headaches within the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, where…

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    Nathan Erfurth speaks before the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday, July 12, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Board of education approves hundreds of teacher contracts
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 9, 2022 2:30 am

    Board approval came earlier than usual this year

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