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    Renovations made to the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers are seen on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough assembly to resume meetings in Homer, Seward
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 11, 2023 2:30 am

    The decision came after residents in those communities asked to be included in the body’s meeting schedule

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    Former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor and current Alaska gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce speaks at a “Get Out the Vote” rally hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Republican Women at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough to pay more than $200K to settle...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 20, 2023 2:30 am

    As part of the settlement, the borough is not admitting any wrongdoing

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    From left: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education member Penny Vadla; Assistant Superintendent Kari Dendurent; Board members Jason Tauriainen and Matt Morse; and student representative Ashley Dahlman participate in a board meeting on Monday, April 11, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board sends KPBSD budget, with cuts, to...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Among the cuts put forth were the elimination of theater technicians and pool supervisors

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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 mulls sale of electric utility to HEA
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 6, 2023 2:30 am

    Voters will get the final say during a special election on May 2

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    Alaska Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce speaks at a campaign event at Paradisos restaurant in Kenai on Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough assembly to discuss Pierce harassment lawsuit
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 6, 2023 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will meet Tuesday in executive session to discuss a sexual harassment claim filed last year…

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    This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire File)
    School staff eye retirement reform
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 6, 2023 2:30 am

    S.B. 88, sponsored by Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, would establish a new defined benefit system

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    Audre Hickey testifies in opposition to an ordinance that would implement a citywide lewdness prohibition in Soldotna during a city council meeting on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Soldotna council kills citywide lewdness ordinance
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 30, 2023 2:30 am

    The decision followed lengthy public comment

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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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