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    Lawmakers discuss summer traffic safety during public meeting
    By Emilie Springer • July 17, 2024 1:30 am

    The House Transportation Committee on Thursday, July 11 held a public meeting with the Alaska Department of Transportation and the…

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    Jack Penning, managing partner at Volaire Aviation, speaks to the Kenai City Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Airport can support expansion, study says
    By Jacob Dye • June 27, 2024 1:30 am

    New services could include a direct line to Seattle

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    Angel Patterson-Moe and Natalie Norris stand in front of one of their Red Eye Rides vehicles in Seward, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Seward’s Red Eye Rides marks 2 years of...
    By Jacob Dye • May 1, 2024 1:30 am

    Around two years ago, Angel Patterson-Moe drove in the middle of the night from Seward to Anchorage and back to…

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    Joel Caldwell shows off the new Tecnam Traveller on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. Kenai Aviation has since added two more Tecnam Travellers to its fleet. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Aviation adds 3rd plane to commuter service,...
    By Jacob Dye • April 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Kenai Aviation plans to increase its schedule to include 18 flights a day running seven days a week

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    Homer pedestrian pathway project selected for federal funding
    By Delcenia Cosman • April 10, 2024 1:30 am

    The project will create greater nonmotorized transportation access in Homer

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Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Commissioner Ryan Anderson answers questions from state senators during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday in Juneau.
    State officials revise transportation plan as summer construction...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 6, 2024 2:30 am

    The federal government rejected the plan on Feb. 9, citing numerous deficiencies

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    Grant Aviation’s new Cessna 208B EX Grand Caravan idles on the runway moments after arriving at the Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, March 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    New Grant Aviation planes to double service’s flight...
    By Jacob Dye • March 6, 2024 1:30 am

    The first of two Cessna 208B EX Grand Caravans will start transporting passengers on Monday

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    Airplane wreckage sits in brush on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, near Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo via National Transportation Safety Board)
    NTSB releases preliminary report on Anchor Point plane...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 4, 2024 2:30 am

    The Dec. 8 crash killed 2

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    A state plow truck clears snow from the Kenai Spur Highway on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    DOT identifies roads included in brine reduction plan
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 6, 2023 2:30 am

    The department said its goal is to reduce brine use overall in the region by 40%

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    DOT commissioner: New road maintenance strategy could reduce brine use by 40%
    DOT commissioner: New road maintenance strategy could reduce...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 18, 2023 2:30 am

    Vehicle corrosion and associated costs, threats to public safety and environmental impacts were the top concerns

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    Homer community members talk with Matt Steffy, parks and trails planner with the City of Homer, about the trails and sidewalk component of the draft transportation plan on Sept. 26.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News
    City hosts final public meeting on draft transportation...
    By Emilie Springer • October 4, 2023 1:30 am

    The final public meeting discussing the city’s draft transporation plan took place last month.

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    Updated transportation plan open for public comment
    Updated transportation plan open for public comment
    By Emilie Springer • September 13, 2023 1:30 am

    The 2023 plan emphasizes improvements between vehicles and nonmorized transportation options

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    Outlaw Body and Paint’s Wesley Jackson, center, testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly about the affects of calcium chloride brine on vehicles he treats during a meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    DOT to review salt brine use on peninsula...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 10, 2023 2:30 am

    Multiple people, including automotive workers, testified in opposition to the use of the salt brine

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