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    The Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference is held at Kachemak Bay Campus starting on Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference returns for 23rd year
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • May 13, 2025 11:30 am

    This year’s keynote presenter is author Ruth Ozeki.

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    Tina Hamlin, chair of the Coalition of Student Leaders, speaks during a meeting of the University of Alaska Board of Regents at Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Peninsula College showcases career programs to Board...
    By Jacob Dye • February 27, 2025 1:30 am

    A group of KPC students were first to speak during the full board meeting Thursday afternoon.

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    University of Alaska Board of Regents Chair Ralph Seekins speaks during a meeting at Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Feb. 22, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    ‘Where does this end?’: University of Alaska to...
    By Jacob Dye • February 21, 2025 1:30 am

    The board was clear during the meeting that they were responding to pressure from the federal government.

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    University of Alaska President Pat Pitney speaks during a meeting of the UA Board of Regents at Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Feb. 22, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Pitney: UA, KPC seeing momentum, attendance growth
    By Jacob Dye • February 21, 2025 1:30 am

    The university president described KPC as “a leader of the pack” in enrollment growth at the university

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    University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Sean Parnell speaks at a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Opinion: KPC offers opportunities and transforms lives
    By Sean Parnell • February 18, 2025 1:30 am

    For over 60 years, KPC has created career pathways and served as a trusted community partner.

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    The Kenai Peninsula College Main Entrance on Aug. 18, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    University of Alaska Board of Regents to meet...
    By Jacob Dye • February 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The last time the board met on the Kenai Peninsula was April 2012.

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    Photo provided by coordinator Alex Ravelo
Girls on the water participants and instructors with their kayak paddles in July.
    University of Alaska Girls on the Water concludes...
    By Emilie Springer • July 12, 2023 1:30 am

    The University of Alaska Fairbanks Girls on Water (GOW) program concluded on Monday, July 10 with a series of science…

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    The High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program conducts a preflight checklist before the Asteroid Bounce campaign Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022, in Gakona, Alaska, as temperatures hit 40 below. The mission is slated for Dec. 27. (Photo courtesy UAF/GI photo by JR Ancheta)
    Alaska research site to send radio signal to...
    By Jacob Dye • December 26, 2022 1:30 am

    The purpose of the experiment is to probe the interior of the asteroid

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    This photo shows the University of Alaska Southeast  Juneau campus on a rainy day. UA administration and faculty have reached a tentative end to 14 months of negotiations.  (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)
    UA administration and faculty union reach tentative deal
    By Lisa Phu Alaska Beacon • November 1, 2022 2:30 am

    While 14-month negotiation has ended, unfair labor practice complaints process still ongoing.

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    A student walks across the campus of the University of Alaska Southeast in this Feb. 4, 2021 file photo. An Anchorage Superior Court ruled Thursday against a group of UA students who had sued the state over funding for higher education scholarship programs. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
    Students appeal Superior Court ruling on higher education...
    By Peter Segall • February 22, 2022 2:30 am

    Supreme Court to weigh in.

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered the release of certain state funds Wednesday, including for the Alaska Performance Scholarship, which helps Alaskans pay for things like classes at the University of Alaska Southeast, shown in this October 2020 file photo. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)
    State releases scholarship, medical school program funding
    By Peter Segall • September 1, 2021 4:30 am

    Scholarships and public health.

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    University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen makes a presentation to the university’s Board of Regents at the University of Alaska Southeast Recreation Center on Sept. 15, 2016. Johnsen and the UA board discussed tuition increases and budget concerns Friday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
    Johnsen gives optimistic State of the University address
    By Victoria Petersen • March 4, 2020 1:30 am

    “It wasn’t the best deal ever, but it was a lifesaver.”

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    University of Alaska Board of Regents chairman John Davies speaks at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, where Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced he would support a $25 million cut this year to the University of Alaska system. That is a sharp reversal from the $135 million cut Dunleavy earlier endorsed. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
    Dunleavy signs ‘step-down’ compact with University of Alaska
    By Peter Segall • August 14, 2019 5:25 pm

    Plan will introduce cuts over three years rather than one

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