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Articles by Ashlyn O'Hara
A stretch of Kenai Spur Highway can be seen in this August 2019 photo in Soldotna, Alaska. (Clarion file)
ATVs, other all-purpose vehicles, to be OK on...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 10, 2021 2:30 am

The regulations drew safety concerns when first proposed earlier this year.

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Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings, left, and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, right, participate in a mayoral candidate forum hosted by the Kenai Chamber of Commerce at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center on Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)
Standoff over planning commission appointment continues
By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 10, 2021 2:30 am

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce said he will not appoint Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings to the commission.

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The Kenai waterfront can be seen from Old Town Kenai on April 27, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion file)
Kenai council postpones approval of waterfront study contract
By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 10, 2021 2:30 am

The move was to give newly elected members more time to thoroughly acquaint themselves with the project.

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A sign in downtown Seldovia is photographed on Sept. 27, 2021. (Peninsula Clarion file)
Seldovia increases sales tax to fund new grader
By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 3, 2021 2:30 am

The tax increase will bump Seldovia’s sales tax during the second and third quarter from 4.5% to 6.5%.

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Cars wait while debris is cleared from a section of the Sterling Highway on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. A landslide on Sunday morning blocked both lanes of the highway, which had partially reopened Monday.(Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
Traffic moving with delays in Cooper Landing after...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 3, 2021 2:30 am

The landslide happened on a section of road between Mileposts 49 and 51 on the Sterling Highway.

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The Kenai Community Library health section is seen on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. After the Kenai City Council postponed a vote to approve a grant funding health and wellness book, community members set up a GoFundMe to support the purchase of materials. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
Kenai library fundraiser surpasses $15k before ending
By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 3, 2021 2:30 am

The fundraiser was launched in response to a move by the Kenai City Council to delay approval of a library grant.

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KPBSD Itinerant Counselor Natali Jones reads “All Are Welcome” by Alexandra Penfold in support of the LGBTQ+ community during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. Treatment of LGBTQ+ students within the school district dominated public testimony during the board’s Monday night meeting. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
‘Everyone deserves to have a safe learning environment’
By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 3, 2021 2:30 am

Students, teachers speak out about LGBTQ+ inclusion at school board meeting.

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A progressive pride flag hangs in Winter Marshall-Allen’s classroom at Homer High School on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 in Homer Alaska. Marshall-Allen was previously asked to take the flag and other symbols displayed in her classroom down, but was allowed to put it back up after filing a grievance with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
‘The school building needs to be a safe...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 3, 2021 2:30 am

Union forms commission in response to accusations of LGBTQ+ censorship in schools

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Fall leaves frame a shot of Kenai Lake on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Out of the Office: To everything, there is...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 27, 2021 2:30 am

We don’t really have “seasons” where I’m from. It stays an amicable 75 degrees and sunny pretty much all year,…

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The Kenai Community Library health section is seen on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. After the Kenai City Council postponed a vote to approve a grant funding health and wellness books, community members set up a GoFundMe to support the purchase of materials. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
After cries of censorship, community raises funds for...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 27, 2021 2:30 am

The Kenai City Council voted during its Oct. 20 meeting to postpone acceptance of a $1,500 grant for materials related to health and wellness.

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Ashlyn O’Hara / Peninsula Clarion
A chicken eats kale inside of a chicken house at Diamond M Ranch on April 1 off Kalifornsky Beach Road. The ranch receives food scraps from the public as part a community program aimed at recovering food waste and keeping compostable material out of the landfill.
More food for the chickens
By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 27, 2021 2:30 am

Central peninsula group awarded grant to expand composting efforts

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Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
‘A very slippery slope that we need to...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 27, 2021 2:30 am

Approval of library grant postponed after Kenai council requests to preview book purchases

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Renewable IPP CEO Jenn Miller presents information about solar power during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Company looks to build solar farm on peninsula
By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 20, 2021 2:30 am

It would be roughly 20 times the size of the largest solar farm currently in the state.

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