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A roll of "I Voted" stickers sits next to a bottle of hand sanitizer in this October 2020 photo. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire)
Voter registration deadline Sunday
By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 1, 2021 2:30 am

The municipal election is Oct. 5.

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A section of trees are cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass, on Aug. 10, 2021, in Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
Bypass project completion date pushed back
By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 1, 2021 2:30 am

The project aims to reduce congestion on the Sterling Highway through Cooper Landing.

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FILE - This March 19, 2020, file photo, shows an envelope containing a 2020 census letter mailed to a U.S. resident. On Wednesday, March 24, 2021, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state of Ohio that tried to get the U.S. Census Bureau to provide data used for drawing congressional and legislative districts ahead of its planned release. (AP Photo / Matt Rourke)
Census shows slight peninsula population growth
By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 1, 2021 2:30 am

The population of the Kenai Peninsula Borough grew by about 6.1% over the last 10 years, or from about 55,400…

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The "gofishak" application, zoomed in to the Kenai Peninsula. (Screenshot)
Find fishing spots with new app
By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 1, 2021 2:30 am

“Gofishak” allows users to filter fishing locations by category, species and access.

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Ashlyn O’Hara / Peninsula Clarion
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski attends a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on May 5 in Kenai.
Murkowski pushes to reauthorize heritage site
By Ashlyn O'Hara • September 1, 2021 2:30 am

The Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage Area is one of only 55 NHAs in the United States.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District communications blog/Screenshot
KPBSD pauses weekly antigen tests for athletes
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 25, 2021 2:30 am

The district is experiencing “supply chain challenges”

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The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will offer a districtwide 100% Remote Learning option during the 2021-2022 school year. (Image via the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District communications blog)
School district offers updated remote learning options
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 18, 2021 2:30 am

Students learning 100% remotely will not be allowed to return to in-person learning outside of the transfer dates outlined.

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The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
Borough sales tax revenue higher than anticipated
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 18, 2021 2:30 am

The borough said it planned conservatively in anticipation of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Assembly Member Willy Dunne (second from left) speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Candidates file for borough elections
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 18, 2021 2:30 am

The candidate filing period for people interested in running for seats open in the Oct. 5 municipal election closed Monday,…

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A roadside sign welcomes drivers to Nikiski, Alaska, on Jan. 7, 2019. (Clarion file)
Nikiski soil treatment facility on track for approval
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 18, 2021 2:30 am

The facility would be located near Mile 27.5 of the Kenai Spur Highway in Nikiski.

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President Joe Biden speaks about the bipartisan infrastructure bill from the East Room of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
$1 trillion infrastructure plan passes Senate
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 11, 2021 2:30 am

Efforts to advance the legislation were spearheaded by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, including U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

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Gov. Mike Dunleavy outlines new measures the state will undertake to tackle sexual assault during a press conference streamed live from the Alaska Department of Public Safety Crime Lab in Anchorage on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (Screenshot)
‘The days of getting away with it are...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 11, 2021 2:30 am

Dunleavy announces new process for tracking sexual assault cases, renewed effort to collect DNA from offenders.

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Mayor Charlie Pierce speaks at a Kenai Peninsula Borough meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Borough seeks to change planning commission selection process
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 11, 2021 2:30 am

Traditionally, cities have advertised for their vacant seat on the commission, with applications forwarded to the city council for review

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