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Robert Gibson testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 5 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Borough looks to revamp agricultural lease rates
By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 20, 2021 2:30 am

Many of the borough’s existing agricultural land leases were issued during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Sanitization equipment is seen inside of a classroom at Kenai Middle School on Friday, Jan. 8 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
As in-person learning resumes, parents ask for more...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 13, 2021 2:30 am

Many called for allowing students in all grades to resume in-person learning five days a week or for eliminating mask requirements for student athletes while active.

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An area set up to administer doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is seen on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion 
An area set up to administer doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is seen on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska.
Large vaccine clinics to happen later this month
By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 13, 2021 2:30 am

Clinics are being offered by Soldotna Professional Pharmacy and Nikiski Fire/OEM

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Graphic by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion
High-risk KPBSD schools to resume on-site learning Monday
By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 6, 2021 2:30 am

The shift comes a week earlier than anticipated

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Hand sanitizer, disinfecting wipes and face masks are seen on a table inside of the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers on Monday, Jan. 4 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Assembly to meet in person following renovations, COVID...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 6, 2021 2:30 am

Renovations include a new configuration of the assembly dais and audience, and new camera equipment

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Family practice physician Christina Tuomi, D.O., (right) gets Homer's first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from Emergency Department nurse Steve Hughes (left) on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Tuomi has been the hospital's medical lead throughout the pandemic. (Photo courtesy Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
Vaccine rollout continues throughout state, on peninsula
By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 30, 2020 2:30 am

12,202 total COVID-19 vaccinations had been given in Alaska as of Sunday

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Bailey Epperheimer and Judah Johnston pose with Epperheimer’s pigs, Maui and Chancho, at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 at the fairgrounds in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Branching out: 4-H Ag Expo to relocate to...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 30, 2020 2:30 am

The Kenai Peninsula Agricultural Expo is moving to Soldotna starting next year through at least 2022

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State health officials brief members of the media on new COVID-19 vaccine developments in Alaska on Monday, Dec. 2021. (Screenshot)
Moderna vaccine doses arrive in Alaska
By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

DHSS has anticipated that Moderna’s vaccine will be logistically easier to handle and to distribute

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members participate in a special meeting, which was conducted remotely, on Tuesday, Dec. 15. (Screenshot)
Assembly extends borough disaster declaration
By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 16, 2020 2:30 am

The declaration was extended until March 31, 2021

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Protestors are seen at the intersection of Kenai Spur Hwy. and Sterling Hwy. on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Parents protest remote learning
By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 16, 2020 2:30 am

People held signs and glow sticks in Soldotna to protest remote learning

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In this Monday, July 27, 2020 file photo, a nurse prepares a syringe during a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., in Binghamton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
‘Beginning of the end’: Alaska’s first COVID-19 vaccines...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 9, 2020 2:30 am

The state’s health officials gave a vaccine update on Monday

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Image via KPBSD
On-site learning could resume in January
By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 9, 2020 2:30 am

K-6 students will be allowed to return to school on Jan. 19 even if their region is at high risk.

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Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion 
A sign detailing the store’s mask policy stands outside Safeway in Soldotna on July 21, 2020.
Borough attorney signs letter refuting state’s claim that...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 2, 2020 2:30 am

The letter describes specific statutes barring them from enacting mask mandate

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