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Kenai Peninsula Borough
Candidates announced for Oct. 1 municipal elections
Candidates announced for Oct. 1 municipal elections
By Brian Mazurek • August 21, 2019 1:30 am

There are a number of open seats on the Borough Assembly, the School Board and Service Area boards.

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Country singer Zac Brown’s lawyer Blaine Gillam speaks for his client at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission meeting, Aug. 12, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Effort by Homer neighbors to vacate easement fails...
By Victoria Petersen • August 16, 2019 4:30 am

An effort by a group of Homer residents to close off a pedestrian easement running by their properties was shot…

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The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Voters to weigh in on city manager, sales...
By Victoria Petersen • August 14, 2019 1:30 am

The decision to put the measures on the ballot was approved at Tuesday’s assembly meeting.

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Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News                                 A plume of smoke rises from the Swan Lake fire area as vehicles head south on the Sterling Highway on July 18, near Skilak Lake between Sterling and Cooper Landing.
Kenai Peninsula suffering moderate drought
By Victoria Petersen • August 13, 2019 1:30 am

Kenai has seen a nearly 40% decrease in the average rainfall for the area from June to August.

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Filing period opens Aug. 1 for borough elections
Filing period opens Aug. 1 for borough elections
By Staff report Homer News • July 25, 2019 5:30 am

The filing period for Kenai Peninsula Borough offices opens at 8 a.m. Aug. 1 and runs through 4:30 p.m. Aug….

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A view of the back burning operations being conducted on the Swan Lake Fire as seen from Watson Lake in June 2019. (Courtesy Jessica St. Laurent/BLM Alaska Fire Medic)
Swan Lake Fire growth stalled
By Brian Mazurek • July 17, 2019 1:30 am

The latest measurement of the fire puts it at 100,812 acres.

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce speaks at the Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, assembly meeting in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
Mayor vetoes bed tax
By Victoria Petersen • July 10, 2019 1:30 am

Pierce said he did not support a dedicated or targeted tax on specific activities or services.

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Amy George, who used to run a bed and breakfast out of her home, started offering “glamping” experiences last year. She has two luxury tents that can sleep up to four people, as seen on June 12, 2018, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
New borough software seeks compliance with Airbnb, VRBO...
By Victoria Petersen • June 26, 2019 1:30 am

A quick search on airbnb.com shows hundreds of home, cabins and even yurts for rent

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The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Assembly gets pushback on bed tax
By Victoria Petersen • June 12, 2019 1:30 am

The 12% bed tax would affect temporary lodging, including motels, hotels and bed and B&Bs

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Residents filled the Kenai Peninsula Borough Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers for a public hearing regarding a controversial gravel pit in Anchor Point at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, Monday, June 10, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Planning commission postpones vote on Beachcomber gravel pit...
By Victoria Petersen • June 12, 2019 1:30 am

A meeting discussing a controversial gravel pit lasted to nearly midnight Monday, after dozens of Anchor Point residents gave public…

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Pete Kineen, a neighbor of the proposed Beachcomber LLC gravel pit, stands on his deck and points to where the pit could be, on May 2, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Gravel pit controversy continues in Anchor Point
By Victoria Petersen • June 5, 2019 1:30 am

‘I didn’t move down from Anchorage just to look at a gravel pit.’

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The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Borough introduces bed tax ordinance
By Victoria Petersen • May 15, 2019 1:30 am

The 12% bed tax would affect temporary lodging across the borough

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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)
Pierce vetoes $2.5 million for schools
By Victoria Petersen • May 8, 2019 1:30 am

The Borough Assembly passed an ordinance April 16 increasing the FY 2019 funds by $2,423,955.

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