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Kenai Peninsula Borough
From left, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Bill Elam, Brent Johnson, Tyson Cox and Brent Hibbert attend an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Election issues tackled at assembly
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 10, 2023 2:30 am

The body created a voter turnout working group and approved other changes to borough election code

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Outlaw Body and Paint’s Wesley Jackson, center, testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly about the affects of calcium chloride brine on vehicles he treats during a meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
DOT to review salt brine use on peninsula...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 10, 2023 2:30 am

Multiple people, including automotive workers, testified in opposition to the use of the salt brine

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Voters fill out their ballots at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Candidate filing period for local offices now open
By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 3, 2023 2:30 am

Aspiring candidates will have until Aug. 15 to file their candidacy

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk Johni Blankenship oversees the testing of voting equipment ahead of the Oct. 5, 2021, municipal election on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Borough proposes changes to write-in candidate rules
By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 29, 2023 2:30 am

The changes are being proposed in response to questions that came up after the most recent special mayoral election

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A spruce tree seeps sap outside of the Kenai Post Office on Friday, July 2, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska.
New federal grant will fund borough beetle-kill mitigation
By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 29, 2023 2:30 am

Assembly members on Tuesday voted to accept more than $70,000 for the effort

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Peter Micciche (center) listens to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly certify the results of the Feb. 14, 2023, special mayoral election, through which he was elected mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Thousands respond to borough services survey
By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 7, 2023 2:30 am

Many of the survey questions focused on the quality of borough roads

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Tyson Cox references a sheet illustrating the rotation of seats on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska.
Soldotna requests changes to planning commission ordinance
By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 1, 2023 2:30 am

The measure is being considered next week

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Renovations made to the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers are seen on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Borough assembly to resume meetings in Homer, Seward
By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 11, 2023 2:30 am

The decision came after residents in those communities asked to be included in the body’s meeting schedule

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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland, center, addresses the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during a budget work session on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Assembly OKs max school funding
By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 11, 2023 2:30 am

The borough will contribute $54.8 million to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District for fiscal year 2024

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Former Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor and current Alaska gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce speaks at a “Get Out the Vote” rally hosted by the Kenai Peninsula Republican Women at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Borough to pay more than $200K to settle...
By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 20, 2023 2:30 am

As part of the settlement, the borough is not admitting any wrongdoing

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Peter Micciche (second from left) is sworn in as mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Micciche reflects on taking helm at ‘rudderless’ borough
By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 13, 2023 2:30 am

Micciche cruised to victory in the Feb. 14 Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral special election

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Acting Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk Michele Turner, left, accepts a ballot from Richard Derkevorkian during an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Assembly considers resuming annual meetings in Homer, Seward
By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 13, 2023 2:30 am

The assembly currently meets at the George A. Navarre Administration Building in Soldotna

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Alaska Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce speaks at a campaign event at Paradisos restaurant in Kenai on Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)
Borough assembly to discuss Pierce harassment lawsuit
By Ashlyn O'Hara • April 6, 2023 2:30 am

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will meet Tuesday in executive session to discuss a sexual harassment claim filed last year…

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