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Election 2023: 1st Clarion, KDLL candidate forum is Monday

Three city council candidates and one mayor candidate will share their thoughts about issues facing Soldotna

Sample ballots are displayed ahead of the Oct. 4 municipal election at an absentee in-person polling place in Kenai City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2023: Voter registration deadline is Sunday

Election day is Tuesday, Oct. 3

Crews respond to a flood event at the Lowell Creek Tunnel outflow. (Photo courtesy Seward Public Works Director Doug Schoessler)

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Seward considers legislative priority list

Many of the projects are carried over from last year’s list

A sign opposing the participation of trans girls in girls sports is propped against a fire hydrant outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Board of Education met in the building to discuss a resolution that would ban trans girls from girls high school sports. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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State board of ed to take up transgender sports issue Thursday

The board will consider whether or not to separate cisgender girls, other student athletes

Soldotna Police Officer David Bower, right, sits with his lawyer, Andy Pevehouse, during a bail hearing at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Aug. 16, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna police reviewing policies after officer’s arrest

The officer was arrested on a fourth-degree domestic violence assault charge

After buying produce, patrons could bring their vegetables to the Fermentation Station to learn how to preserve the harvest at the Harvest Moon Local Food Festival, on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Young readers program, local farmer’s market named Soldotna mini grant recipients

Applicants were given the opportunity to present to city council members during Wednesday’s special meeting

2023 Candidate forum flyer. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2023: Clarion, KDLL to hold in-person candidate forum series

The forums will be held Mondays and Thursdays in September

Dave Yragui, left, and Peter Micciche, right, talk about flood problems along Kalifornsky Beach Road during a public meeting on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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K-Beach residents, officials mull flood solutions at meeting

Residents brainstormed solutions to the high water levels that have been damaging their property

A vision plan prepared by McKinley Research Group shows potential uses of waterfront space identified as a priority for revitalization. (Plan via City of Kenai)

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Kenai to hire temporary planner to assist with waterfront revitalization

The city during the summer of 2021 began brainstorming ways to revitalize the City of Kenai’s waterfront

The sidewalk in front of Paradiso’s Restaurant shows cracks on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai to replace Paradiso’s sidewalk

Multiple large sections of sidewalk near the restaurant will be replaced

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A copy of “The Great Alone” sits on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Thursday in Kenai.

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Off the Shelf: ‘The Great Alone’ tells beautiful, tragic tale set on the Kenai Peninsula

Isolation, in all its forms, is a central theme of the book

From left: Kendall Kenai Peninsula Service Manager Joshua Lee and Project Manager Vincent English stand near service bays in Kendall’s new service facility and dealership on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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New dealership sets up shop in Soldotna

The soon-to-be completed project will be the home of a Kendall Auto Alaska dealership and service center

A voting booth for the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer elections at Cowles Council Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/ Homer News)

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Election 2023: Here’s who’s running

Seats are open on city councils, the borough assembly, the school board and numerous service area boards

Signs direct visitors at the City of Seward’s city hall annex on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward council explains position on utility sale

Council members on Monday approved two action memorandums related to the proposed sale

A newly installed culvert moves water at the intersection of Patrick Drive and Bjerke Street on Monday, July 24, 2023, near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly OKs money for K-Beach flood study

The area is prone to severe flooding and located adjacent to wetlands

Signs direct visitors at Seward City Hall on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021, in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sorensen to be next Seward city manager

She currently serves as executive director of the Seward Chamber of Commerce

(Foreground) Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland (left) and KPBSD Finance Director Liz Hayes (right) speak about the district’s fiscal year 2024 budget during a work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district prepares to launch ‘Budget 101’ informational meetings

The sessions will be targeted toward the public and will each tackle a different element of the borough’s…

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Veterans may be eligible for new benefit expansion

Representatives of the department spoke on the expansion at a town hall event held Friday in Kenai

Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai will not bond water treatment project

The City of Kenai will not put before city voters a bond question related to the planned reconstruction…

Alaska LNG Project Manager Brad Chastain presents information about the project during a luncheon at the Kenai Chamber Commerce and Visitor Center on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Environmental groups file latest legal challenge to Alaska LNG Project

The groups include the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity