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A line gathers at the entrance to Frozen RiverFest on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Frozen RiverFest returns

Saturday night found groups of Alaskans huddled around bonfires and sipping beer in Soldotna Creek Park, where the…

Kenai City Council member Deborah Sounart deliberates at the body’s regular meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai council votes down $2,000 bonuses for some city employees

The council was split 3-3 on the issue

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a press conference on Thursday in Juneau. (Photo courtesy Kevin Goodman, Office of the Governor)

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Dunleavy reiterates budget priorities from Juneau

The governor has emphasized public safety, the PFD and education

A copy of Fiona and Jane is held on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022 near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: “Fiona and Jane” a moving tale of female friendships and the Asian American experience

Off the Shelf is a bimonthly literature column written by the staff of The Peninsula Clarion.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Land Management Agent Dakota Truitt presents the borough’s new timber harvesting program to the Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough proposes timber sale, forest plans as part of spruce bark beetle mitigation

The program was presented to the Kenai Peninsula Borough assembly Tuesday

Freezing rain creates icy conditions on Wednesday, Feb. 16. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Icy conditions prompt closures across central, southern peninsula

The conditions follow several days of adverse conditions

Assembly member Tyson Cox speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Split assembly voices opposition to proposed statewide sales tax

The resolution approved Tuesday opposes the implementation of a statewide sales tax in Alaska

KPBSD Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes (left) gives a presentation on the school district’s FY23 budget at Soldotna High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district budget forums offered this week

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is inviting community members to give input on the district’s fiscal year…

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

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City of Seward says commission was not authorized to solicit public funds for project

The project would create a walking tour of historic properties in Seward

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce attends the March 2, 2021, borough assembly meeting at the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers at the Borough Administration Building in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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First meeting of assembly gravel pit group postponed

The group was created to review the borough’s material site permitting codes

Ryanna Thurman uses a holds locker at the Soldotna Public Library on Friday, Jan. 15 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Computers, Wi-Fi available for checkout at Soldotna library

The technology was made available through federal grant funds

Snow and debris from an avalanche can be seen near Mile 45 on the Seward Highway on Monday, March 29, 2021. An avalanche shut down traffic on both sides Monday afternoon. (Photo courtesy Goldie Shealy)

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More snow, traffic delays expected for Southcentral

Motorists traveling on some sections of the Seward Highway should expect intermittent traffic delays of up to 45…

A DHSS map shows every region of Alaska to be at "high" COVID-19 alert level. (Screenshot)

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State reports 1,800 COVID cases over the weekend

The cases include some reported in peninsula communities

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a press conference on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (Photo courtesy Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

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Dunleavy unveils 1st bills of public safety initiative

Gov. Mike Dunleavy unveiled three pieces of legislation Friday that are part of his “People First Initiative” aimed…

Paper runs through the Peninsula Clarion printing press on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Clarion moves to mail delivery for some customers

The Peninsula Clarion is making changes to its delivery services for certain subscribers. In place of home delivery,…

Soldotna quarterback Brandon Crowder hands to Aaron Faletoi (34) on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017, before a full house at Ed Hollier Field in Kenai. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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KCHS looks to improve Ed Hollier Field

Kenai Central High School has long wanted to build permanent restrooms and concessions facilities for its track and…

A sign urging caution stands on the Slaughter Ridge Trail in an area cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass, on Aug. 10 in Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Cooper Landing residents concerned about borough development in area

A desire by the Kenai Peninsula Borough to explore development on a chunk of land east of Cooper…

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Out of the Office: Catching COVID

I caught COVID a couple of weeks ago and it sucked. I’m not sure how I was exposed,…

Aaron Rhoades, Charlie Pierce, Richard Derkevorkian and Jesse Bjorkman listen to testimony during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough to use grant funds for COVID treatments, testing

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly approved a spending plan for the funds during the body’s Feb. 1 meeting

The 2021 Final Redistricting Map features newly drawn boundaries for Alaska State House race on the Kenai Peninsula. (akredistrict.org/Screenshot)

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Assembly, school board need to be reapportioned

Some areas of the Kenai Peninsula are gaining new residents at faster rates than other areas, and it’s…