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The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stands in silence while Assembly President Wayne Ogle offers an invocation before the meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly continues invocations, despite court ruling

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify details about the court ruling on the borough assembly’s…

Assembly reelects Ogle, Bagley for President and Vice President

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Assembly reelects Ogle, Bagley for President and Vice President

Current Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Wayne Ogle and Vice President Dale Bagley were re-elected into the assembly’s…

Kenai Central High School is photographed on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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State releases annual school progress report, new system

New student progress reports were released from the state Department of Education and Early Development Tuesday.

Borough begins repairs after Seward flooding

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Borough begins repairs after Seward flooding

Borough crews have begun repairing Seward roads inundated by two storm systems that dumped inches of rain over…

Landon Lightfoot jumps into the Nikiski pool during a training scenario, June 30, 2014, at the Nikiski Pool, in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Kelly Sullivan/ Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikiski Pool to open sooner than expected

Swimmers are able to get back into the Nikiski Pool earlier than expected. The pool officially opened on…

The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough welcome sign is getting refurbished

Something is missing on the drive to and from Anchorage. The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s welcome sign, which normally…

Students file out of busses on the first day of school on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at Mountain View Elementary in Kenai. The children were welcomed by bubble machines, jazz music and Principal Kircher. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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School Briefs for Oct. 22 – Oct. 28

Soldotna High School

Marge Mullen shows a third-grade class how the residents of the Howard Lee Homestead heated their home, on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Students get firsthand account of Soldotna’s homesteading history

Third graders at Soldotna Elementary are learning all about their community. Marge Mullen, one of the city’s first…

Dale Vaughn, is one of the first graduates of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s Henu’ Community Wellness Court program, on Friday, Oct. 19, 2018, in Kenai, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Henu’ Community Wellness Court honors first graduates

The Kenaitze Indian Tribe Henu’ Community Wellness Court celebrated the program’s first graduates Friday afternoon at the Tyotkas…

A sign opposing the Stand for Salmon ballot initiative in photographed on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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City of Kenai takes stand against Ballot Measure 1

The Kenai City Council voted to oppose Alaska Ballot Measure 1 at Wednesday’s meeting.

Teachers, support staff and community members, many of them wearing red, prepare to listen to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education’s Monday, Sept. 10, 2018 meeting at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The board holds one meeting each year in Homer, and another in Seward. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Negotiations continue between school district and unions

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District met last week with the Kenai Peninsula Education Association and the Kenai…

A gull inspects a discarded fish head on Kenai Beach on July 10, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai asks the state to declare this year’s upper Cook Inlet fishery an economic disaster

Wednesday night, the Kenai City Council unanimously voted to request that Gov. Bill Walker declare an economic disaster…

A Narcan kit can be used to reverse the effects of an opioid-related overdose, on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018, in Kenai, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Emergency Education: Narcan kits to be given out in public health distributing exercise

On Saturday, community members have the opportunity to participate in an emergency preparedness drill while getting the tools…

A discussion with gubernatorial candidate Mark Begich

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A discussion with gubernatorial candidate Mark Begich

The Kenai Peninsula’s economy has long been dependent on oil and gas. What will you do to boost…

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Sean Dusek gives a district update at Wednesday’s joint chamber luncheon, on Oct. 17, 2018, in Kenai, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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School superintendent talks budget cuts, curriculum at joint chamber luncheon

Superintendent Sean Dusek gave the community a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District update at Wednesday’s joint chamber luncheon.

Residents air concerns to Marijuana Control Board in Kenai

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Residents air concerns to Marijuana Control Board in Kenai

The Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office met in Kenai for the first time, with members of public from…

The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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State of emergency due to rain, flooding in Seward area

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce declared a state of emergency Tuesday due to flooding events in the…

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meets to discuss school safety during a work session on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board focuses on student safety

The number of students being assessed as suicide risks is seeing an uptick in peninsula schools

A BUMPS bus waits for passengers in the Walmart parking lot on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Kenai, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Community gathers to increase public transportation opportunities

The Kenai Peninsula is nearly the size of West Virginia with small towns and unincorporated communities sprinkled throughout.…

Greg Madden was sworn into the School Board after winning a four-way race for the District 5 race in the Sterling and Funny River area, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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New School Board members sworn in

Newly elected school board members were sworn in during a special Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of…