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Kenai mulls future of marijuana drive-thrus

The state has made permanent COVID-era rules that allowed marijuana establishments to offer drive-thru and walk-up services

Ryan Tunseth, Adam Bertoldo, Bill Elam and Nissa Savage participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidate forum at Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2023: 1st round of assembly candidates tackle issues

Participating in Monday’s forum were Adam Bertoldo, Bill Elam, Peter Ribbens, Nissa Savage and Ryan Tunseth

Sidewalk chalk drawings cover the outside of corroding insulation at Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna elementary reconstruction cost grows to $35 million

The project initially carried a $21.5 million price tag

Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks about the National Blue Ribbon award during an assembly at Soldotna Montessori Charter School on Friday, Jan 14, 2022. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)

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KPBSD seeks new contract with superintendent

School board members on Monday unanimously voted in support of Clayton Holland

Water runs over Big Eddy Road in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna flooding forecast for Wednesday

Roads in the Big Eddy subdivision will have between a half foot to one foot of water over…

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Kenai resident sentenced for failing to register as sex offender

Wayne Hinze absconded from Oregon law enforcement in 2017

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2 killed in Sterling Highway collision

The collision took place at Mile 57 of the Sterling Highway, near the Fuller Lakes Trailhead

The Kenai Public Health Center is seen on a cloudy Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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New RSV preventative measures to be available this season

Nirsevimab will be available through the Alaska Immunization Program starting Oct. 1

Soldotna's Leigh Tacey tries to avoid Wasilla's Kemeul Rodriguez on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, at Justin Maile Field at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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SoHi football routs Wasilla to celebrate homecoming; Brantley Jr. draws even with Nystrom

The Soldotna football team celebrated homecoming by trouncing Wasilla 67-6 on Friday at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna.

Victoria Askin photographs a gravemarker in the Kenai Cemetery as part of a city imaging project on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Volunteers help build visual database of Kenai cemetery plots

The cataloging will allow someone to check on the condition or maintenance of a specific grave

A female northern sea otter rescued in Kenai on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, is seen at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Sea otter pup rescued in Kenai

The pup is the latest in an extensive roster of animals rescued this summer

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Coho picking up, fair for the next few weeks

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Staff from the Alaska SeaLife Center help release two harbor seal pups into Cook Inlet on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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SeaLife Center sends off seals at Kenai beach

Harbor seals Tuber and Darth Tater were rescued from Kenai and Nikiski earlier this year

Teea Winger, Henry Knackstedt and Phil Daniel participate in a Kenai City Council candidate forum at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai council candidates convene for Thursday forum

Three of the four candidates for Kenai City Council convened in the Kenai Community Library on Thursday evening…

Kenai Mayor Brian Gabriel prepares to spin one of the wheels that determine the magic weight at the closing ceremony of the Kenai Silver Salmon Derby on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Silver Salmon Derby returns

The event is unique among fishing derbies for its use of the “magic weight”

Sterling Elementary welcomes students on the first day of school on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)

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Arrest made in case of vandalism at Sterling Elementary School

A Nikiski man was arrested Tuesday in connection with an incident of vandalism at Sterling Elementary School that…

Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, fields questions from attendees at a legislative presentation at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Bjorkman reports back from Juneau

The state senator gave a presentation to a joint meeting of the Kenai and Soldotna chambers of commerce

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Kenai Police arrest 2 on charges of kidnapping, assault

The alleged incident was reported Saturday

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Unrelated collisions Monday leave 2 dead

One was a resident of Clam Gulch, the other of Wisconsin.

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPBSD to use grant funds for elementary counselor positions

The district budgeted about $626,000 for elementary school counselors for the current fiscal year