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From left, musicians John Walsh, Rose Flanagan and Pat Broaders perform at the annual Winter Concert of Traditional Irish Music at Kenai Peninsula College in Kenai, Alaska on Feb. 1, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Irish Music Concert returns to Kenai Peninsula College

The concert will feature three Irish musicians, John Walsh, Pat Broaders and John Skelton.

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

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Borough looks to manage facilities in more efficent way

The borough assembly appropriated funds to cover costs of facility management strategic planning.

A sign for Set Free Alaska hangs in the faith-based addiction treatment nonprofit’s new outpatient servies location on Ocean Drive on Monday, Jan. 16, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. The organization held an open house to celebrate the outpatient services building opening. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Outpatient addiction treatment services open in Homer

Run by faith-based Mat-Su organization, services have been long time coming

The Kenai Peninsula residence hall on Poppy Lane in Soldotna can be seen on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2020. The hall will go on one-year hiatus beginning this summer.

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KPC to shut down dorm this summer

The one-year hiatus will begin June 30.

Meredith McCullough, language arts teacher at Kenai Central High School, is seen here at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska on Jan. 21, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local language arts teacher honored for work with students

“Trust them and allow them to grow”

House Speaker Bryce Edgmon, I-Dillingham, looks on as Juneau Alaska Music Matters students from Glacier Valley School and singers from Sayéik: Gastineau Community School perform “Alaska’s Flag” on Tuesday.(Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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House provides first day fireworks while Senate takes it slow

Legislative session starts with split votes and objections.

Juneau residents line up outside of the Planet Alaska Gallery to sign an application petition to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Judge halts enforcement of decision in Alaska recall case

By Becky Bohrer

Alaska Native woman, 90, is 1st counted

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Alaska Native woman, 90, is 1st counted

By Mark Thiessen

The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from above on Monday, Aug. 26, 2019, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska Wildland Fire Information)

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Borough to test alert system

The test will take place at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 24.

The Kenai River meets Kenai Lake on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, in Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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State Kenai River board recruiting members

The advisory board provides state park managers with recommendations of the special management area

Micciche discusses PFD, taxes and criminal justice at town hall

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Micciche discusses PFD, taxes and criminal justice at town hall

Micciche started by addressing the repeal of Senate Bill 91.

Soldotna city council to consider LGBTQ hate crime resolution

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Soldotna city council to consider LGBTQ hate crime resolution

The resolution would express support for the expansion of hate crime protections.

Erik Boraas speaks during the Celebration of Life for his father, Dr. Alan Boraas, at Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Community gathers to remember Alan Boraas — educator and trailblazer

‘That’s how you change the world’

Murkowski wants to hear case before deciding on witnesses

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Murkowski wants to hear case before deciding on witnesses

She said she wants to make sure there’s a process that allows senators to “really hear the case.”

A student fixes her hood as she walks across the campus at the University of Alaska Southeast on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (Peter Segall | Juneau Empire)

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UAS proposes undergrad tuition hikes for next academic year

The increases would begin in Fall 2020.

Cellist Brooks Whitehouse, left, and bassist Paul Sharpe, right, are seen here performing at the Garth Newel Music Center in Hot Springs, Virginia, on Nov. 3, 2019. (Courtesy Brooks Whitehouse)

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Musicians go ‘low’

Spoken word meets classical music in Low and Lower comedy performance

The Supreme Court building is seen in Washington on June 17. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press)

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Taking on Citizens United

Assembly members propose resolution supporting amendment to U.S. Constitution.

The frozen Kenai River can be seen here from the Ciechanski Day Use Area in Kenai, Alaska on Jan. 16, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Flooding subsides in Big Eddy area

Ice jam on the Kenai River caused flooding earlier this month and shut down several roads.

Soldotna man sentenced to 9 years for heroin operation

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Soldotna man sentenced to 9 years for heroin operation

He was arrested after he sold large quantities of heroin from his Soldotna residence in May of 2018.

Michael Penn | Juneau Empire file                                The Alaska Marine Highway System’s Tazlina sits at the Auke Bay Terminal on Dec. 9.

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New report recommends corporations, port authorities run Alaska’s ferry system

The governor and lawmakers have been waiting for this report.