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Soldotna Prep School is pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019 in Soldotna, Alaska. The school was recently shuttered and classes combined with Soldotna High School. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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State accepts SoPrep’s closure

The district may not submit a request to reopen Soldotna Prep until seven or more years have passed.

Love, INC in Soldotna provides homelessness prevention and housing services to people on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Unincorporated communities to receive state funding

An ordinance appropriating $426,303 for community projects will be considered Tuesday.

Prescriptions drugs, vitamins, hormones, and other drugs left in the drug drop box in the lobby of the Juneau Police Department displayed on Thursday, Sept. 26. The drop box gives residents a safe place to disposed of their unused prescription narcotics. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Opioid crisis still cuts deep in Alaska

Nearly 6 million pills in 6 years.

A special assembly meeting is held at the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election results to be certified Tuesday

Three new members of the assembly will be sworn in.

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

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Assembly to vote on changing service board elections to appointments

The borough has 12 service boards, of which seven boards include elected positions.

Educators rally in front of Kenai Central High School after school ahead of a strike called on by two employee associations, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board to consider contract agreement

The associations and the district had been negotiating for a contract for nearly 600 days.

Signs redirecting traffic along the Kenai Spur Highway between Kenai and Soldotna can be seen on Saturday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Construction season coming to a close

Some will be completed by the end of construction season; others will be picked up next spring.

From left, Brandiee, Helen, Donalen, Donald and Candice Bowers. (Photo provided by Bowers family)

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KCHS volleyball to raise funds for family battling cancer

“Just knowing the people I’ve volunteered for and helped out are helping me back is special.”

Soldotna City Council members are pictured on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 at Soldotna City Hall in Soldotna, Alaska. The council voted to postpone a resolution that would authorize the city manager to submit a petition to annex to the state’s Local Boundary Commission. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna to see new council members, mayor

Soldotna residents should expect changes to their city council in the coming months.

Photo courtesy of U.S. Drought Monitor

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Peninsula drought downgraded

The area’s ongoing drought saw significant improvement this week.

A sign directing voters to the polls stands outside Soldotna City Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Bjorkman, Cox, Johnson lead early returns

Voters decide on Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members.

A sign opposing Proposition 1 stands along Kalifornsky Beach Road near Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. The ads were paid for by AlaskaYes, according to a disclaimer on the sign. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Props 1, 2 failing by wide margin

Proposition 1 sought to change borough government to a manager-based system.

Soldotna City Council members are pictured on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 at Soldotna City Hall in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Early results show Carey besting Parker

Carey took in 300 votes or 54% of the vote, while Parker took in 240 votes, or 43%…

Patti Truesdell, a retired teacher, is running for the Kalifornsky seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education. (Photo courtesy of Truesdell)

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Truesdell leads Lockwood in school board race

Truesdell brought in 230 votes or 40% of the vote as of Tuesday night.

The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, at 10 Street and Glacier Avenue, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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PFD’s impact on state wide-ranging

The check impacts many aspects of socioeconomic life in Alaska.

A map of the Swan Lake Fire as of Monday, Sept. 30, 2019. (Courtesy Alaska Type 3 Incident Management Team)

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Local agencies take control of Swan Lake Fire

The fire is 90% contained.

Heavy seas caused an Offshore System Kenai (OSK) earth and fill dock, with fuel lines, to collapse, Oct. 2, 2019, resulting in the discharge of approximately 300 gallons of oil. Inspectors from Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Homer responded to the incident and are coordinating with the responsible party and state authorities to mitigate further pollution. The dock continues to erode, but all remaining hazardous materials have been removed. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

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Portion of Nikiski dock collapses in Cook Inlet

Heavy seas reportedly collapsed a 50-foot section of the Offshore Systems Kenai dock in Nikiski.

Election Day on the Kenai Peninsula

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Election Day on the Kenai Peninsula

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Supporters wave signs in support of Proposition A, to ban single-use plastic bags, and for Homer City Council candidates Joey Evensen and Storm Hansen-Cavasos on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer voters approve plastic bag ban; Evensen to serve on council

Voters approved the bag ban with 748 yes votes to 406 no votes.

Report: Toxic chemical found in water of many Alaska towns

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Report: Toxic chemical found in water of many Alaska towns

The toxin has not been found at unsafe levels in Kenai.