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Lance Twitchell, Associate Professor of Alaska Native Languages at the University of Alaska Southeast, testifies in front of the House Education Committee in favor of House Bill 24 on Monday, April 1, 2019.

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Bill would help immersion school teachers

Professor says it will help preserve Alaska Native languages.

Alaska hospitals have critical need for blood

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Alaska hospitals have critical need for blood

Donate at the Blood Bank of Alaska center.

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Soldotna to have outdoor basketball court this summer

The project was approved as part of the city’s Five Year Capital Plan

Kenai council looks to support funding for KPC, Wildwood

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Kenai council looks to support funding for KPC, Wildwood

Closing the sentenced facility would cause the loss of about 46 full-time positions at the jail

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Alaska human rights commission makes no decision on director over rifle sticker

“Our concern was with the connotation of the statement to the Black Lives Matter movement”

Peninsula residents attend the annual KPBA Home Show at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex as seen here in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Kirsten Raye)

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40th annual KPBA Home Show will showcase Kenai’s past and present

This year’s theme fits with the 40th anniversary of the event

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School board to interview superintendent candidates

The school board worked with the Association of Alaska School Boards to facilitate the search

Members of the community attend the Kenai Peninsula Borough School Board meeting on Monday in Soldotna. The board passed a $145 million budget during the meeting. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district passes budget

The school district passed a total general fund revenue budget of $145,387,469

After hearing from 1,800 Alaskans, House ready to form budget to counter Dunleavy’s

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After hearing from 1,800 Alaskans, House ready to form budget to counter Dunleavy’s

They heard from nearly 2,000 Alaskans.

Office of Budget and Management Director Donna Arduin, right, weighs in on a discussion of the Kenai Peninsula and state economies during an interview with Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Monday, in Kenai.

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The governor gets down to business

Dunleavy talks local and state economy

Schools briefs for the week of April 1-7, 2019

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Schools briefs for the week of April 1-7, 2019

What’s happening this week

Hannah Lafleur of Seward, Alaska, runs at the top of the cliffs at the Mount Marathon Race on Wednesday, July 4, 2018, in Seward. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mount Marathon registration closes Sunday

Registration for the race closes at 11:59 p.m. on March 31, and no late registration is allowed.

The words “Trump 2020” are spray painted onto a wall at Wasabi’s Bistro, shown here Thursday, March 21, 2019 just outside of Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Community rallies around Wasabi’s Bistro after racist vandalism

When Wasabi’s Bistro just outside of Homer was vandalized with a racist message sometime between last Wednesday night…

Tourism steady on the Kenai Peninsula

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Tourism steady on the Kenai Peninsula

‘I believe it will be a good and successful visitation season this year’

Co-owner Art Abel stands next to some of Greatland Ganja’s marijuana plants in Kasilof on March 19. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Peninsula marijuana industry continues to grow

The Kenai Peninsula has become home to 61 licensed retailers, cultivators, and manufacturers

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, center, speaks about education with Clarion reporters Brian Mazurek and Victoria Petersen (not pictured) on Monday, March 25, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. The governor answered questions on a wide range of topics, including public safety, education, industry and his proposed budget. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dunleavy talks education

The second part in the Clarion’s sit-down with the governor

Kenai man charged with stealing snowmachine in Nikiski

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Kenai man charged with stealing snowmachine in Nikiski

Brewer was wanted on prior charges of stealing cellphones from the Nikiski Pool.

In this Feb. 15, 2018 file photo, Judith Enck, center, former regional administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency addresses those gathered at a protest against President Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling for oil and gas in Albany, N.Y. A U.S. judge in Alaska says President Donald Trump exceeded his authority when he reversed a ban on offshore drilling in vast parts of the Arctic Ocean and dozens of canyons in the Atlantic Ocean. Judge Sharon Gleason in a ruling late Friday, March 29, 2019 threw out Trump‚Äôs executive order that overturned the ban implemented by President Barack Obama.(AP Photo/David Klepper, File)

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Judge restores Obama-era drilling ban in Arctic

The wording of President Obama’s withdrawals indicates that he intended them to extend indefinitely

In this Sept. 23, 2013, file photo, a driver passes a small boat harbor in King Cove, Alaska. A federal court judge says Trump administration plans for a road through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska violates federal law. The order Friday, March 29, 2019 by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason halts plans for a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula. The refuge encompasses internationally recognized habitat for migrating waterfowl. (James Brooks/Kodiak Daily Mirror via AP, File)

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Judge rejects Trump plan for road in Alaska wildlife refuge

Zinke was required to acknowledge that the road was a reversal of previous policy

Robert Gibson of Cooper Landing picks barley by hand at a small barley field planted by the Kenai Peninsula Borough in a vacant gravel pit on Friday, Aug. 31, 2018, in Cooper Landing, Alaska. Gibson uses three different methods to pick the barley, including using a scythe and a hand sickle. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Agriculture flourishing on peninsula

The ability to purchase local food could also boost Alaska and the peninsula’s local economy