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Kenai to talk dogs, Amazon

Kenai City Council will vote on an ordinance addressing animal control violations

Deirdre Coval’s vandalized car sits outside her house on Feb. 18, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Deirdre Coval)

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Soldotna woman’s car vandalized with obscene imagery

Unknown vandal spray-paints “repubicans rule” on woman’s car

Maine man arrested in Alaska cold case contests extradition

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Maine man arrested in Alaska cold case contests extradition

Alaska authorities charged Downs in the 1993 sexual assault and killing of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will be hosting a budget forum on Thursday in Kenai for the public to better understand the district’s budget on Nov. 2, 2018, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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District to host public budget forums

Residents can attend a forum on Wednesday, Feb. 20, Thursday, Feb. 21 and Tuesday, Feb. 26.

Senate Finance grills OMB, Education Commissioner over budget

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Senate Finance grills OMB, Education Commissioner over budget

Hoffman calls 25 percent proposed cuts to education ‘unacceptable’

Murkowski knocks Green New Deal’s ‘impossible’ timeline, wary of ‘PFD over everything else’

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Murkowski knocks Green New Deal’s ‘impossible’ timeline, wary of ‘PFD over everything else’

Murkowski talks economy, ANWR, shutdowns and Trump.

KPEA President David Brighton speaks to a group of educators, community members and district employees at Resurrect Art Coffee House on Friday, in Seward. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Educators speak out on school funding, contract issues

The three main issues are the state budget, the borough budget and contract negotiations

Protestors stand outside the town hall hosted by Rep. Gary Knopp, R- Soldotna at the Kenai River Suites in Soldotna on Feb. 15, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Amid controversy, Knopp hosts town hall

Constituents call for resignation, recall vote

Dunleavy eyes repeal of alcohol, pot boards

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Dunleavy eyes repeal of alcohol, pot boards

JUNEAU — Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants to repeal the boards tasked with regulating alcohol and marijuana in Alaska,…

The Kachemak Selo Middle-High School building sits against a backdrop of the ridge separating the village from the Kenai Peninsula Borough road system Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 in Kachemak Selo. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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School board focuses on capital projects in K-Selo, Nanwalek

A six-year plan outlines the most important infrastructure projects in local schools from 2021–2026

Homer mulls funding for faith-based addiction treatment center

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Homer mulls funding for faith-based addiction treatment center

The city of Homer is taking a step back after initial steps to help fund a nonprofit that…

Schools briefs for the week of February 18, 2019

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Schools briefs for the week of February 18, 2019

What’s happening this week

A team from the Kenai Peninsula were the first Alaska team to compete in a Western National Roundup Quiz Bowl competition, where they placed sixth among nine teams across the country. (Photo courtesy of Cassandra Rankin)

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Local 4-H team competes nationally

The team was the first Alaska Livestock Team to compete at a National Livestock Quiz Bowl

Bethany Lowrance, left, of Gavel Alaska, and Rashah McChesney, a reporter with the Alaska Energy Desk (a collaboration between stations of the Alaska Public Radio Network), cover a Senate Finance Committee meeting at the Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget may end all state funding for public radio and broadcast stations. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Alaska’s radio, TV contribution on the chopping block

Dunleavy’s budget would cut state funding for public media.

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Man found dead after sailboat fire

A man is dead following a fire on a sailboat in Seward Harbor Saturday morning.

Alaska court strikes down ‘medically necessary’ abortion law

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Alaska court strikes down ‘medically necessary’ abortion law

The measures were challenged by Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands

Rep. Gary Knopp speaks to a sold-out Joint Chamber Breakfast On Friday, in Kenai. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Knopp addresses concerns with budget at Chamber Breakfast

Knopp said his goal was to create a functioning House

Woman charged with cashing $17,000 in fraudulent checks

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Woman charged with cashing $17,000 in fraudulent checks

A Kenai woman has been charged with writing and cashing fraudulent checks, according to an affidavit filed by…

In this Nov. 30, 2018 file photo, House District 1 candidate Republican Bart LeBon points to a vote tally board with his campaign manager Brittany Hartmann during a election recount at the Department of Elections’ Juneau office. Republican Bart LeBon picked up two votes while Democrat Kathryn Dodge picked up one making him the winner of the election with a total of 2,663 votes. LeBon joined the bipartisan House Majority Coalition on Thursday. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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House fills key leadership roles

House majority, minority taking shape.

Kelly Goode, right, deputy commissioner for the Department of Corrections, sits alongside DOC Administrative Services Director Sylvan Robb, center, and Office of Management and Budget Director Donna Arduin as they present to the Senate Finance Committee on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. (Alex McCarthy | Juneau Empire)

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State examining sending inmates out of state to save money

The idea is in its early stages.