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Paul Huber, co-chair of the Citizens for Nikiski Incorporation, speaks at a meeting at the Nikiski Fire Station 2 on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

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Citizens for Nikiski Incorporation meet with mayor

Alaska requires that any petition for incorporation include a detailed administrative plan

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

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Borough works to extend state grant agreement for K-Selo

The $10 million grant the borough received from the state expires June 30.

A contractor plows snow down Forest Drive in Kenai on Jan. 17, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough Mayor defends the Peninsula’s snow plowing efforts at latest borough meeting

Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce defended the maintenance efforts of the Road Service Area at the Kenai Peninsula Borough…

The sign welcoming residents to Nikiski along the Sterling Highway as seen on Monday. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikiski incorporation efforts continue with amended petition in the works

The Local Boundary Commission recently drafted their annual report to the first session of the 31st Alaska State…

FILE – In this Dec. 2, 2010, file photo, a child pays for a lunch consisting of fruits and vegetables during a school lunch program at Fairmeadow Elementary School in Palo Alto, Calif. California and Pennsylvania both passed laws in 2017 to outlaw "lunch shaming" of children for unpaid meals, with the Pennsylvania measure that became law in November requiring communication about money owed on meal accounts to be done between school officials and parents, and not involve the student. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

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School board introduces wellness policy at Monday’s meeting

In an effort to reduce childhood obesity, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Education Board’s Wellness Committee introduced…

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

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Borough welcome sign is getting refurbished

Something is missing on the drive to and from Anchorage. The Kenai Peninsula Borough’s welcome sign, which normally…

Municipal election results will be made official Tuesday

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Municipal election results will be made official Tuesday

Official results from the Regular Municipal Election will be finalized next Tuesday.

The latest: Borough election results

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The latest: Borough election results

Borough residents came out to vote for local representation Tuesday. The Clarion will be updating results from each…

Kenai Peninsula Borough School Board member Tim Navarre campaigns for re-election along the Kenai Spur Highway on Tuesday, Oct. 2 in Kenai, Alaska.

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Voters reject K-Selo bond proposition; oust incumbents in municipal elections

Peninsula voters shot down a controversial proposition to fund a new school, passed another to move the border…

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Borough, Nikiski seek to have greater participation in LNG export project

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is seeking an official role in federal permitting of plans to export North Slope…

This Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018 shows the construction of Cell 3 at Central Peninsula Landfill in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Planning ahead at Central Peninsula Landfill

There’s a lot going on at Central Peninsula Landfill.

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Sales tax initiative won’t go to ballot this year

Kenai Peninsula voters won’t have to decide on a half-percent increase in the sales tax this October, though…

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Few lower peninsula residents comment on hospital service area boundary move

Two proposals that would alter the boundaries of the South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area are poised to…

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Mayor’s vetoes on school, tourism funding stand

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council will have to live with…

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Mayor’s vetoes on school, tourism funding stand

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council will have to live with…

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Local governments prepare to tax online sales

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is considering taxing online purchases after the Supreme Court of the United States reversed…

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Local governments prepare to tax online sales

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is considering taxing online purchases after the Supreme Court of the United States reversed…

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Excavation project near Kenai River shot down

Editor’s note: This story has been changed to correct Jason Foster’s relationship to North Star Paving. On Wednesday…

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The assembly killed the sales tax increase. A citizen group is picking up the effort

Peninsula voters may get a chance to decide on the future of a sales tax increase this fall…

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South Kachemak Bay may have to pay taxes to South Peninsula Hospital

Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to show that if the properties south of Kachemak Bay are…