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A sign along the Kenai Spur Highway welcomes travelers to Nikiski, Alaska, in January 2019. (Clarion file photo)

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Task force seeks input on potential extension of Kenai Spur north of Nikiski

The proposal would expand on the North Road Extension Project

Members of the Kenai City Council participate in a council meeting on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Council formalizes support for field facilities fundraising

Kenai Central High School issued an open call for help funding the $250,000 project

Kenai Peninsula Re-Entry Coalition President Katie Cowgill speaks about the organization’s reentry simulation event during a meeting of the Kenai City Council on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Re-Entry Coalition event aims to reduce stigma, raise awareness

The event is targeted to community leaders

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Nikiski North Star Elementary given all clear after ‘suspicious’ phone message

The school was placed in ‘stay put’ mode for about three hours Thursday

Community members participate in the St. Patrick’s Parade in Soldotna on March 17, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Green on the streets

Soldotna turns out for St. Patrick’s Day parade

Sara Bieber, who supervises the Peninsula Job Center for the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, presents during a joint chamber of commerce luncheon at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Peninsula Job Center rep discusses resources for those seeking employment

Information was presented at a joint chamber of commerce luncheon Wednesday

Swim coach Angie Brennan speaks in support of lower user fees for Kenai Peninsula Borough School District pools during a Board of Education meeting on Monday, March 14, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board mulls school pool user fees

Noncommercial user groups say they’re being charged too much

Homer High School student and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education Student Representative Neviya Reed speaks during a board meeting on Monday, March 14, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Students take advantage of new speaking opportunities at school district meetings

Students were able to communicate directly with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District at Monday’s Board of Education…

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2 dead after propane fills cabin

Both were declared deceased at the scene

Debris from a large natural avalanche that occurred Monday, Dec. 6, 2021, can be seen along the Seward Highway. (Photo courtesy Chugach National Forest Avalanche Information Center)

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Backcountry avalanche awareness event Saturday

Forecasters with the Avalanche Center and officials from other agencies will be in attendance

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Wasilla man dead in snowmachine accident near Beluga

The man was trying to load his snowmachine onto a trailer

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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District: Staff resignations on par with previous years

Union rep says staff loss will be “devastating” for students

This Sept. 7, 2007, file photo shows Royal Caribbean’s “Radiance of the Seas” docked in Seward, Alaska. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)

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Railroad project to replace Seward dock moves forward

The bill would authorize the Alaska Railroad Corporation to issue revenue bonds to finance the new dock

Charlie Pierce stands in his home on Thursday, March 11, 2022 in Sterling, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Pierce would seek to reduce spending, boost education as governor

The borough mayor sat down with the Clarion at his Sterling home to discuss his gubernatorial platform

A screenshot of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center website shows the location of a preliminary 5.1 magnitude earthquake that struck the western side Cook Inlet on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at approximately 11 a.m. (Screenshot/University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center)

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Quake near Redoubt felt on peninsula

The quake was centered 31 miles northwest of Kenai and 31 miles northeast of the Mount Redoubt volcano

Central Peninsula Hospital is seen in Soldotna on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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CPH faces employee vaccine mandate deadline

Hospital not expecting compliance issues

A juvenile moose eats an early afternoon snack in Kenai, Alaska, on Friday, March 11, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Officials: Give moose their space

‘We are kind of at the point where they are cold, hungry and cranky’

Nikolaevsk School teacher Billeen Carlson, center, shows her Alaska Society for Technology in Education Teacher of the Year award. (Photo provided)

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Carlson wins ASTE Teacher of the Year

Nikolaevsk School teacher honored for her work in using technology in education

Soldotna City Manager Stephanie Queen listens to a presentation from Alaska Communications during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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ACS looks to bring faster internet to the central peninsula

The company successfully piloted the mesh network technology in Anchorage in 2020

Linda Farnsworth Hutchings, left, and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce participate in a mayoral candidate forum hosted by the Kenai Chamber of Commerce at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center on Sept. 9, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Farnsworth-Hutchings gets 4th nod for planning commission

The city’s seat has been the subject of a back-and-forth between Soldotna and the borough mayor