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Voting booths are set up at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Voting kicks off Monday

Early, absentee in-person voting begins Monday for November election

Graphic by Ashlyn O'Hara.

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State minimum wage to increase $0.51 in January

The federal minimum wage has not increased since 2009

A sign warning residents of of bluff erosion is seen here at the end of Spur View Drive in Kenai, Alaska, on Sept. 14, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Kenai looks to bid bluff project in April

The project, when completed, will mark the end of decadeslong efforts by the city to stabilize about 5,000…

Kenai City Clerk Shellie Saner, right, swears in Kenai Mayor Brian Gabriel during a Kenai City Council meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai swears in 2 new council members, Mayor Gabriel

Alex Douthit and Victoria Askin will take seats on the council

In this Aug. 25, 2017, file photo, provided by NOAA Fisheries, a newborn beluga whale calf sticks its head out of the water in upper Cook Inlet, Alaska. (NOAA Fisheries via AP, File)

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BOEM proposes changes to Cook Inlet lease sale for wildlife, gillnet fishery

Under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the sale must take place before the end of the year

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Former borough employee charged with illicit photography at school pools

Isaac Andrew Davis, 33, was arrested on Oct. 14

Alaskan Republican candidates pose for a group photo at a “Get Out the Vote” rally at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. From left: Alaska Senate candidate Heath Smith; gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce; U.S. House candidate Nick Begich III; U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka; Alaska House Reps. Sarah Vance and Ron Gillham; and Alaska Senate candidate Tuckerman Babcock. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Republican political candidates rally in Soldotna

Tuesday’s lineup included Kelly Tshibaka, Nick Begich III, Charlie Pierce, Tuckerman Babcock, Heath Smith, Sarah Vance, Ron Gillham…

Kenai Courthouse is photographed on Feb. 26, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

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Kenai Superior Court vacancy draws 11 applicants

The Superior Court vacancy is created by the upcoming retirement of Judge Jennifer K. Wells

From left: Alaska Senate District D candidates Tuckerman Babcock, Jesse Bjorkman and Andy Cizek participate in a candidate forum at the Soldotna Public Library on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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State Senate candidates talk fiscal stability, energy security at Monday forum

The forum was the seventh of nine forums being hosted by The Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM

Bill Howell, assistant professor of process technology, shows Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, training equipment at the Career and Technical Education Center at Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Murkowski tours KPC workforce development programs

It’s an issue that’s come up multiple times as she has traveled around Alaska, Murkowski said

Dr. Adam Dunstan, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Kenai Peninsula College, gives a tour of the newly dedicated Alan ‘Tiqutsex’ Boraas Anthropology Lab at KPC on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. Dunstan will be leading the first Kenai Peninsula College Showcase of the year on Thursday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Anthropology spotlighted at return of KPC showcase

“The Past is Closer Than You Think, The Lands of Kenai River Campus: A Priceless Heritage,” is about…

Ronald Dean Beyering. (Photo via Alaska State Troopers)

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Man wanted in relation to Funny River shooting, arson incident remains at large

He is described as armed and dangerous

Gov. Mike Dunleavy hosts a press conference announcing new legislation to toughen penalties for drug dealers selling opioids, on Oct. 17, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Screenshot)

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Dunleavy proposes stronger penalties for drug offenses

The governor said he would present a bill to the Legislature next session

Tom Kizzia poses with a stack of his book, “Cold Mountain Path,” on Sept. 1, 2021. (Photo provided)

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Homer author named historian of the year

Kizzia has a long history in the state

Beluga monitor Teresa Becher watches as beluga whales swim up the Kenai River on Saturday, April 24, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. Beluga monitoring will be the first topic of a series of Fireside Chats hosted by Kenai Watershed Forum at Kenai River Brewing, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Fireside chats to feature speakers on the local environment

The Kenai Watershed Forum will host the chats through Nov. 23

Ronald Dean Beyering. (Photo via Alaska State Troopers)

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Troopers searching for man in connection with Soldotna-area residential fire

The man is described as armed and dangerous

A special weather statement for the western Kenai Peninsula has been issued by the National Weather Service. (Screenshot weather.gov)

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Weather service warns of wintry mix

The wintry mix and freezing drizzle is expected to hit from midnight through 7-8 a.m on Saturday

Then-Alaska State Senate President Ben Stevens, R-Anchorage, center, and Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak right, listen to Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau, May 3, 2006, during a Senate floor session at the Capitol in Juneau, Alaska. Ben Stevens, a former Alaska Senate president and a son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, died on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. He was 63. (AP Photo/Seanna O’Sullivan, File)

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Ben Stevens, former state lawmaker, dies while hiking near Seward

He is the son of the late U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens

Oregon Accreditation Alliance Executive Director Scott Hayes, monitor, and Kenai Police Chief David Ross, right, field questions from the Kenai City Council regarding the department’s accreditation during a council meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai PD gets accredited, is 4th in Alaska to do so

The police departments in Juneau and Soldotna also have the accreditation

Kids put their new pet ghosts into bottles at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Creepy, crawling, costumed Halloween

Peninsula ramps up spooky happenings