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Election 2023: When, where to vote Tuesday
Voters around the Kenai Peninsula will head to the polls Tuesday to cast ballots in races for city council, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly, the local school board and several other local seats. In Kenai,...
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Bluff stabilization agreement signed in Kenai
Roughly 40 yards from where the Kenai Senior Center’s backyard is eroding into the Kenai River, residents and officials from all levels of government gathered to celebrate a significant step forward for a bluff...
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School district warns of looming $13 million deficit in first ‘Budget 101’ presentation
The way state funding for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is calculated was the subject of the first of an informational “Budget 101 Series” that the school district debuted earlier this month. KPBSD...
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Belugas Count! celebrated in Kenai
Belugas Count! returned to Cook Inlet this weekend, drawing eyes to the water in search of the endangered local population of beluga whales. At a viewing station on Kenai’s bluff overlook by the Kenai...
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Volunteers clean up Anchor Point beach
About a dozen local community members, in partnership with the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, set out Saturday morning to comb the beach at the Anchor River State Recreation Area. This group wasn’t looking...
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Homer chamber holds assembly candidate forum
Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly hopefuls Kelly Cooper and Heath Smith met again last Wednesday, Sept. 20 at Kachemak Bay Campus for a candidate forum hosted by the Homer Chamber of Commerce. Moderated by the...
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Seward council candidates discuss issues at election forum
Two of the three candidates for Seward City Council gathered Thursday, Sept. 21, in the Seward Community Library to talk about their bid for public office and issues facing city voters as part of...
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2nd harbor seal release draws large crowds
Just over two weeks after two young harbor seals released by Alaska SeaLife Center staff disappeared into the waters of Cook Inlet, the center on Saturday returned to North Kenai Beach to send off...