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Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLThe library will accept designs Feb. 17 through the end of March. Then, a jury of library board members will review the submissions and winnow them down to three in each category. The public will vote on the finalists and winners will be announced during a celebration of Library Card Signup Week on Sept. 1 at the library. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLAurora Borealis Charter School will welcome ninth and tenth graders to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s first charter high school program next school year. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLSunday’s protest came almost three weeks after immigration officers shot and killed 37-year-old Alex Pretti, a nurse with a Minneapolis veteran’s hospital. Pretti’s death was captured on cell phone videos and is now the subject of a federal civil rights investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLOwners say the project, which would be at the base of Mount Iliamna in Lake Clark National Park, continues to gather momentum as they prepare to conduct more site work this year. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLAttendees at the annual homeless outreach event can learn about local housing options, get their haircut, take a shower and leave with a backpack full of supplies and winter clothing, among other things. -
Kenai Fire Department/Courtesy photoKenai Fire Chief Jay Teague says structure fire risk tends to increase during the winter months, but the two recent hotel fires are anomalies.
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Soldotna will hold a library card design contest. Gubernatorial vetoes leave Alaska's construction industry on edge. Plus, the youngest member of a Bethel mushing family starts up the sport this season. -
One month into an election year, Alaska's congressional races are already getting expensive. Plus, a Kenai charter school will welcome high schoolers this fall.
KENAI CONVERSATION
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Courtesy photo/Friends of Alaska Wildlife RefugesOn today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re airing a talk by Robin West, a retired biologist and 14-year manager of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge about a solo canoe trip he took on the Yukon River. -
Courtesy Mitch MichaudOn today’s episode of the Kenai Conversation, we’re joined by Jason Moan and Diane Campbell, with the Alaska Division of Forestry to talk about all things spruce bark beetles.
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For both the teachers’ union and the support staff union, the district is proposing a three year contract that includes a 2.5% pay raise the first year and a 1% pay raise for each of the next two years. That’s less than what the two unions asked for. -
The market is Soldotna’s prime gathering place for residents in summer. But city officials have long had bigger dreams for that part of town, envisioning a walkable tourism district parallel to the river. But some council members voiced concerns about the limits of the new zone type.
LATEST KENAI PENINSULA NEWS
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Approval from the Alaska Board of Education came roughly two months after Kenai Peninsula school board members also signed off. -
The announcement described a smattering of new nonbinding agreements that cover gas supplies from ExxonMobil and Hilcorp, roughly two-thirds of the steel needed for the pipeline and construction services. -
Voters will consider whether to move city elections from October to November. The Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Soldotna made the same change after roughly two-thirds of peninsula voters enacted the change through a ballot proposition. -
Through the partnership the company would “facilitate the construction and operation” of at least six liquefied natural gas carriers. -
Building maintenance and upkeep shifted to the city when the building shut its doors. The closure comes as the city has identified a need for major improvements to or reconstruction of its existing public safety building.
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In the search for Nancy Guthrie, law enforcement says they are investigating ransom notes that were sent to media.
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Italy's Winter Olympics promised sustainability. But in Cortina, environmentalists warn the Games could scar these mountains for decades. -
Between war, protests and government crackdowns, the filmmakers raced to finish and smuggle their portrait of Tehran's underground arts scene to the prestigious film festival.
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