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Early estimates put the district about $8.5 million in the red if it maintained the same staffing and programs next school year.
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Under the nonbinding agreement, Glenfarne would lend Donlin its pipeline expertise and Donlin would buy natural gas from Glenfarne.
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Keeley Boyle and Lester Nelson-Gacal both explore family in their respective projects, for which they each received a $10,000 grant.
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Aurora Borealis Charter School pitched two new grades – ninth and tenth – to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s charter school committee Monday in Soldotna.
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The state issued a call for input on a potential Kenai Peninsula state forest in November.
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Alaska’s junior senator says he was part of a top secret briefing with Trump officials, who outlined a three-phase plan for the United States’ “next steps” in the country: stabilization, economic recovery and transition to free and fair elections.
KDLL EVENING NEWSCASTS
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The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District braces for another tough budget season as it faces an $8.5 million deficit. Plus, the U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear a case challenging federal protections for subsistence fishing and hunting.
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The Alaska LNG Project's latest tentative customer is a company doing business in Alaska. Enstar says its drawn more gas from reserves during the recent cold snap, but has enough to meet customer demands. Plus, scientists strap cameras to arcitc grizzly bears to try and learn how they find food in the tundra.
KENAI CONVERSATION
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The initiative aims to raise awareness about declining king salmon runs within the Kenai watershed.
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Got a gardener on your shopping list? Larry's got ideas for getting a green thumbs up!
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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.
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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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An Alaska judge on Friday delayed the troopers’ state criminal trial in response to the federal case.
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Although sentenced to 77 years and one month, a majority of that sentence was suspended. Erfurth’s active jail time is 20 years and one month.
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In a news release, the U.S. Attorney’s office says 50-year-old Miller had no legal justification for the violent arrest. Prosecutors say 43-year-old Woodruff illegally used his police dog to bite the man when he did not pose a threat.
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Materials taken from the site will be used to widen the Sterling Highway between Sterling and Soldotna. That stretch of the road is recognized by the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities as having higher-than-normal rates of serious vehicle accidents driven in part by busy summer traffic patterns.
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Alaska law says someone may vote in a state election if, among other things, they’re a U.S. citizen. Proponents say the word “may” leaves too much ambiguity.
LATEST NPR NEWS
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Minneapolis residents are resisting as federal immigration agents surge into their city, creating what some locals describe as an atmosphere of fear and siege on the streets.
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The Trump administration is looking to expand efforts to strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship. An immigration attorney weighs in.
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A section of an iconic California highway has reopened after three years. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Rhea Withrow, who lives in a town that was isolated during the closure
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