In celebration of National Trails Day, Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park is bringing volunteers to work on trail assessments and clean up on June 6th. Emilie Springer spoke with chairman Mako Haggerty and long time participant with Friends, Kathy Sarns, about what the day will include.
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More than 100 attendees gathered on May 31 to celebrate the life of Kenai Peninsula College’s longest serving director, Gary Turner, who died in April. Speakers celebrated Turner as a champion for the college and its students and staff.
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Council members added roughly a quarter of a million dollars in one-time spending during their Wednesday meeting.
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The borough budget designates money for local schools, road work, borough landfills, service areas and government operations, among other things.
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Council member Jordan Chilson says the changes were inspired by a conversation about how Soldotna should accommodate remote participation in city meetings.
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Homer’s month-long community walking challenge sponsored by the South Peninsula Hospital wrapped up at the end of May with a celebration to announce team winners and where their donations will go in the community; and U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan has been silent for weeks on President Trump’s controversial plan to spend public funds on a White House ballroom and his nearly $1.8 billion compensation fund, to help people he deems victims of politicized prosecutions. But Thurs Sullivan voted against those Trump priorities, in amendments that failed on the Senate floor.
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