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When you dial 911, who picks up on the other end will depend on where and what you’re calling from.

For many in the central peninsula, the person who picks it up is a dispatcher at the Soldotna Public Safety Communications Center (SPSCC) in Soldotna. For others, that dispatcher may be more local.

That SPSCC has been jointly run by the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the State of Alaska for decades, but a new agreement that went into effect last month phased out state employees. Now, the center is run entirely by borough employees and the fees municipalities pay for services are being restructured…