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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

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Pet of the Week: Mickey

Mickey is quite the character. He loves to be involved in what you’re doing. He’s affectionate and loves…

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Grace Gregoire birth

Grace Gregoire was born on March 23, 2025, at South Peninsula Hospital to parents Molly and Noah Gregoire…

Mike O'Meara.

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Letters to the Editor

Trickle-down illiteracy

Penelope Haas is vice president of the Kachemak Bay Conservation Society and a commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay. (Courtesy photo)

Opinion

Point of View: Climate change is a hard reality

The chair of the Homer Planning Commission at a regular meeting this month called into question the science…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy compares Alaska to Mississippi data on poverty, per-pupil education spending, and the 2024 National Assessment of Education Progress fourth grade reading scores during a press conference on Jan. 31, 2025. Alaska is highlighted in yellow, while Mississippi is in red. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Freeing states from the ‘stranglehold’ of the U.S. Department of Education

The USDOE has also been captured by a political ideology that has been harmful to education in America

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We’ve officially passed the spring equinox! You might not know it, though, just by looking out the window.…

The Naushon sits in the Homer Harbor during its decommissioning ceremony on Friday, March 21, 2025, on Freight Dock Road on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Former USCG cutter Naushon decommissioned

A ceremony in its honor was held Friday, March 21.

A researcher points out fragments of elodea found in the upper stretches of Crescent Creek caught on tree branches and down logs. (Emily Heale/Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association)

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Local conservation district feels impacts of federal funding freeze

Moves by the Trump administration earlier this year to freeze federal grants, loans and aid and to slash…

USDA/NRCS logo. Photo provided

Opinion

NRCS helps residents grow food security in Alaska

Food security is a concern for all Alaskans. Approximately 95% of food purchased in Alaska is imported, accounting…

A draft of three budget scenarios that would implement deep cuts is considered during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer Flex reacts to potential consolidation plan, staffing cuts

Former students and faculty took to social media to share their experiences and perspectives.

Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer Middle School teacher arrested on charges of sexual assault and burglary

By Chloe Pleznac

City of Homer Special Projects and Communications Coordinator Jenny Carroll points to a posterboard of one of the proposed harbor alternatives while talking with community members during the Homer Harbor Expansion public meeting on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at Kachemak Bay Campus. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Homer Harbor expansion project shares updates on $4.2 million feasibility study

The purpose of the meeting was to share updates on the feasibility study and garner public comments.