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    Goldenview Middle School student Luciana Liu's winning poster entry for the 2024 Alaska Radon Poster Contest. Photo provided by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources
    Students invited to compete in statewide radon poster...
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 14, 2025 1:30 am

    The deadline to submit poster entries is Dec. 19.

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    The Cowles Council Chambers are seen in Homer City Hall on Pioneer Avenue in April 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)
    Council accepts grant for library security grille
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 13, 2025 8:30 am

    The Rasmuson Foundation awarded the Homer Public Library $19,000 in grant funding for the installation of a new security grille.

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    The Homer Public Library. File photo
    Library updates privacy policy to address electronic communications
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 12, 2025 5:30 pm

    A resolution amending the Homer Public Library’s privacy policy was passed Monday during the regular Homer City Council meeting.

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    Homer volleyball places 3rd in regional tournament
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 12, 2025 8:30 am

    The Homer High School varsity volleyball team took third place in the Southcentral Conference Tournament this past weekend, improving to…

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    The KBBI Public Radio office and studio is on Kachemak Way, as seen in this photo taken July 2, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Kenai Peninsula public radio receives grant funding
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 11, 2025 5:30 pm

    The Alaska Community Foundation fund recently awarded $2.9 million in grants to public media stations statewide, including in Homer and Kenai.

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    A South Peninsula Hospital employee mans the table for blood test results during the Rotary Health Fair on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at Christian Community Church in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital
    Best Bets
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 11, 2025 12:30 pm

    Bundle up Homer, it’s c-c-cold out there! Don’t let that stop you from getting out and taking part in some…

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    Members of the American Legion Post 16, VFW Post 10221, Civil Air Patrol and Homer Emblem Club #350, as well as local veterans or current military members, march in a parade through Homer, Alaska, in honor of Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    ‘To serve the nation’s cause’
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 11, 2025 12:30 pm

    A parade was held in Homer on Tuesday in honor of Veterans Day.

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    Community members attending the Title 21 Open House hosted by the City of Homer share their ideas on proposed zoning district changes on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy Karyn DeCino
    City hosts zoning code community meeting
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 11, 2025 8:30 am

    A community open house centered on updates currently underway to Homer’s Title 21 zoning and planning code was held last Thursday.

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    Crews work on the botanical garden on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Pratt Museum names permanent executive director
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 10, 2025 12:30 pm

    Whitney Harness has been serving as interim co-executive director since February.

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    State of Alaska Department of Law logo. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska Department of Law
    Homer man sentenced for sexual abuse of minor
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 6, 2025 12:30 pm

    Michael Robert Fisher was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison for crimes committed in 2012.

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    The sign at the front of Kenai River Campus’s main building as seen on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photos by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Peninsula College receives federal grant
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 6, 2025 8:30 am

    Grant funds will establish a program to support first-generation college students.

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    A friendly scarecrow stands on the counter at the Anchor Point Post Office in October 2025 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Best Bets
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 6, 2025 1:30 am

    Kudos to everyone who put together some truly fantastic get-togethers and celebrations last weekend for Halloween! What a great time…

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    Main Street South, photographed on Saturday, April 6, 2024 between Pioneer Avenue and Bunnell Avenue, is one of the locations selected for the Homer All-Ages and Abilities Pedestrian Pathway project approved in the 2024-2027 Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    City, DOT talk pedestrian pathway priorities
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 5, 2025 5:30 pm

    City of Homer staff met with state partners for a site visit to discuss the Homer All-Ages and Abilities Pathway project.

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    Recipients of the Alaska Travel Industry Association's 2025 Annual Industry Awards celebrate their awards at ATIA's annual convention in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo courtesy of the Alaska Travel Industry Association
    Seward lodging business earns industry award
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 5, 2025 12:30 pm

    Salted Roots Alaska was one of eight businesses to receive awards from the Alaska Travel Industry Association last week.

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    Halloween decorations adorn the parking lot at Alibi during Pioneer Avenue Trick or Treat on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    A ‘spooktacular’ evening on Pioneer Avenue
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 5, 2025 8:30 am

    Dinosaurs roamed the streets of downtown Homer, as did princesses, cowboys, minions and more, on Halloween last Friday. Pioneer Avenue…

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    New Peninsula Clarion reporter Chloe Anderson photographs bison in Yellowstone National Park on Oct. 17, 2025. Photo provided by Chloe Anderson
    Photojournalist joins Clarion staff
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 5, 2025 1:30 am

    Chloe Anderson is a new reporter for the Peninsula Clarion.

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