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Attendees of the open house event for the draft 2035 comprehensive plan evaluate potential land use maps on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Comp plan team releases public hearing draft

The first public hearing will occur during the Planning Commission’s Aug. 20 meeting.

Peonies are in bloom on Saturday, July 19, 2025, on Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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BEST HOSPICE VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION BET: Hospice of Homer is hosting a barbecue to celebrate all HOH volunteers on…

Homer Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center Director Jan Knutson (right) accepts the Art Advocate award at  Homer Council on the Arts' annual Community Arts Award Ceremony on Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Arts council presents annual awards

Homer Council on the Arts presented seven community arts awards during their annual meeting Saturday.

The Cowles Council Chambers are seen in Homer City Hall on Pioneer Avenue in April 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)

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Council to hold public hearing on rec center funding

The public hearing will take place at the next regular meeting on Monday, July 28.

The KBBI AM 890 station is located on Kachemak Way in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Peninsula radio reacts to loss of federal funding

Congress last week approved President Trump’s rescission request, zeroing out all federal funding for public broadcasting, effective Oct.…

The KBBI AM 890 station is located on Kachemak Way in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Peninsula radio reacts to loss of federal funding

Congress last week approved President Trump’s rescission request, zeroing out all federal funding for public broadcasting, effective Oct.…

A map of the Johnson Tract Mine exploration project. Photo courtesy of the Center for Biological Diversity

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Inletkeeper, partners file lawsuit against Cook Inlet gold mine

The Johnson Tract Mine is located on CIRI-owned lands inside Lake Clark National Park.

Homer High School graduates, largely from the class of 1975, celebrate their 50-year reunion on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at the Bishop's Beach pavilion in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer High graduates reunite after 50 years

Members of the class of 1975, and others, gathered in Homer over the weekend.

A sign on the Homer Public Library’s public phone, photographed on Saturday, July 12, 2025, notes that it’s the only public phone in the city of Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Out of the office: Nostalgia is calling

I had an encounter recently which both delighted me and left me feeling bittersweetly, nostalgically vintage.

The cast of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" during rehearsal on July 6, 2025 at Pier One Theatre on the Spit in Homer, Alaska. The play will be performed this week on July 17, 18, 19 and 20, and next week on July 24, 25, and 26. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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It’s peony season! Peonies are starting to crop up in the public gardens on Pioneer Avenue and other…

Evacuees in Seward, Alaska, walk along Adams Street following a tsunami warning on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tsunami warning canceled following 7.3 earthquake near Sand Point

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management confirmed Wednesday evening that the borough was not under threat…

Runners line up at the start for the Seldovia Salmon Shuffle 5K race on Friday, July 4, 2025, in Seldovia, Alaska. Photo courtesy Ecola Collier

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255 do the Salmon Shuffle

The 5K race is held annually as part of Seldovia’s 4th of July celebrations.

Concert-goers listen to The Discopians at Concert on the Lawn on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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‘Dancing at the end of the world’

KBBI AM 890 hosted their annual Concert on the Lawn Saturday.