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The entrance to the Homer Electric Association office is seen here in Kenai, Alaska on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA agrees to purchase solar energy from Nikiski project under development

Homer Electric Association has agreed to purchase 30 megawatts of solar power from a renewable energy project being…

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Borough seeks comment on updated Hazard Management Plan

The Kenai Peninsula Borough has updated its Hazard Mitigation Plan to include the cities of Seldovia and Seward.

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Search for Homer woman who went missing from troller suspended

The Coast Guard searched 176 square miles of Southeast waters on Saturday, Aug. 10 and Aug. 11

Morgan Laffert, volunteer coordinator, stands with two employees outside of the Homer Hospice building. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News.)

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Hospice of Homer offers a volunteer training orientation

Homer Hospice started in 1985 with the idea of “neighbors helping neighbors”

Morgan Carlson-Kelly and Jolie Webb, members of the Ninilchik FFA, pose at the petting zoo at the Ninilchik Fair on Aug. 9 in Ninilchik. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Community turns out for Ninilchik fair and rodeo

The turnout was approximately 4,200 people in addition to vendors and rodeo participants

Homer High School students finish eating lunch outside the school while others make their way back into the building for the next class period on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer High prepares for new school year

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 2024-2025 school year begins on Aug. 21

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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Homer High School outlines enforcement policy for cellphone use

At the end of the 2024 school year, Homer High School parents were asked to provide feedback to…

Pigs race at the Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Pigs race at the Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Peninsula Fair 2024: Back to the Last Frontier

The Kenai Peninsula Fair opens Friday, Aug. 9, at the historic fairgrounds in Ninilchik. Fair coordinator Lara McGinnis…

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Dr. Ian Wisecarver stands outside of the Renew Clinic on the South Peninsula Hospital Campus on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2024 in Homer.

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South Peninsula Hospital opens plastic surgery clinic

The clinic will offer aesthetic and reconstructive surgery

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Katia Holmes and and Liam James rehearse script for “Falstaff and the Endless Machine” at the Pier One Theatre on Thursday, Aug. 1.

Community

Classic Shakespeare character gets his own story

“Falstaff and the Endless Machine” opens Aug. 8 at Pier One

U.S. Coast Guard 17th District - Alaska (Image via news.uscg.mil)

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Coast Guard suspends search for 4 passengers of capsized boat

A 28-foot aluminum vessel was reported on Saturday to be taking on water in the Gulf of Alaska…

Kristen Faulkner is pictured in her official Olympic portrait photo. (Photo by Evan Kay with Climb High Productions, provided by Kristen Faulkner)
Kristen Faulkner is pictured in her official Olympic portrait photo. (Photo by Evan Kay with Climb High Productions, provided by Kristen Faulkner)

Sports

Faulkner takes Olympic gold in women’s cycling

The athlete is a former Homer resident

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Dr. Dan Louis from Billings, Mt. (left), Linda Stearns from South Peninsula Hospital education department middle) and Dr. Chris Landess emergency department director at the ultrasound training course in Homer on Saturday, July 27.

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South Peninsula Hospital offers hands-on ultrasound course for medical practicioners

South Peninsula Hospital hosted a two-day workshop on ultrasound training on July 26 and 27. The event was…