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Commercial seine fishers haul their net while fishing for pink and chum salmon in Chatham Strait, Admiralty Island, Alaska. (Supplied photo)

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Report: Alaska harvests millions of salmon bound for B.C. and North Coast

The Pacific Salmon Treaty is failing to protect North Coast and B.C. salmon from Alaskan commercial fisheries, a…

News

Governor calls for halt of Pebble mine review

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to suspend its…

Evacuees gather at Kodiak High School in Kodiak on Tuesday, Jan 23, after an earthquake and tsunami alert. A powerful undersea earthquake sent Alaskans fumbling for suitcases and racing to evacuation centers in the middle of the night Tuesday after a cellphone alert warned that a tsunami could smash into the state’s southern coast and western Canada. (Grigore Ciubotaru via Associated Press)

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Shaken System: Alaska’s disaster warning program has critical flaws, documents reveal

On the night of Jan. 23, Alaskans across the Gulf Coast were awakened by one of the most…

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Peninsula Clarion file photo</span>                                Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet wait to be set to the a processor on July 11, 2016 near Kenai.

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Tariffs ding commercial fishing industry

Fishermen and seafood harvesters may take a major trade hit with the announcement of new tariffs from China,…

Homer Electric Association crews assess a downed line and pole on Heath Street about 3:15 p.m. Thursday, June 21. The truck in the background snagged a low-hanging telephone line, breaking a pole and bringing down a power line. The outage affected about 430 customers in downtown Homer. No one was injured in the incident. (Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News)

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Downed power line causes outage in downtown Homer

A downed pole and power line on Heath Street caused a power outage at about 2:50 p.m. today,…

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Farmers market is on tourist to-do list

This week is the peak of summer light, the solstice. I’ve been hearing people groan at the thought…

The Homer Pride group marches in the 2017 Fourth of July parade. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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First Homer Pride March is SaturdayEvent won’t disrupt traffic on Lake Street, Ocean Drive

Two weeks after a controversial Mayoral Recognition that caused three Homer City Council members to skip the June…

Pet of the Week: Dr. Leon

Community

Pet of the Week: Dr. Leon

Dr. Leon is a 2-year-old male.

Local author Richard Chiappone discusses the merits of writing in the first person point of view with attending members of the 2018 Kachemak Bay Writers&#146; Conference in his workshop, &#147;I, Me, My: The Privileges and Responsibilities of the First Person Point of View Narrator&#148;, on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at Land&#146;s End Resort in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)

Community

Writers’ Conference another successful production

Since 2002, the nationally recognized Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference has aimed at bringing together people of similar talents…

&lt;span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit"&gt;Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News&lt;/span&gt;                                A LifeMed helicopter based out of Soldotna lands in front of Anchor Point Emergency Services Chief Al Terry (left) and Chapman School Principal Conrad Woodhead (right) on Friday, May 11 behind the school in Anchor Point. Woodhead and Terry contacted LifeMed to organize a demonstration for students.

Education

Chapman School kids get up close look at LifeMed helicopter

Have you ever peered into the sky as a helicopter went by, trying to discern whether it was…

Community

Cassian Shay Rios

Cassian Shay Rios was born at 10:35 p.m. May 30, 2018, at South Peninsula Hospital to Daniel and…

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Town Crier

A Kachemak Bay Birders’ road trip up to the Captain Cook Recreation Area (north of Nikiski) will be…

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.