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A sign opposing the participation of trans girls in girls sports is propped against a fire hydrant outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Board of Education met in the building to discuss a resolution that would ban trans girls from girls high school sports. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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State board of ed to take up transgender sports issue Thursday

The board will consider whether or not to separate cisgender girls, other student athletes

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Sterling Highway projects slated to begin spring 2024

A project to improve sections of the roadway and increase safety on the Sterling Highway between Anchor Point…

An aerial view of the Bear Creek Winery bottling works facility is seen in this June 2022 photograph after installation of the solar panel system by Midnight Sun Solar, LLC in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Alexander Sievers

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USDA grant program funds green energy at Bear Creek Winery

New application window open through Sept. 30

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Nikolaevsk resident convicted of arson in 2017 fire

A Homer jury last week found a Nikolaevsk resident guilty of setting a 2017 fire that killed a…

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Front parcel of land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road purchased by Doyon Limited in March 2023.

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Plans for recent Homer Spit purchase still in early stages, company says

Doyon Inc. recently purchased land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road

Zucchini cars crafted by participating kids are ready to race at the Homer Farmers Market Zucchini Festival on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Zucchini Festival returns with fanfare

After a three-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the Zucchini Festival returned Saturday to the Homer Farmers Market with…

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Senior Advisor for Conservation Boyd Bilhovde, Bureau of Land Management Alaska Director Steve Cohn, Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang and Alaska State Parks Director Ricky Gease participate in a panel discussion at the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Kenai Classic Roundtable at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Officials talk fish in Soldotna

Kenai Classic Roundtable topics include chinook, wind turbines, collaboration

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VFW planning weekend of activities for Labor Day

The Virl “Pa” Haga VFW Post 10221 is going all-out this Labor Day weekend with an packed schedule…

Madison Kosma watches as beluga whales swim up the Kenai River at Cunningham Park on Saturday, April 24, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local ‘community scientists’ monitor endangered beluga population

Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program trains volunteers to collect information about the Cook Inlet beluga population

Gary Thomas is photographed at the wedding of his and Laura Patty's daughter in 2018. Photo provided by Laura Patty

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Memorial for ‘The Giving Man’

Square and contra dance event honors Gary Thomas

2023 Candidate forum flyer. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2023: Clarion, KDLL to hold in-person candidate forum series

The forums will be held Mondays and Thursdays in September

A voting booth for the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer elections at Cowles Council Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/ Homer News)

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Election 2023: Here’s who’s running

Seats are open on city councils, the borough assembly, the school board and numerous service area boards

The Sterling Highway at the top of Diamond Creek Recreation Area where proposed the underpass will be installed if confirmed by the Alaska Department of Transportation.  Photo provided by Homer Trails Alliance.

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Pedestrian underpass sought at Diamond Creek

Underpass would provide a safe way to cross Sterling Hwy and access to the recreation area