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Homer Flex High School April Phoenix Award recipient Angel Alavazo is photographed on May 9, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Beth Schneider

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Homer Flex School April Phoenix Award recipient: Angel Alavazo

Each month, the school staff choose a student to receive the Homer Flex Phoenix Award based on their…

A map displays the locations of a dozen projects scheduled by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities for this summer. (Photo courtesy Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)

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‘Robust’ summer of construction well under way

140 transportation improvement projects are scheduled across 64 communities.

Ronald Dean Beyering. (Photo via Alaska State Troopers)

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Soldotna fugitive found dead 6 months after last update

Troopers found partial human remains, firearms and personal effects, according to a dispatch

Photo by Delcenia Cosman
Students, kindergarten through ninth grades, check their growth pods Feb. 14 in the hydroponics room at Nikolaevsk School.

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Nikolaevsk hydroponics ends year strong

The first year of operation culminated in multiple harvests, hands-on lessons for students and fundraising events

Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Army Corps hosts workshops on harbor expansion

The planning event was part of a three-year feasibility study for the project

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Local churches cleanup city during community service

At least 300 people participated in project teams from the Homer Spit to Karen Hornaday to Oil Changes

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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USDA to buy up to $119.5 million in Alaska sockeye and groundfish

Alaska processors are benefiting from a USDA program that allows the federal government to purchase U.S.-harvested seafood to…

Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion
An area cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass project can be seen above the intersection of the Kenai River and Kenai Lake in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Sept. 6, 2021.

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Assembly backs efforts to make Cooper Landing more walkable

A pathway would follow the Sterling Highway through Cooper Landing and connect key spots in the community

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Secretaries to see pay boost after reclassification

By Ashlyn O’Hara

Homer Flex 2023 graduates celebrate during their commencement ceremony, Monday May 15, 2023, at Land’s End Resort. (Photo provided by Ingrid Harrald)

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Homer Flex High School graduates 10

The ceremony took place Monday Land’s End Resort Quarter Deck

Homer High School 2023 graduating seniors stand during commencement in the Homer High School’s Alice Witte Gymnasium, May 15, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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‘Dive into experiences and endeavor to learn’

Graduates receive accolades, advice, farewell in 2023 commencement ceremony

An Alaska Communications technician installs a customer premise device to a home in Sterling, Alaska. This device communicates with a nearby tower, serving the customer with a high-speed internet connection. Photo courtesy of Alaska Communications

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ACS constructing new internet towers on the peninsula

Alaska Communications is expanding their internet services across the Kenai Peninsula.

Members of the Kenai River Professional Guide Association teach elementary students to cast a fly rod during Salmon Celebration on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Johnson Lake in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kids gather for annual Salmon Celebration at Johnson Lake

They stocked rainbow trout in the lake and visited dozens of booths to learn about fish, wildlife, habitat…