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Upper Cook Inlet management still in legal limbo

Upper Cook Inlet is expecting what the Alaska Department of Fish and Game classifies as an “average” salmon…

Signs direct visitors at the City of Seward's city hall annex on Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 in Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward mulls sale of electric utility to HEA

Voters will get the final say during a special election on May 2

Alaska Gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce speaks at a campaign event at Paradisos restaurant in Kenai on Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough assembly to discuss Pierce harassment lawsuit

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will meet Tuesday in executive session to discuss a sexual harassment claim filed…

This photo shows the Alaska State Capitol. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire File)

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School staff eye retirement reform

S.B. 88, sponsored by Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, would establish a new defined benefit system

Judge Kirsten Swanson imposes strict conditions, including staying away from schools and other places children frequent, for Mitchell Thomas Watley to be released from jail after his arrest Sunday for allegedly placing transphobic notes in at least three public locations since Friday that referred to shooting children. Watley, who participated by phone from Lemon Creek Correctional Center, had his first hearing in the case Monday afternoon at the Juneau Courthouse. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Man arrested for allegedly posting notes that reference shooting children

Suspect said he spread leaflets out of fear of Tennessee shooter, according to police.

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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Homer High School

The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee meets on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, at Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Advisory Committee to make proposals to change fishing regulation

The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports…

Jonathan Parducho, a pharmacist, removes a tray of vials of of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox from a box containing 20 doses, in the vaccine hub at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital on Friday, July 29, 2022, in San Francisco. (Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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Only 5 cases of mpox detected in Alaska

An epidemiology bulletin released by the State Department of Health on Wednesday provides a summary of Alaska’s public…

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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COVID-19: Borough cases hit low not seen in years

Only 12 cases were reported this week, down from 22 last week

The aftermath of a small grass fire off East Hill Road near Homer, Alaska is seen here on April 8, 2020. The fire was started by a discarded cigarette. (Photo by Matt James/Alaska Division of Forestry)

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Wildland fire season starts; burn permits now required

Burn permits are available from the Division of Forestry Fire Prevention

The Homer Education and Recreation Complex at the corner of the Sterling Highway and Pioneer Avenue. (Homer News file photo)

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Council approves task order for HERC testing

The city is finally taking the next steps toward demolition of the HERC 2 building.

Sixth grade band and Homer Elks Club Members at West Homer Elementary on March 30, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided by Mercedes Harness)

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Elementary students present at talent show

Music, dance and theater were all on display

The Homer City Council discusses the mayor’s vetoes during the regular meeting on Monday, March 13. Screenshot.

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Comprehensive plan veto stands

Homer will have to wait a bit longer for a new comprehensive plan.