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Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor-elect Peter Micciche testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Micciche made borough mayor

Peter Micciche is the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s new mayor following certification of the Feb. 14, 2023, special election…

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board finance group mulls budget cuts

More students per teacher and the closure of school pools and theaters are among the cuts being considered…

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COVID-19: 13 new deaths confirmed, cases and hospitalizations up statewide

Hospitalizations and statewide reported cases of COVID-19 are both up this week, according to the State Department of…

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School budget debate draws attention to home-school enrollment

As the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District works to fill a projected gap between revenues and expenditures for…

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Northern Kenai Peninsula Area Manager Colton Lipka shares information with Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Council Chair Mike Crawford as the advisory council deliberates their position on a proposal to the Board of Fish during a meeting at Cook Inlet Aquaculture in Kenai, Alaska on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Advisory council wraps up Fish and Game recommendations

The Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Council met Thursday to discuss their position on the final set of…

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

Willow Q. Jones winds twine on a foot brake to then use to tie a broom, in her home studio in Homer, February 2023. (Photo by Anore Jones/courtesy)

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Meet Your Neighbor: Willow Q. Jones

Meet Your Neighbor is a new feature that introduces, or perhaps re-introduces, you to fellow Homer community members.

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Proposals to limit salmon fishing under fire

A storm is brewing ahead of the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting next week.

The Krewe of Gambrinus dances down Pioneer Avenue in the 69th Annual Winter Carnival Parade on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Community comes out for carnival parade

The Winter Carnival Parade brought Homer out of hibernation starting at noon on Saturday. Braving 20-some-degree temperatures and…

Homer Police Lt. Ryan Browning provides 'youth and technology' presentation Saturday Feb. 4 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska.  Photo provided by Christopher Kincaid.

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Presentation targets online risks for youth

Homer Police Lt. Ryan Browning will host two presentations for parents this month on the hazards technology and…

Aubree Gallick

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Senior Portrait: Aubree Gallick

Homer News is spotlighting local high school students

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Eric Engebretsen and the “Top Seacret”at Bay Weld Boats on Monday in Homer.

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Homer to show off local services at Anchorage boat show

Homer marine trades will be very well represented by local companies at the upcoming 2023 Anchorage Boat show…

Students’ individual growth pods are set up in the hydroponics room on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 at Nikolaevsk School in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Nikolaevsk School starts grant-funded hydroponics program

Nikolaevsk School recently kick-started a student-run hydroponics program, funded by an $8,000 grant from national nonprofit organization Green…