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The Anchor Point Senior Center advertises that the polls are open on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman
The Anchor Point Senior Center advertises that the polls are open on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Micciche leads mayor’s race

Election workers reported sluggish voter turnout

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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COVID-19: Cases and hospitalizations fall statewide; local cases spike

35 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alaska

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Kenai man charged with murdering woman in hotel room

The man is charged with one count of murder in the first degree and two counts of murder…

One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in the village at the head of Kachemack Bay. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Assembly OKs project list for state funding consideration

The list outlines work for which the borough would like financial assistance from the State of Alaska

Candidate Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings with Homer High School students Ethan Rodasti, Thea Person, Clark Milstead and Spencer Co in the Mariner Theater, Feb. 9. Photo by Emilie Springer.

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Students quiz mayoral candidates in high school forum

Homer High School students moderated a Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral election forum Thursday, featuring candidates Soldotna City Council…

University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Sean Parnell stands outside the main entrance of Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Chancellor: UAA, KPC flexing to meet workforce needs

The visit was for getting some “face-to-face” time with KPC leadership and students

Boxes of period products are stacked, each destined for a specific school. (Photo courtesy Chera Wackler)

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Group fights war on period poverty

Peninsula Period Network makes free period supplies available in local schools

The Homer Spit stretching into Kachemak Bay is seen here on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer woman indicted over seaplane incident

Marian Tillion Beck was indicted on charges of negligent operation of a vessel and attempted interference with the…

Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral candidate Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings addresses the KPBSD Board of Education on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mayoral candidates reiterate commitment to school funding

Dave Carey, Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings, Zach Hamilton and Peter Micciche spoke to KPBSD Board of Education members

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Tyson Cox (right) and Richard Derkevorkian (center) discuss an amendment to legislation that raised the borough mayor’s salary at an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly hikes borough mayor’s pay

The pay bump does not apply to current Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, or to whoever is elected through…

KPBSD Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes (left) gives a presentation on the school district’s FY23 budget at Soldotna High School on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district budget forums start next week

In Homer, Kenai and Seward district finance staff will provide an overview of district finances

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ADFG commissioner touts fisheries management to Legislature

In a hearing before the House Resources Committee last week Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug…

Homer Electric Association General Manager Brad Janorschke testifies before the Senate Resources Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. (Screenshot via Gavel Alaska)

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Senate group briefed on future of Cook Inlet gas

Demand for Cook Inlet gas could outpace supply as soon as 2027