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

Sherry and Don Stead, owners of Grace Ridge Brewing, celebrate one year in their new location on Smoky Bay Way, Friday, Feb 3, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Meet Your Neighbor: Grace Ridge Brewing

The local brewery celebrates one year in new location

Justin Ruffridge (Courtesy photo)

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Ruffridge bill would exempt veterinarians from opioid reporting program

The bill cleared the Alaska Senate last session

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Borough mayoral candidate forum speaks to southern peninsula

The four candidates for the upcoming Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral special election spoke on current issues during a…

Members of the club Krewe of Gambrinus march in the 2020 Homer Winter Carnival Parade on Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. They marched dressed as wild things from “Where the Wild Things Are.” (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Carnival comes out of hibernation this weekend

Homer’s 69th annual Winter Carnival Celebration will kick off Saturday with a parade down Pioneer Avenue.