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Consular Masaru Aniya bestows Yasuko Lehtinen with the Foreign Minister Commendation on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, at Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Friendship, goodwill and cultural understanding

KPC professor honored for fostering relationship between Kenai Peninsula and Japan

Patrick Simpson speaks about his recycled plastic lumber project at a Kenai Peninsula College Showcase on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Recovery effort turns plastic into lumber

Entrepreneur Patrick Simpson, of Alaska Plastic Recovery, has worked for much of the year with local advocacy groups…

This photo shows the University of Alaska Southeast Juneau campus on a rainy day. UA administration and faculty have reached a tentative end to 14 months of negotiations. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire File)

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UA administration and faculty union reach tentative deal

While 14-month negotiation has ended, unfair labor practice complaints process still ongoing.

The northern lights appear over Shishmaref, Alaska, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Rising sea levels, flooding, increased erosion and loss of protective sea ice and land have led residents of this island community to vote twice to relocate. But more than six years after the last vote, Shishmaref remains in the same place because the relocation is too costly. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Climate migration: Alaska village resists despite threats

Climate change is partially to blame for the rising seas, flooding, erosion and loss of protective ice and…

Gary Stevens (Photo provided)

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Senate District C:Gary Lee Stevens

1. Suppose you are governor and you have a majority in the State Senate and House that would…

Heath Smith (Photo provided)

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Senate District C:Heath Smith

1. Suppose you are governor and you have a majority in the State Senate and House that would…

Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News file A princess and her knight in shining armor trick-or-treat on Bayview Avenue on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021.

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Homer’s Halloween Spooktacular

This Halloween as you wander about, be on the lookout for superheroes, witches, ghosts, goblins, princesses, monsters and…

Chris Bye, a Libertarian wearing a “Got Liberty” T-shirt under button down shirt, is shown getting ready for a debate for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Bye faces U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, and Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich in the November general election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Peltola faces Palin, Begich, Bye in debate

Peltola beat Palin and Republican Nick Begich in a ranked choice August special election

Film fans enjoy reindeer sausages and hot dogs at the gala opening of the Homer Documentary Film Festival last Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Homer Theatre. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer Film Fest winners named

Winners of the 18th Annual Homer Documentary Film Festival were named on Oct. 6. The top honor, “Audience…

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola dances with others attending a reelection campaign event Monday evening at Elizabeth Peratrovich Hall. Peltola also attended a meet-and-greet at a coffee shop and met with local union members on Tuesday. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Peltola tells Juneau crowd reelection not a ‘slam dunk,’ encourages supporters to vote

“They’re not going to underestimate us a second time.”

Candidates for Alaska State House District 6 Ginger Bryant, on screen, left, and Louie Flora, on screen, right, participate remotely in a forum held at the Soldotna Public Library on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Southern peninsula House candidates Zoom into Monday forum

Nonpartisan candidates Ginger Bryant and Louie Flora participated

2022 gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce walks in the 65th annual Soldotna Progress Days Parade on Saturday, July 23, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Lawsuit details allegations of sexual harassment by former borough mayor

The suit was filed by Charlie Pierce’s former executive assistant

AP Photo/Mark Thiessen U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican seeking reelection, answers a question during a candidate forum, Saturday in Anchorage. She faces Republican Kelly Tshibaka and Democrat Pat Chesbro in the Nov. 8 election.

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Asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia

The two landed earlier this month near Gambell, on Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island