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As about 200 people watch, the 19th annual Burning Basket, "Breathe," catches fire on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Just breathe

On a dreary, drizzly late-summer evening, Homer’s annual Burning Basket lit up the Spit on Sunday.

Work on a new sidewalk and widening of the street is almost done on Main Street north of Pioneer Avenue on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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City Council discusses transportation, consitutional convention

The Homer City Council expresses deep concern at the proposal to hold a constitutional convention

A worker with Lakeshore Glass installs new windows in one of the South Peninsula Hospital labor and delivery rooms to create a negative-pressure environment for COVID-19 infected patients. "To date, the negative pressure rooms were only in Acute Care and ER, and any deliveries by a Covid positive mother happened in a negative pressure room in the inpatient section of the hospital," SPH Public Information Officer Derotha Ferraro said. (Photo by Derotha Ferrator/South Peninsula Hospital.)

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Bivalent boosters available

CDC raises alert level for peninsula

A “Vote Here” sign is seen at the City of Kenai building on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

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Special election for mayor could take place as early as January

A special election is necessitated by Charlie Pierce’s resignation — as his current term does not expire until…

Lance Mackey sits with his lead dogs Larry, right, and Maple after crossing the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 18, 2009, in Nome, Alaska, to win his third Iditarod in a row. Mackey, a four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winner and one of mushing’s most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug issues, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, his father and kennel announced on Facebook. He was 52. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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Cancer claims 4-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey

Officials with the world’s most famous sled dog race said Iditarod Nation was in mourning

Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, accompanied by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and family members, speaks to the media right after the ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Mary Peltola sworn in as 1st Alaska Native in Congress

“To have a seat at the table is different,” Peltola told The Associated Press in an interview Monday

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

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Assembly statement: Borough investigated harassment complaint against Pierce

The allegations were found to be ‘credible’, the borough said Sunday

Peter Micciche speaks at the ceremony for the signing of Senate Bill 185 into law at Special Olympics Alaska in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (Photo courtesy Alaska Office of the Governor)

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Subminimum wages for disabled workers removed from statute

The bill was sponsored by Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna

Postcards promoting a new podcast about the Star of Bengal hang on a Juneau refrigerator. (Ben Hohenstatt / Capital City Weekly)

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Tale of historic Wrangell shipwreck surfaces in podcast

1908 sinking of Star of Bengal, which killed 111, is narrated by locals in 5-part series.

Screenshot from AdImpact video U.S. Representative-elect Mary Peltola talks about abortion rights in her first television ad after winning Alaska’s special election to fill the remainder of the late Don Young’s seat.

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Peltola to be sworn in Sept. 13

Special U.S. House race certified; Palin, Begich repeat demands the other drop out of November election

A campaign sign promoting Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s reelection campaign stands in Juneau. Two nonprofits on Tuesday filed a complaint with Alaska Public Offices Commission against Dunleavy and others connected to his campaign. The complaint alleges a series of “egregious campaign finance violations.” (Jonson Kuhn / Juneau Empire Photo)

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Complaint: Dunleavy illegally using state employees for campaign

Nonprofits with ties to governor’s political opposition allege coordination of donors, staff misuse

People with Walk for Life march up Bartlett Street to the Water's Edge crisis pregnancy clinic on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. About 140 people walked from the Assembly of God Church and Glacier View Baptist Church on East End Road along Pioneer Avenue and up Bartlett Street to show their support for pro-life efforts and opposition to abortion. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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‘Walk For Life’ draws 140 marchers

Update: This article has been changed to include the full name of the Water’s Edge Pregnancy Care and…

Mike Navarre testifies before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mike Navarre to step in as interim borough mayor

Navarre will take over from sitting Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce, who resigned on Aug. 26