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A line of voters runs out the door of the Diamond Ridge Voting Precinct at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Chamber Executive Director Brad Anderson said he had never seen the amount of people coming through the polling place. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Stevens, Vance lead in unofficial primary results

With three candidates in the Senate and House races, all in the primary advance to the general election.

A roll of I voted stickers await voters on Saturday at the Alaska Division of Elections office in Juneau. A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to block campaign finance provisions of a ballot measure approved by Alaska voters in 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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Stevens, Vance lead in unofficial primary results

With three candidates in the Senate and House races, all in the primary advance to the general election.

Vehicles are parked in or near the road on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, on Lakeshore Drive in Homer, Alaska. An ordinance passed by the Homer City Council on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, made it unlawful to push snow into roads and city right-of-ways and to park vehices or leave other objects that interfere with snow removal or road maintenance in city roads, paths, sidewalks or drainage ways or structures. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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City Council approves updating transportation plan

The Homer City Council on Monday appropriated $185,368 for its Master Transportation Plan Update, which emphasizes a “people-first”…

Mimi Israelah, center, cheers for Donald Trump inside the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska, during a rally Saturday July 9, 2022. Two Anchorage police officers violated department policy during a traffic stop last month when Israelah, in town for a rally by former President Donald Trump showed a “white privilege card” instead of a driver’s license and was not ticketed. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

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Alaska officers violated policy in ‘white privilege’ stop

The top of the novelty card reads: “White Privilege Card Trumps Everything.”

Aaron Surma, the executive director for National Alliance on Mental Illness Juneau and the Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition, leads a safety plan workshop Tuesday night hosted by NAMI and the Juneau Suicide Prevention Coalition. The workshop was a collaborative brainstorming session with Juneau residents about how to create a safety plan that people can use to help someone who is experiencing a mental health or suicide crisis. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Study shows a rise in anxiety and depression among children in Alaska

Increase may indicate growing openness to discussing mental health, according to experts.

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang, right, listens to east side setnet fisherman at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association building on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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ADFG commissioner to setnetters: Take up closures with fisheries board

The closure was triggered when the state closed the Kenai River drainage to king salmon fishing

People gather in Ninilchik, Alaska on Friday, August 5, 2022 for Salmonfest, an annual event that raises awareness about salmon-related causes. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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All about the salmon

Fish, love and music return to Ninilchik

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

A banner at Homer City Hall identifies the building as a voting precinct. Early voting runs at city hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Friday and Monday in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Vote Tuesday in primary, special elections

Races on Southern Kenai Peninsula including three running for State Representative, State Senator.

Silver salmon hang in the Seward Boat Harbor during the 2018 Seward Silver Salmon Derby. (Photo courtesy of Seward Chamber of Commerce)

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Seward Silver Salmon derby runs Aug. 13-21

Last year’s derby featured 1,800 contestants competing across eight days

Gov. Mike Dunleavy, center, holds a copy of House Bill 123, providing state recognition for Alaska’s 229 federally recognized Native tribes, at an event hosted by the Alaska Federation of Natives in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. (Photo provided by the Alaska Federation of Natives)

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Bill recognizing Alaska Native Tribes signed into law

The bill serves as the first formal recognition of Alaska’s Indigenous people

Icebergs have been pushed close to shore at Grewingk Glacier Lake on Monday, July 25, 2022, in Kachemak Bay State Park near Halibut Cove, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Glorious Grewingk

It’s a little walk to Grewingk Glacier, but worth it.

Charlie Cunningham stands behind the bar at Good Time Charlies on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Good Time Charlies closes its doors

The 50-year-old club is making way for state highway improvements