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Jacob Caldwell, chief executive officer of Kenai Aviation, stands at the Kenai Aviation desk at the Kenai Municipal Airport on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Aviation, Reeve Air submit proposals to bring air service back to Seward

Scheduled air service has been unavailable in Seward since 2002

Homer Senior Citizen Center in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News.

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Senior center during board meeting discloses extensive debt

The organization reported unpaid payroll taxes and invoices

Suzanne Phillips, who formerly was a teacher at Aurora Borealis Charter School, speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Aurora Borealis charter renewal clears school board

The school is seeking routine renewal of its charter through the 2035-2036 school year

Lindsay Bear, a member of the Chapman School Site Council, speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough approves Chapman School land purchase

Ordinance 2024-19-18 was approved at the Nov. 12 assembly meeting

Kenaitze Indian Tribe Education Director Kyle McFall speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenaitze charter school proposal given OK by board

The application will next be forwarded to the State Department of Education and Early Department

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council to hold public hearings on ordinances

The next Homer City Council regular meeting will take place on Monday at 6 p.m.

From left: Joseph Miller Jr. and Jason Woodruff, Alaska State Troopers charged with felony first-degree assault, appear with their lawyers, Clinton Campion and Matthew Widmer, for an arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Troopers renew not guilty pleas after grand jury indictment

Woodruff, Miller charged with felony first-degree assault for alleged conduct during May arrest in Kenai

Homer Foundation Executive Director Stacey Schultz, left, receives from Jules and Dawn Ravin an honorary $1.2 million check to support youth in the community at the foundation's annual board meeting at the Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska, Nov. 14, 2024. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Local lottery winner donates $1.2 million to Homer Foundation

The gift will support youth programming

Homer Electric Association Chief Operating Officer Rob Montgomery speaks during a joint luncheon of the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA talks search for new energy sources, hazard trees at chamber luncheon

The utility produces 90% of its electricity using natural gas

Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Anchor Point man indicted for 3 shootings at Homer family planning clinic, recovery center

The grand jury returned 12 counts total for the three shootings

The results of ranked choice tabulation show Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, winning reelection in the race for House District 6. (Screenshot/Gavel Alaska)

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Bjorkman, Vance win reelection after tabulation of ranked choice ballots

An effort to repeal ranked choice voting and the open primary system was very narrowly defeated

Erosion damage to the southbound lane of Homer Spit Road is seen on Monday, Nov. 18<ins>, 2024</ins>, following a storm event on Saturday<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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City, DOT work to repair storm damage to Spit road

A second storm event on Saturday affected nearly a mile of the southbound lane

State House District 6 candidates Rep. Sarah Vance, Dawson Slaughter and Brent Johnson participate in a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Saturday update: House District 6 race tightens slightly in new results

Neither incumbent Rep. Sarah Vance or challenger Brent Johnson have claimed 50% of votes in the race