Local students celebrate the 36th annual Caring For The Kenai awards during the April 23 presentation at Kenai’s Triumvirate North Theater. (Photo courtesy of Merrill Sikorski)

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Learning environment: Homer students land Caring For the Kenai awards

Seward team of Leo Nipp and Noah Flowers takes top spot while Homer’s Yousef El Daly finishes second

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Judicial 101 featured Warren Matthews, former Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice, and Doug Baily, former Alaska Attorney General.

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Democracy Fair draws a crowd to Kachemak Bay Campus

Presentations pay tribute to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Japan Monday, April 20, 2026. (U.S. Tsunami Warning System)

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No tsunami threat expected for Alaska after M7.4 earthquake off Japan

The earthquake hit just before midnight of the east coast of Honshu, Japan

Anesha “Duffy” Murnane went missing on Oct. 17, 2019. Earlier this year, 36-year-old Kirby Calderwood pled guilty to her murder. (Photo provided, Homer Police Department)

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Community can speak out on Homer woman’s murder ahead of killer’s sentencing

Kirby Calderwood will be sentenced July 1 for the second-degree murder of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane

The Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion File)

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Man sentenced for sexual abuse of a minor in Kenai Superior Court

Randy Lewis will serve 30 years in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of…

Homer Airport Terminal and Cargo Facility on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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City partially reopens Homer airport terminal

The terminal was temporarily closed March 23 due to flooding caused by a water main break.

Tournament winner Michael Ardenia holds up the championship trophy during the 32nd annual Homer Winter King Tournament on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Ardenia catches winning winter king

Snow and wind pelted anglers and community members gathered Saturday at the Deep Water Dock on the Homer…

Kids in kindergarten and first grade race to pick up as many eggs as they can during the community Easter egg hunt sponsored by Church on the Rock Homer on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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An Easter egg-stravaganza

Easter-themed events abounded last weekend, from egg hunts for kids of all ages to community brunches, religious services…

Students in West Homer Elementary’s after-school Shakespeare club pose in costume outside the Homer Senior Center, where they performed for and visited with elders, on March 24, 2026, in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy Sarah Brewer

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Students bring Shakespeare to senior center

West Homer Elementary students in the After School Shakespeare Club finished their fourth annual tour at the Homer…

Homer, Seldovia and Kachemak City staff and city managers, along with KBNERR staff and partner researchers from the University of South Florida, tour Homer’s water treatment facility on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy Katherine Schake

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Construction begins on water main replacement

The project was slated to begin Monday and is anticipated to be completed in October.

HoWLers pick up trash around town during the annual DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week on Monday, April 21, 2025. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Annual litter cleanup highlights community stewardship

This year’s DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week will be held April 20-25 in Homer.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District logo.

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Board of ed closes 4 schools, advances budget

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education approved a preliminary budget on Monday to pass on…

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Former Seward High School head coach Dan Marshall (center) is photographed with the members of the track team in this undated photo.

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Seward coach to be inducted into hall of fame

Dan Marshall coached cross country at Seward High School from 1992 to 2018, and is one of 14…