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Alaska House District 6 candidate Alana Greear (back, center) poses with supporters at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Lake Street in Homer during the primary election on Aug. 20, 2024. (Emilie Springer/Homer New)

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Alana Greear drops out of race for House District 6

The K-Selo teacher threw her support behind Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson

Students sit down to read books on the first day of the school year at Tustumena Elementary School in Kasilof, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Right back into the swing’

Students return to KPBSD schools for 2024-2025 year

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Comment period still open on Endangered Species Act listing of chinook salmon

Public comments on an effort to list Gulf of Alaska chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act are…

Kenai Peninsula College Director Cheryl Siemers speaks at a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPC celebrates 60 years

As the college marked its six decades of operation, it also welcomed back more than 2,200 students

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council supports statute change to include web-based public noticing

Resolution 24-088 requests that the Alaska Municipal League take up the issue

Flyer for the 2024 Candidate Forum Series by KDLL 91.9 FM and the Peninsula Clarion. (Ashlyn O’Hara/KDLL 91.9)

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Homer City Council and mayor candidate forum this week

The Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM are for the third year hosting a series of live, open-to-the-public…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs Senate Bill 179, while Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, right, stands by on Aug. 13, 2024. (Photo provided by Sen. Jesse Bjorkman)

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Bjorkman property tax bill signed into law

The bill cuts property taxes for farmers and prevents transfer taxes on the sale of houses

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Coast Guard rescues 2 stranded after boat sinking

The incident occurred 62 miles off the Kodiak coast on Aug. 12

Kachemak Bay can be seen June 12, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Council recognizes research reserve’s 25th anniversary

Resolution 24-082 commends KBNERR’s 25 years of studying Kachemak Bay’s ecosystem

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council funds partial city sewer system rehabilitation

Ordinance 24-36 appropriates the remaining necessary funds to repair the Beluga Sewage Lift Station

The entrance to the Homer Electric Association office is seen here in Kenai, Alaska on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA agrees to purchase solar energy from Nikiski project under development

Homer Electric Association has agreed to purchase 30 megawatts of solar power from a renewable energy project being…

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Borough seeks comment on updated Hazard Management Plan

The Kenai Peninsula Borough has updated its Hazard Mitigation Plan to include the cities of Seldovia and Seward.

Troopers Joseph Miller Jr. and Jason Woodruff are seen as K9 Olex bites Ben Tikka in a screenshot from body camera footage taken in Kenai, Alaska, on May 24, 2024. (Photo provided by Alaska Department of Law)
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Assault charges brought against 2 Soldotna troopers after man was mauled, beaten, according to complaint

Officers approached the man after mistaking him for his cousin, officials said