"The Cold Millions," this year’s NEA Big Read book, is available for check-out at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by the Homer Public Library

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Homer’s Big Read wraps up with a final week of events

Homer Public Library hosted 6 weeks of community reading

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Jylann Green, Aaliyah Bookey and Isabel Thomas watch Dr. Curt Wisnewski as he shows off some x-rays at Kenai Veterinary Hospital in Kenai on Tuesday.

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Kenai businesses host students for Job Shadow Day

Students are connected to local businesses to spend a day shadowing jobs paired to their career interests

Members of Homer High Schools DDF team thank the audience after their performance on February 9, 2024 at the Mariner Theater in Homer, Alaska.  Photo provided by Marjorie Dunn.

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Homer High DDF students head to state meet in Anchorage

The event takes place this weekend

Peninsula Clarion government and education reporter Ashlyn O’Hara stands in the hallways of the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau on Monday.

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Clarion reporter working in Juneau for legislative exchange

Reporter Ashlyn O’Hara will be covering statewide issues with a local lens

Signage marks a trailhead in Kachemak Bay State Park on Saturday, May 6, 2023, near Homer, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Halibut Cove lodge facing misdemeanor charge for illicit trail

The trail extends 785 feet south from the commercial property into the state park

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Borough settles harassment and discrimination suit brought by former firefighter

The borough is not admitting any wrongdoing through the settlement

Clouds cover the beach at Lowell Point State Recreation Site on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, near Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska State Parks recruiting for local citizen advisory boards

Applications are due March 4

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What’s old is new at annual Winter Carnival parade

Homer celebrates 70 years of coming out of hibernation with the Winter Carnival this year

The Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee (top left) meets with Agnew::Beck consultants Shelly Wade (top right) and Meg Friedenauer (bottom) over Zoom on Monday, Feb. 5<ins>, 2024 in Homer, Alaska</ins>. Screenshot.

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Comp plan steering committee holds 1st meeting

Homer’s comprehensive plan is a long-term planning document encapsulating the city’s goals and focus

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Planning commission denies Doyon conditional use permit

In a special meeting held Wednesday, Jan. 31, the Homer Planning Commission passed a majority 6-1 vote against…

Signs hang on the entryway wall at the Kenai Peninsula Education Association office in Soldotna, Alaska, in this Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, file photo. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board ratifies new contracts following union membership support

The a one-year contract extension is the first in the district’s history

KPBSD’s Balancing Act budget simulator homepage. (Screenshot)

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‘You are in deficit’: New school district software lets users fill budget gaps

The software allows users to toggle between eliminating or preserving various items in the budget

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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Kenai Peninsula sees sharp rise in COVID-19 activity

Weekly cases of COVID-19 by region are reported via the department’s Respiratory Virus Snapshot