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Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet are dragged up onto the beach at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Fish proposals center on king salmon, east side setnet fishery

Proposals set to be considered by the State Board of Fisheries this winter were published last week

Lyndsey Bertoldo, Penny Vadla and Jason Tauriainen participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education candidate forum at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board candidates tackle budget deficits, home-schooling, school maintenance

The discussion was the first of two forums featuring KPBSD school board candidates

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidates Heath Smith and Kelly Cooper participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Forum at Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mayor, assembly candidates field questions in Homer

Participating in Thursday’s forum were incumbent Mayor Peter Micciche and assembly candidates Kelly Cooper and Heath Smith

Water pools near at the intersection of Patrick Drive and Bjerke Street, where contractors for the Kenai Peninsula Borough install a culvert to mitigate flooding off of Kalifornsky Beach Road on Friday, July 21, 2023, near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly extends borough flood disaster declaration

The declaration was issued by Micciche last week

Students attending Sprouts Preschool make magic wands out of leaves in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Seward Sprouts Preschool)

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Seward seeks solutions to child care challenges

Nearly 80% of people surveyed reported that they were not satisfied with their access to quality, affordable child…

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Kasilof collision leaves 2 dead

The collision took place near Mile 110 of the Sterling Highway

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Advisory council to host meetings in Homer this week

The Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council will hold two in events in Homer this week, including…

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council to decide on funding local SBDC advisor

The Homer City Council will hold a public hearing at its next meeting on Sept. 25 before deciding…

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Alaska Wildlife Alliance member Grace Kautek looks out over the Kenai River for signs of belugas during the third annual Belugas Count! event at Erik Hansen Scout Park in Kenai on Sept. 21, 2019.

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Cook Inlet belugas the center of returning educational celebration

Belugas Count! set for Sept. 23

Alaska SeaLife Center veterinary technician Jessica Davis carries a newborn otter pup patient into the Alaska SeaLife Center Veterinary clinic for an initial admit exam on Sept. 9, 2023. The otter pup was admitted to the ASLC Wildlife Response Program after witnesses watched orcas attack the pup’s mother. (Photo courtesy Peter Sculli/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Newborn sea otter rescued after orca attack

The animal still had a fresh umbilical cord, suggesting she was only a day, “possibly even hours,” old

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City council adopts 2024-2029 capital improvement plan

The Homer City Council adopted the newest six-year capital improvement plan during their last regular meeting on Monday,…

Homer Middle School prints the first edition of the school newspaper on Sept. 14.

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Homer Middle School students launch newspaper

Eighth grade students at Homer Middle School have launched a newspaper.

Nurse Tracy Silta draws a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the walk-in clinic at the intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling Highways in Soldotna, Alaska on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)

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Updated COVID booster available locally this month

The updated vaccine is recommended for everyone 6 months or older