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An area cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass project can be seen above the intersection of the Kenai River and Kenai Lake in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Sept. 6, 2021.

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Assembly backs efforts to make Cooper Landing more walkable

A pathway would follow the Sterling Highway through Cooper Landing and connect key spots in the community

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Secretaries to see pay boost after reclassification

By Ashlyn O’Hara

Homer Flex 2023 graduates celebrate during their commencement ceremony, Monday May 15, 2023, at Land’s End Resort. (Photo provided by Ingrid Harrald)

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Homer Flex High School graduates 10

The ceremony took place Monday Land’s End Resort Quarter Deck

Homer High School 2023 graduating seniors stand during commencement in the Homer High School’s Alice Witte Gymnasium, May 15, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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‘Dive into experiences and endeavor to learn’

Graduates receive accolades, advice, farewell in 2023 commencement ceremony

An Alaska Communications technician installs a customer premise device to a home in Sterling, Alaska. This device communicates with a nearby tower, serving the customer with a high-speed internet connection. Photo courtesy of Alaska Communications

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ACS constructing new internet towers on the peninsula

Alaska Communications is expanding their internet services across the Kenai Peninsula.

Members of the Kenai River Professional Guide Association teach elementary students to cast a fly rod during Salmon Celebration on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Johnson Lake in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kids gather for annual Salmon Celebration at Johnson Lake

They stocked rainbow trout in the lake and visited dozens of booths to learn about fish, wildlife, habitat…

Homer Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)

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Council approves purchase of ladder truck

The previously owned truck will be acquired from the City of Ketchikan for no more than $230,000

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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McNeil Canyon Elementary

Kachemak Bay Campus Director Dr. Reid Brewer welcomes KBC graduates and audience members to the 2023 commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Campus returns to in-person commencement ceremony

The campus conferred 62 degrees and certificates during its 53rd annual commencement hosted on Wednesday

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King salmon troll fishery takes another hit

The lucrative king salmon troll fishery in Southeast came one step closer to being shut down when a…

Renovations made to the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers are seen on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough assembly to resume meetings in Homer, Seward

The decision came after residents in those communities asked to be included in the body’s meeting schedule

Snow falls on a "vote here" sign outside of Seward City Hall on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in Seward, Alaska. Residents voted in a special election to determine whether or not to sell the city’s electric utility and to change the city’s residency requirements for city manager. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward certifies special election results

The Seward City Council on Monday certified the results of last week’s special election, through which sale of…

Kenai Middle School Principal Vaughn Dosko points out elements of a redesign plan for the front of the school on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board considers capital improvement plan

Of the 13 projects included on the district’s priority list, eight are being funded through the school maintenance…