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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland, center, addresses the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during a budget work session on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly OKs max school funding

The borough will contribute $54.8 million to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District for fiscal year 2024

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

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Duffield, Levine retain seats on HEA board

Dan Green, of Soldotna, secured more votes than incumbent director C.O. Rudstrom

Kenai Courthouse is photographed on February 26, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

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Arraignment hearing for retired Homer judge bumped to late June

Margaret Murphy, who served as a superior court judge, is accused of perjury

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The Tickled Pear staff fill orders during their grand opening in their new permanent location on Friday, May 5,. Owner Ashley Steiner is pictured second from left.

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The Tickled Pear opens new permanent location

The Tickled Pear, which Homerites may have seen around the Spit in its food truck form, celebrated its…

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VFW Post 10221 commander Chuck Collins and canteen manager Heidi Adams celebrate the post’s grand reopening on Saturday.

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VFW holds grand reopening after remodel

The Anchor Point VFW reopened its doors on Saturday after completing renovations inside.

Jesse Pasch (left), winner of the average fish prize in the 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament, poses with his fish during weigh-in on Saturday, May 6 at the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce building in Anchor Point, Alaska. This is Pasch’s second year of winning “average fish.” Photo courtesy of Mcki Needham

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Persnail wins Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament

Despite less-than-stellar weather and some last-minute operating changes, the 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament saw another…

Christine Thorsrud and Caroline Venuti at their retirement celebration at KBC on May 4. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Kachemak Bay Campus celebrates staff retirements

Faculty, staff and students join classroom to share memories, say thank you and say goodbye to Caroline Venuti…

Homer poet and Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference faculty member Erin Coughlin Hollowell, left, reads a passage that shows words can be understood even when the letters are garbled as 2018 keynote speaker Anthony Doerr watches. Doerr delivered the opening address at the start of the annual conference on June 5, 2018, at Land’s End Resort in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference returns May 13-16

The event will be held at Kachemak Bay Campus with readings at other venues in Homer

A song sparrow perches on a willow branch near the Beluga Slough trail on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Shorebird festival entertains birders of all ages and abilites

126 shorebird species seen at 31st Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

USS Momsen offers public tours on May 4, 2023, in Homer, Alaska.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Homer welcomes USS Momsen

The USS Momsen arrived at the Homer Deep Water Dock on May 3, ahead of the Northern Edge…

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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Kiernan Lapp, of Soldotna High School, is introduced by Merrill Sikorski at the Caring for the Kenai Awards Celebration held during a Joint Chamber Luncheon on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Chambers honor Caring for the Kenai finalists

The contest challenges peninsula students to devise ways to improve the environment or prepare for a natural disaster

2023 Taste of Homer event logo. (Promotional image)

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Taste of Homer kicks off this weekend

The nine-day “gastronomic journey” begins Saturday and will run through Sunday, May 21