Alaska LNG Project Manager Brad Chastain presents information about the project during a luncheon at the Kenai Chamber Commerce and Visitor Center on Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska LNG Project gets mixed response at Kenai meeting

The proposed 800-mile pipeline would move gas from the North Slope to Nikiski for shipment overseas

LaDawn Druce asks Sen. Jesse Bjorkman a question during a town hall event on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Druce returns as head of teachers union

The special election followed the firing of former president Nathan Erfurth, who was arrested in May on charges…

Sandwich board announcing Solstice Fair on June 21. (Photo by event coordinator Sage Anderson)

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Homer hosts summer solstice street fair

The event took place from noon to 10 p.m. on Hazel Avenue between Safeway and Homer Public Library

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 Denali Daniels facilitates the community conversation on housing solutions in the greater Homer area on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at Christian Community Church in Homer, Alaska.

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Housing forum organizers release needs report

The outcomes report from the Community Conversation: Housing Solutions in the Greater Homer Area event held March 25…

Homer community members parade down Pioneer Avenue on their way to the Liberation Celebration at WKFL Park hosted by Homer Pride on Saturday, June 17, 2023 in Homer Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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‘When I say ‘Equity,’ you say ‘Now!’’

Joint Homer Pride and Juneteenth Liberation Celebration honors intersectional identities

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council supports adoption of harbor expansion charter

The Homer City Council passed Resolution 23-058, expressing support for and adopting the Homer Harbor Expansion Charter, during…

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City to conduct emergency repairs to phone system

The city’s phone system will be receiving a complete overhaul in advance of the FY24 capital budget being…

A sign opposing the participation of trans girls in girls sports is propped against a fire hydrant outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, June 8, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. The Alaska Board of Education met in the building to discuss a resolution that would ban trans girls from girls high school sports. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Peninsula residents protest trans girls in sports at state school board meeting

The Alaska Board of Education last week met at the George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration Building…

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North America’s 1st known case of a rabid moose confirmed in western Alaska

ANCHORAGE — A moose in western Alaska has tested positive for rabies in the first apparent case of…

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

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Voting underway to determine next head of teachers union

The election follows the firing of former president Nathan Erfurth, who was arrested in May on charges of…

Mountain View Elementary School students use their hands to build works using methodology from the University of Florida Literacy Institute during a board of education meeting on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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New reading curriculum to cover Alaska history, culture instead of religion

The change comes after some teachers and community members questioned whether some of the proposed topics, specifically Judaism,…

The newly-replaced Pride flags hang in front of the REC Room entrance in June 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by the REC Room

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REC Room reports vandalism of Pride flags

Homer police investigation is currently ongoing

Hunter Kirby holds up the hatchery king salmon he bagged during the one-day youth fishery on the Ninilchik River on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Photo by Mike Booz

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Kids cast their lines

One-day fisheries provide opportunities for youth