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The 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner Weston Marley holds up the 27.38-pound winter king salmon he caught on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Winter king tournament postponed

The Homer Chamber of Commerce announced at 6:30 a.m. today that the 2023 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament…

Sidewalk chalk drawings cover the outside of corroding insulation at Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
Sidewalk chalk drawings cover the outside of corroding insulation at Soldotna Elementary School on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly accepts $50.4M for borough bond projects

$40 million will be used to complete a first round of school maintenance projects

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Police receive reports of drinks being spiked at Homer bars

Homer Police Department alerted the public last week to recent reports by bar patrons that their drinks had…

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Halibut and black cod fisheries get off to slow start

The halibut and black cod fisheries got underway last weekend, and deliveries have been sparse so far. Prices…

Anna Wall and Sheryl Vitale, daughter-mother duo behind Red Bird Kitchen, stand in their kitchen on East End Road, photo taken March 13, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homr News)

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Meet your neighbor: Red Bird Kitchen

With a love for creating new recipes, mother and daughter have been serving up tasty dishes in and…

The 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner Weston Marley holds up the 27.38-pound winter king salmon he caught on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Winter king tournament this weekend

The 29th annual Winter King Salmon Tournament will take place on Saturday, March 18.

The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska as seen on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA opens new scholarships, extends deadline

The Homer Electric Association announced in a March 9 press release its new scholarship programs and extended the…

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Homer Flex School February Phoenix Award recipient: Avery Cathey

Each month, the school staff choose a student to receive the Homer Flex Phoenix Award based on their…

Foreground: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland, left, and KPBSD Finance Director Liz Hayes, right, speak about the district’s fiscal year 2024 budget during a work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district, borough mull budget shortfall as cuts loom

The two groups convened for a work session Tuesday

Mike Crawford, Chair of the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee, writes the language of an amendment to Board of Game Proposal 105, passed unanimously by the committee during a meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Game to meet this weekend in Soldotna

The Southcentral Region Meeting is scheduled to run from Friday to Tuesday

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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COVID-19: Cases and hospitalizations drop

The state reported no new resident deaths from COVID-19 this week

Areas cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass Project (bottom) can be seen above the Kenai River in Cooper Landing in this August 10, 2021, photo. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Borough mulls plans for bypass parcel

The 1,000-acre Juneau Bench, or Unit 395, is located north of the Sterling Highway

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Kenai woman sentenced to 10 years for federal drug trafficking and firearms charges

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case with the Alaska State Troopers and the…