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Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest adult/open nonfiction first place winner

“No Dumb Grandchildren” by Cynthia Atcheson

Kenai Peninsula Writers' Contest logo from the Homer Council on the Arts website.

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25th Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest winners announced

The Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest returned for its 25th year, with winners in all categories announced on March…

Leslie Jacoby, whose daughter Lydia is an Olympic gold medalist swimmer from Seward, testifies testifies in opposition to the proposed cut of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District pool managers during a board of education meeting on Monday, March 6, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Community makes plea to school board as pools, theaters face cuts

The cuts are just two of the budget reductions put forth for consideration by the board’s finance committee

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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COVID-19: Cases and hospitalizations on the rise

COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are up locally and statewide, according to data updated by the Department of Health…

Information about SNAP benefit amounts is posted on a wall at the Alaska Division of Public Assistance’s Kenai office on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Food bank sees demand jump amid SNAP benefit backlog

About 9.5% of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s roughly 22,800 households received SNAP benefits in 2021

Dipnetters can be seen here fishing in the Kenai River on July 10, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Board of Fisheries to meet

March 10 through March 13, the board will meet at the Egan Civic Convention Center to discuss 19…

A sign to Kenai National Wildlife Refuge trails is seen Wednesday, March 23, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fish and Wildlife Service withdraws Kenai Refuge proposal

The service received around 45,000 public comments regarding the proposal

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Low king salmon forecasts spur fishing restrictions

Most of the orders concern closures of various fisheries

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Troopers warn Bristol Bay fishers: 32-foot limit on vessel length will be enforced

Alaska Fish and Wildlife Troopers have sent a letter to Bristol Bay commercial salmon fishermen warning that they…

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Anchor Point revives annual Snow Rondi

Join in winter fun this weekend with the revival of Anchor Point’s Snow Rondi! Events will be hosted…

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Homer Public Library celebrates lifelong learning

2 honored with annual award

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Homer resident Lee John Henry listens during an omnibus hearing Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in Kenai Superior Court in Kenai, Alaska. Henry was indicted Oct. 20 on murder and robbery charges for the 2013 death of Mark Matthews in Homer.

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Lee John Henry pleads guilty to 2013 Homer killing

Henry has been awaiting trial since 2016

East End Road, Homer, Alaska. Feb. 26, 2023.  Photo provided by Christopher Kincaid.

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Aurora overhead

Peninsula treated to light display Sunday