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

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6 vying for seats on HEA Board of Directors

The board is composed of nine directors elected from three voting districts

Mariners on the Move 2023 awardees pose with awards at Homer High School on March 1, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. From left to right: Faith Latham, Coleman Stephens, Luke Hanson (back row), Ethan Rodasti (front row), Tait Ostrom, Autumn Jones, Charles Van Meter (back row), Hannah Stonorov, Marilyn Brewer-Cote. (Photo courtesy Paul Story)

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Students honored with Mariners on the Move award

Each year a Homer High School faculty member selects one outstanding student based on scholarship and character. The…

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City council funds new comprehensive plan development

The Homer City Council approved the development of a new comprehensive plan and a complete update of the…

The Homer Education and Recreation Complex at the corner of the Sterling Highway and Pioneer Avenue. (Homer News file photo)

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HERC testing fails at city council

The Homer City Council voted down a resolution to test for PCBs at the Homer Education and Recreation…

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City council removes seat from Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association board

The Homer City Council at their Feb. 27 meeting passed resolution 23-019, expressing support for removing the city’s…

Char Moore (right) accepts the judges’ choice first place award for toy poodle Reba at the Snow Rondi dog show on Sunday, March 5 at the Anchor Point Senior Center in Anchor Point, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Debbie Carpenter

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Snow Rondi dog show revival a howling success

Anchor Point’s annual Snow Rondi went to the dogs last weekend, in the best way. The Anchor Point…

Simon Gucer at Homer High School. Photo submitted by Homer High School year book students.

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Senior Portrait: Simon Gucer

Homer News is spotlighting local high school students

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

“Lost Years” by Tara Caribou

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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