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ATV accident leaves teen dead in Ninilchik

A 15-year-old girl was driving an ATV with a 14-year-old female passenger

Shawn Dick of Talkneetna carries a fresh catch out of the water while dipnetting on the Kenai Beach on July 10, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Kenai River dipnetting opens this month

The Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery opens July 10

"The Bouyman" participated in the 2021 Fourth of July "Whatever Floats Your Boat" Parade down Pioneer Avenue. (Photo by Sarah Knapp)

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July 4 events held around the bay

Weekend in Anchor Point, Homer and Seldovia features parades, games and barbecues

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Homer Farmers Market: Familiar faces mark the season

It’s so good to see the familiar faces while shopping down at the Homer Farmers Market. I see…

Graphic by Ashlyn O’Hara

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Borough voters to get final say on school maintenance bond

Assembly members approved Tuesday putting the issue on the Oct. 4 ballot

ANSEP Acceleration Academy (Summer) student Alivia Fefelov poses on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at the University of Alaska Anchorage with a balsa tower she helped build to learn about engineering structures to survive earthquakes. The tower withstood a simulated earthquake. (Photo provided)

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Homer student attends ANSEP program

Homer student Alivia Fefelov has been spending part of her summer participating in the Alaska Native Science &Engineering…

A sign points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COIVD-19 testing and vaccine clinic at 4201 Bartlett Street on Flag Day, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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COVID-19 cases continue to rise

CDC alert level remains at yellow for peninsula

Megan Mitchell, left, and Nick McCoy protest the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning of Roe v. Wade at the intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling highways on Friday, June 24, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Heartbroken,’ ‘Betrayed:’ Alaskans react to Roe decision

Supreme Court decision ends nearly 50 years of legally protected access to abortion

Soldotna City Manager Stephanie Queen listens to a presentation from Alaska Communications during a meeting of the Soldotna City Council on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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ACS pilots fiber program in certain peninsula neighborhoods

The fiber to the home service will make available the fastest internet home speeds on the peninsula

Smoke from wildfires in Southwestern Alaska casts a pall over Beluga Lake on Wednesday morning, June 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Air quality advisory issued for Southcentral

The advisory was triggered by ongoing wildfires in the southwest that have produced increased levels of smoke

Nurse Tracy Silta draws a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the walk-in clinic at the intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling Highways in Soldotna, Alaska on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. COVID-19 vaccines for kids younger than 5 years old are now approved by both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Camille Botello / Peninsula Clarion)

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COVID shots for kids under 5 available at public health

Roughly 18 million kids nationwide will now be eligible to get their COVID vaccines.

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Homer Farmers Market: Market survived ‘time warp’ of COVID-19

An unusual time warp happened during the last few years of COVID-19. People from all walks of life…

Marchers wearing Pride rainbow colors and carrying Juneteenth flags march in the Pride-X-Juneteenth parade on Saturday, June 18, 2022, on Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Parade held for Pride, Juneteenth

About 150 people marched along Pioneer Avenue last Saturday in a combination parade and rally celebrating Juneteenth and…