Sadie Friedman, Dale Eicher and Leslie Morton, candidates for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s Sterling and Funny River seat, participate in a candidate forum at the Soldotna Public Library on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sterling assembly candidates field questions at election forum

The forum was moderated by the Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM.

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to Anchor Point residents during a community meeting held at the Virl “Pa” Haga VFW Post 10221 on Friday, May 30, 2025, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Sullivan discusses federal advocacy, legislation during Soldotna visit

Sullivan also spoke to a collection of dignitaries at the Soldotna Public Library.

John Osenga, Michael Calhoon and Casie Warner participate in a Seward City Council candidate forum hosted by KBBI 890 AM and the Peninsula Clarion at the Seward Community Library and Museum in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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3 vie for Seward mayorship, 6 for council

Two candidate forums will be held at the Seward Community Library, on Sept. 11 and Sept. 29.

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The Tongass National Forest sign stands near the Auke Village Recreation Area.

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USDA announces intent to rescind Roadless Rule protections

The deadline for public comment is Sept. 19

A local community member walks up Ben Walters Lane on a newly completed sidewalk on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Council adopts walkability action plan goals

Four goals for Homer were included in the Kenai Peninsula Walkability Action Plan, which was approved in July.

A map depicts the location of a recent easement acquisition in relation to the Kachemak Selo School Project. Photo courtesy of the Kenai Peninsula Borough

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Borough purchases additional K-Selo land for school construction project

The 0.3-acre lot will serve as a perpetual easement to accommodate school-related activities.

The northbound shoulder of the Sterling Highway is washed out at Mile 157, near the intersection with Old Sterling Highway between Homer and Anchor Point, on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Transportation

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Update: Rainfall causes road damage on Sterling Highway, Whiskey Gulch Road

Whiskey Gulch Road and the Whiskey Gulch beach access are closed through the weekend due to storm damage.

SKP Resilience Coalition youth project manager Anna Meredith explains the history of the Icelandic prevention model at a Planet Youth Homer event hosted Feb. 6at Kachemak Bay Campus. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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SKP Resilience Coalition shares updates on local youth initiatives

They hope to garner guardian consent for their Planet Youth questionnaire, to be implemented in September.

Jan Keiser speaks to members of the Homer Planning Commission during a public hearing on the latest draft of the 2045 Homer Comprehensive Plan on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Planning commission kicks off comp plan public hearings

If the commission recommends the plan’s approval to the Homer City Council, the council will host two more…

Heavy equipment operators finalize phase one construction of a new student pick-up/drop-off zone behind Chapman School on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Chapman School unveils new traffic route

The new student pick-up/drop-off area is part of larger improvements funded by the 2022 school bond.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District IT Manager Jordan Chilson leads a tour of the district’s server infrastructure in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district highlights importance of E-Rate program during meeting with Murkowski, FCC commissioner

The federal program provides funding for expansion and development of network infrastructure.

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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Kenai woman injured in bear attack

Search efforts had not located the bear as of Tuesday afternoon.

Brent Johnson speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly calls on school district to fund Ninilchik, Seldovia pools

The pools were defunded as of July 1 but have been kept open temporarily with other funds and…