Erosion damage to the Homer Spit Road roadbed, caused by a severe winter storm event on Oct. 16, is photographed on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. The worst of the erosion occurred across the road from the Heritage RV campground office on the Spit. Photo by Bryan Hawkins

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City seeks state help for emergency Spit erosion mitigation

The Homer City Council passed a resolution calling for emergency erosion repairs on the Homer Spit

Troopers Joseph Miller Jr. and Jason Woodruff are seen in a screenshot from body camera footage taken in Kenai, Alaska, on May 24, 2024. (Photo provided by Alaska Department of Law)

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Grand jury indicts 2 troopers on felony assault charge

The complaint cites both audio and body camera footage

Duane Bannock speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough’s tourism industry working group takes shape

The group will explore the effects of a potential bed tax

Rose Burke, center left, is celebrated for winning the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree essay contest by Connections Homeschool Principal Douglas Hayman, right, at the Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai, Alaska, on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Connections student to light U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

Rose Burke, 9, won the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree essay contest and will travel to Washington D.C.

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Learning to archive Alaska history

Homer High students complete study on former Alaska biologist Dave Rosenau’s personal collection

A cruise ship is docked in Seward, Alaska on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward gets nearly $46 million for power upgrades at port

The funds are intended to transform Seward’s port into a “green port”

Assembly Member Peter Ribbens speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ribbens, Cooper named new heads of borough assembly

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly reorganized during their Oct. 22 meeting

Seward City Clerk Kris Peck, right, administers an oath of office to Seward City Council newcomer Casie Warner during a council meeting in Seward, Alaska, on Oct. 28, 2024. (Screenshot courtesy City of Seward)

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Seward City Council swears in winners of October municipal election

They were sworn in two weeks after the council certified its election results

Poll worker Carol Louthan helps voters submit ballots at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Update: Bjorkman, Ruffridge, Elam and Vance lead in election night results

Several residents said that they came out to vote because they knew this election was “a big one.”

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Family planning clinic to offer teen sex education workshops

Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic will offer free Kenai Peninsula Borough School District-approved sexual health education courses in…

South Peninsula Haven House Executive Director Lindsey Collins attends the Community Resource Connect event in January 2024 at the SPARC in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Britt Huffman

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Haven House appoints new executive director

Lindsey Collins has served as interim director since April

Fair goers browse the 2022 Rotary Health Fair.  Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital.

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The 2024 Rotary health fair returns at a new location

The 41st annual Rotary Health Fair will take place on Saturday, Nov. 2 from 9 a.m-1 p.m. This…

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Homer rotary supports Anchor Point Food Pantry

The funds will be dedicated to the pantry’s children’s program