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Aleutian airways to halt Homer service during runway project

Service will be suspended beginning April 15

2023 dirtbag participants in front of their trash collection at Bishops Beach in Homer. (Photo provided by HoWL)

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Kids to join annual DiRtBaG cleanup

Sponsored by the Homer Wilderness Leaders, the event celebrates Earth Day

School board member Patti Truesdell speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District School Board in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School Board approves rehiring retired teachers

There are at least 25 full-time positions that will need to be filled for the next fiscal year

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Homer pedestrian pathway project selected for federal funding

The project will create greater nonmotorized transportation access in Homer

Homer High School students who joined schools from around the state in a high school walkout pose near the end of the event, on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. Not all students who attended the event are in the image. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Homer students join statewide student walkout

The event was in response to Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto last month of an education bill passed by…

Kyle McFall addresses attendees at a meeting to gauge interest in a Dena’ina-focused charter school hosted by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenaitze Indian Tribe hosts meeting to gauge interest in a Dena’ina charter school

The initiative comes amid heightened legislative interest in Alaska’s charter school system

Demonstrators protest the sale of mifepristone outside of Walgreens in Soldotna on Tuesday, March 27, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Anti-abortion activists protest outside Soldotna Walgreens

The actions come as the Supreme Court weighs restrictions to mifepristone distribution

Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Commissioner Deena Bishop and Gov. Mike Dunleavy discuss his veto of an education bill during a press conference Friday, March 15, 2024, at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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State owes KPBSD $9.7 million, federal government says

DEED on Thursday pushed back on the federal government’s statement that it has not complied with requirements

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Cooper Landing residents seek veto for concrete plant lease, mayor upholds assembly decision

The concrete plant is intended to support the construction of a steel arch bridge as part of the…

A visitor to the 2023 Kenai Peninsula Job and Career Fair speaks to representatives of Paradisos Restaurant on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at the Old Carrs Mall in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Annual Job Fair returns to Kenai Peninsula

The event is an opportunity for job seekers to get face-to-face with potential employers and training providers

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Anchor Point man sentenced for sexual abuse of minor

On Wednesday, March 20, 53-year-old Scott Ring from Anchor Point was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Bride Seifert…

The seal of the State of Alaska. (James Brooks / ADN)

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Homer man found guilty of charges in largest Homer Police drug seizure

A Homer jury convicted 56-year-old Trevor Latimer of multiple drug-related charges last Thursday, the State of Alaska Department…

A counterfeit bill was received by the First National Bank on Thursday, March 28, 2024 in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Homer’s First National Bank receives attempted deposit of counterfeit $100 bill

Last Thursday, Homer’s First National Bank received an attempted deposit of a counterfeit $100 bill. The bill was…