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Land trust wraps up Cooper Landing project with 46 more acres preserved

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust has protected 209.033 acres within the Kenai River watershed since 2020

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City to consider business licenses

City council resolution will be introduced on April 8

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Homer High School Mariner Way Award winners for the 2023-2024 school year on the library balcony of the school during their award ceremony. The list of winners in the story are standing left to right in the image.

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Homer High School announces recipients of the annual Mariner Way Award

Each Homer High School teacher selects one outstanding student per year based on exhibition of one or more…

Homer Flex High School principal Christopher Brown. Photo courtesy of Homer Flex High School

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Homer Flex School principal Chris Brown named Region III Principal of the Year

The Alaska Council of School Administrators named Homer Flex High School principal Chris Brown as Alaska Association of…

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WHE Shakespeare Club toured to the Homer Senior Citizen’s Center with their coach Sarah Brewer on March 27 to perform a variety of scenes and monologues from Shakespeare.

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West Homer Elementary Shakespeare Club goes on tour

Thirteen West Homer Elementary fifth and sixth grade students in the Shakespeare Club went on tour last Wednesday,…

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Comp plan open house kicks off community conversation

The March 28 event is the first in a series of public feedback opportunities

Michael Jones, Louie Flora and Crystal Schwartz participate in a candidate forum for the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors hosted by KDLL 91.9 FM, KBBI AM 890 and the Peninsula Clarion at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA board candidates talk renewables, gas shortage at Monday forum

Candidates running for seats on the Homer Electric Association Board of Directors gathered in the Soldotna Public Library…

The Alaska State Capitol on March 1. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Some KPBSD schools could benefit from internet bill passed by House

If House Bill 193 becomes law, an additional six KPBSD schools would be eligible for the state’s grant…

Armageddon waits to be shown at the Kenai Peninsula District 4-H Agriculture Expo on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Bjorkman farm tax relief bill clears Senate

The bill is now up for consideration in the House

A slash pile containing non-organic construction debris is seen at the Snug Harbor Slash Disposal site on Sept. 22, 2020 in Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kenai Peninsula Borough Lang Management)

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Assembly OKs concrete lease in Cooper Landing

A Kenai-based concrete company will set up shop in Cooper Landing to help build parts of a state…

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Workshop seeks to spur civic engagement

The City of Homer, the League of Women Voters and Kenai Peninsula Votes are hosting the event

Chris Keithley, 2024 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament champion, poses with his prize fish after the awards ceremony at the Deep Water Dock on the Spit in Homer, Alaska on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Keithley reels in King win

Keithley’s fish weighed in at 25.96 pounds

The south end of Homer Harbor is photographed on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Harbor makes changes to moorage fees for seine skiffs

As of late February, seine skiffs now need separate transient moorage fees