Economist Sam Tappen shares insights about job and economic trends in Alaska and on the Kenai Peninsula during the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District’s Industry Outlook Forum at Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (screenshot)

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Kenai Peninsula job outlook outpaces other parts of Alaska

During one of the first panels of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District’s Industry Outlook Forum, held Thursday,…

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Schwartz wins 29th Anchor Point Salmon Derby

The annual tournament took place on Saturday, April 27

Attendees of the Comprehensive Plan Open House give feedback on future land use in Homer on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center auditorium in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Comp plan project leaders launch community survey

The survey will be open through June 21 and will capture wider community input

Homer’s first cruise ship of the season, the Regent Seven Seas Explorer, carrying more than 600 passengers plus 500 crew members, is docked at Homer Harbor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Council resolves to consider cruise ship impacts, possible policies

Resolution 24-048 directs Homer commissions to conduct conversations with city staff and stakeholders

Angel Patterson-Moe and Natalie Norris stand in front of one of their Red Eye Rides vehicles in Seward, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward’s Red Eye Rides marks 2 years of a ‘little idea’ to connect communities

Around two years ago, Angel Patterson-Moe drove in the middle of the night from Seward to Anchorage and…

Oliver Trobaugh speaks to representatives of Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department during Career Day at Seward High School in Seward on Wednesday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward students explore future ambitions at Career Day

Seward High School hosted roughly two dozen Kenai Peninsula businesses Wednesday, April 24, for the second annual Career…

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Morgan Carlson-Kelly and other FFA convention attendees participate in one of the workshop sessions at the Matanuska-Susitna College in Palmer, Alaska in April 2024.

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Homer sophomore attends state Future Farmers of America meet in Palmer

The event took place April 16-19

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Raquel Goldman, Ella Davis, Spencer Co and Leo Dykstra are photographed at the Utqiagvik airport leaving the spring AASG meeting on April 22.

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Homer High School students attend spring state student council meeting in Utqiagvik

The Alaska Association of Student Governments held their spring conference at Barrow High School in Utqiagvik from April…

Birdwatchers scan Mud Bay for birds on Friday, May 6, 2022, during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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32nd Shorebird Festival arrives May 8-12

The shorebirds are coming, the shorebirds are coming!

Exit Glacier, as seen in August 2015 from the Harding Icefield Trail in Kenai Fjords National Park just outside of Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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6 rescued after being stranded in Harding Ice Field

A group of six adult skiers were rescued after spending a full day stranded in a snow cave…

The M/V Tustumena comes into Homer after spending the day in Seldovia in 2010. (Homer News File)

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May 2 Homer to Kodiak marine highway sailing canceled

A new departure date is not rescheduled yet

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Kachemak Bay Campus begins to rebuild instruction and training opportunities in maritime skills

This spring, Homer’s Kachemak Bay Campus is rebuilding its marine skills, training and safety instruction both in classrooms…

Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, speaks on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)

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Vance introduces constitutional amendment to protect correspondence program funding

If passed by the legislature, the amendment will be presented to voters in upcoming general election