The 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament first and second place winners, Judy Persnail (right) and Mark Tornai (left) from the boat Outlaw hold up their fish during weigh-in on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce building in Anchor Point, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Mcki Needham

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Anchor Point King Salmon Derby scheduled for April 27

The 29th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Derby, sponsored by the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce, will be…

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House District 6 race gets 3rd candidate

Alana Greear filed a letter of intent to run on April 5

School board member Kelley Cizek, right, speaks as members Jason Tauriainen, Patti Truesdell and Penny Vadla listen during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s School Board in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘They deserve better than this’

School board passes budget with broad swath of cuts, including pools, theaters and some support staff

A friendly, pumpkin-headed scarecrow stands outside the Pioneer Avenue entrance of Kachemak Bay Campus on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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KBC to host open house on early college opportunities for high schoolers

On Monday, April 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus will hold an…

Homer High School Yearbook students at the 2024 Great Gatsby prom. Left to right back: Ally High, Caitlyn Rogers, Minadora Reutov, Nathan Overson, William Bradshaw, Annabelle Franciscone, Sofia Loboy. Left to right front: Alaiyah Brost, Katelyn Marroquin, Suzanne Bishop, Julie Guess, Juliann Techie, Natalie Kientz, Amanda Toce

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Homer High celebrates prom with ‘The Great Gatsby’ theme

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel was set on Long Island, New York, and prom attendees dressed to the…

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland responds to questions during a joint worksession of the School Board and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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District budgets for ‘worst-case scenario’, assumes no increase in state funding

‘This is all we can depend on’

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Alaska Warrior Partnership held a community partnership meeting in Homer at the Kenai Peninsula Campus last Wednesday.

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The Alaska Warrior Partnership instigates community service partnerships for Homer veterans

The Alaska division of America’s Warrior Partnership met with businesses, agencies and veterans at the Kachemak Bay Campus…

Aleutian Airways logo. Photo courtesy of Aleutian Airways

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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