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Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City posts schedule for public feedback on short-term rental regs

Meetings will be held up to the Feb. 26 city council public hearing on ordinance

The logo for South Peninsula Hospital.

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South Peninsula Hospital earns five-star patient rating

The hospital is the only one in the state to have earned five stars

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Minimum wage increased by $0.88

This year’s increase, of $0.88, is the largest adjustment since the minimum wage began to be adjusted for…

The deadline for the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, which comes from the fund managed by the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, is March 31, 2024. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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PFD applications open for 2024

Filing for the 2024 Alaska Permanent Fund dividend opened Monday, and residents can submit their applications online until…

Clouds cover the beach at Lowell Point State Recreation Site on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023 near Seward, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fee increases for State Park usage rescinded days before going into effect

The existing fees will continue to be apply “as if they were never replaced”

A moose is seen on Murwood Avenue in Soldotna Alaska on Tuesday, Oct 25, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Man attacked by moose on Soldotna trail

A man was injured after a “run-in” with a moose at Tsalteshi Trails near the Wolverine Trailhead near…

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Soldotna city council members, staff and residents break ground on the Soldotna Field House project on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Peninsula groups among Rasmuson grant awardees

The City of Soldotna, Love INC and Kenai Peninsula Housing Initiatives will receive $770,000 in grant funds

Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward man acquitted in 2019 double-homicide case

The man was accused of shooting and killing 28-year-old Dustin Marx and 40-year-old Michael White inside of their…

A sign welcomes employees and visitors at the Kenai Peninsula Borough administration building on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Multiple agencies respond to reports of employee with handgun in borough building

35-year old Lucas Thein was arrested on unrelated domestic assault charges

A vehicle is surrounded by avalanche debris along the Seward Highway on Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities)

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Christmas Eve avalanche severs travel along Seward Highway

The road was closed for several hours

A full audience listens to presentations and public testimony on the proposed development at the site of the former Lighthouse Village on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Lighthouse Village development public hearing to continue next week

A special Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Jan. 3

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2023: The year in review

While 2023 saw the closest thing to a “return to normalcy” since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Kenai Courthouse is photographed on February 26, 2019, in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

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Kenai resident pleads guilty to 2020 homicide

He was sentenced to 70 years, with 35 suspended