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Students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District performed better than the state average on state assessments. (Graphic by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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District performance above state average

The assessments took place this spring, with about 76,400 students across the state participating.

A map of the Swan Lake Fire as of Sept. 3, 2019. (Courtesy Great Basin Incident Management Team)

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Burn ban lifted for Kenai Peninsula

Normal highway operations have resumed without pilot cars

A sign advertising the annual Homer Documentary Film Festival hangs on the side of the Homer Theatre Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer Documentary Film Festival on deck

Film and documentary buffs in the Homer area should dust off their best sitting pants and polish their…

Vance talks budget, communication at legislative update

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Vance talks budget, communication at legislative update

House Rep. Sarah Vance (R-Homer) told constituents she won’t budge on her campaign promises of fighting against a…

A single-use plastic bag hangs on a driftwood branch at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit on Oct. 5,2018, in Homer, Alaska. It appeared someone had reused the bag to collect dog poop but then left the bag on the beach. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Plastic bag ban proposition is back before city voters

Homer City Council member Caroline Venuti saw plastic bags floating in the ocean and hanging in the trees.…

Jack and Ben Engebretsen, sons of Bay Weld general manager Erik Engebretsen, draw the winning ticket for the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Bay Well skiff contest as chamber board secretary Kari Dendurent, center, and chamber executive director Debbie Speakman, with daughter Alice, watch. The drawing was held on Sept. 2, 2019, at Grace Ridge Brewery in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)

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Indian, Alaska, man wins Bay Weld skiff in chamber raffle

An Indian, Alaska, man won a Bay Weld skiff in the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center’s…

An abandoned Yamaha ATV sits on the Diamond Creek beach on Oct. 9, 2011, near Homer, Alaska. CoastWalk volunteers document beach trash such as this — and try to collect it. (Homer News file photo)

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CoastWalk kicks off with reception Thursday

Everybody loves Kachemak Bay, right? There may be no better event that shares and shows that love than…

A screenshot taken on Sept. 3, 2019, from a video on the AK Diamond J Ranch website shows the ranch east of Homer, Alaska.

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State Fire Marshal closes Homer area wedding venue buildings

The Alaska State Fire Marshal’s office last week closed two buildings at a Homer area wedding venue.

Clarified alcohol regs could curb fundraisers, community events in local breweries

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Clarified alcohol regs could curb fundraisers, community events in local breweries

The proposed regulations wouldn’t allow the Brewery to Bathroom 0.5K Relay for Life benefit run.

Firefighters unload supplies from a helicopter at the Caribou Lake Fire on Monday, Aug 26, 2019, northeast of Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Sarah Saarloos/Alaska Division of Forestry)

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Caribou Lake fire is now 85% contained

According to the latest update from the Alaska Wildland Fire Information website, the Caribou Lake Fire reached 85%…

Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion                                From left, Mike, Laura and Robin Haight stand with their horse at the Soldotna Rodeo Grounds in Soldotna on Tuesday. The family has been keeping its two horses at the rodeo grounds since last week. The family had to leave them in Soldotna while they drove up to Palmer for the Alaska State Fair.

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Cooper Landing remains in “SET” status

The Swan Lake Fire has grown by about 8,000 acres since Monday

New South Peninsula Hospital CEO starts work

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New South Peninsula Hospital CEO starts work

South Peninsula Hospital’s new CEO, Ryan Smith, had his first official day of work on Monday.

Hilcorp holds Homer meeting on seismic testing; questions and comments get heated

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Hilcorp holds Homer meeting on seismic testing; questions and comments get heated

A public meeting last Friday night on Hilcorp Alaska LLC’s plan to start seismic testing in lower Cook…