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Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News file)

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Council extends seine skiff fee exemption

Moorage fees for work and seine skiffs attached to motherships are exempted through 2025.

A schematic site plan of Doyon, Limited’s revised Lighthouse Village redevelopment design is on display during a special Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Council to hold public hearing on Doyon rezone

Homer’s Planning Commission previously recommended rezoning 1491 Bay Avenue from rural residential to General Commercial 1.

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‘Women’s rights are human rights’

The 2025 Women’s March on Homer was held Saturday in conjunction with marches across the country.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche points to where the disconnected baler ram has bent piping at the Central Peninsula Landfill in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough, advocates seek path forward for recycling after baler failure

The borough needs to measure whether its actions are really reducing the impact of solid waste on the…

Volunteers sort winter gear prior to the start of the annual Community Resource Connect on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the SPARC in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Derotha Ferraro

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Community Resource Connect returns Tuesday

The annual event will take place in Homer and Anchor Point.

A local community member walks up Ben Walters Lane on a newly completed sidewalk on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. The City of Homer was recently awarded a federal grant for the city’s continued efforts in establishing nonmotorized transportation access. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News file)

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Homer receives federal grant for walkability projects

A DOT grant program awarded $2 million to Homer for nonmotorized infrastructure.

The logo for South Peninsula Hospital. Homer News file photo.

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Measles case confirmed in Homer

South Peninsula Hospital will offer free MMR vaccines starting Monday.

Rep. Sarah Vance, candidate for State House District 6, participates in a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Vance prefiles 2 bills targeting tech

Both bills are intended to safeguard children and maintain “societal integrity” in the face of rapidly advancing technologies.

Tim Daugharty speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPBSD launches conversation on $17 million deficit

The district says overcoming the deficit without heavy cuts would require a substantial increase to the BSA.

Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, talks to the Homer City Council during a special meeting before the start of the new legislative session on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Vance, city council hold discussion ahead of legislative session

The special meeting of the Homer City Council took place last Tuesday.

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Anchor River floods again

A ice dam on the Anchor River caused another flooding incident on Monday.

The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska as seen on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA extends contract with Enstar

HEA also plans to reduce its annual consumption of natural gas by approximately 21% over the next three…

Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, a Nikiski Republican, speaks in favor of overriding a veto of Senate Bill 140 during floor debate of a joint session of the Alaska State Legislature on Monday, March 18, 2024 (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Bjorkman readies for start of legislative session

His priorities this year won’t look much different from those of his freshman legislative session.