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Assembly President Peter Ribbens speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly considers cutting an open public comment period from its meetings

There are two opportunities for open public comment during meetings of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly — one…

Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, speaks to the Homer City Council on the Homer Spit disaster declaration during the regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 25, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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City council extends Spit emergency declaration

The council also passed a resolution requesting borough and state disaster declarations

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

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City seeks harbor funding

Homer supports opportunities and funding increases to the Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program

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Homer’s ‘Nutcracker’ ballet debuts this weekend

The ballet’s 36th annual production promises to be ‘clever’ and ‘over-the-top’

The southbound lane of Homer Spit Road, which was damaged by the Nov. 16 storm surge, is temporarily repaired with gravel and reopened on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Governor declares state disaster emergency following storm damage

The declaration applies to Homer and Ninilchik

Clarion Sports Editor Jeff Helminiak harvests a newsroom Christmas tree from the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Arc Lake outside of Soldotna, Alaska, on Dec. 3, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Christmas tree harvesting available around Kenai Peninsula

Trees may be harvested until Christmas Day

A memorial for Drew Brown with his photo, flowers and a heart sculpture was installed at the site where he died in a car crash on the Sterling Highway, as seen here on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer man sentenced in drunk driving death

Tyler Cordes on Thursday was sentenced in the Homer Courthouse for driving while intoxicated and crashing his vehicle…

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Authorized Verizon retailer opens in Homer

The Homer store is the second on the Kenai Peninsula

The southbound lane of Homer Spit Road, which was damaged by the Nov. 16 storm surge, is temporarily repaired with gravel and reopened on Thursday, Nov. 21<ins>, 2024, in Homer, Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Spit road reopened to 2 lanes

Repairs and reinforcement against erosion will continue through December

Homer Senior Citizen Center in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News.

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Senior center during board meeting discloses extensive debt

The organization reported unpaid payroll taxes and invoices

Lindsay Bear, a member of the Chapman School Site Council, speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough approves Chapman School land purchase

Ordinance 2024-19-18 was approved at the Nov. 12 assembly meeting

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

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Anchor Point man indicted for 3 shootings at Homer family planning clinic, recovery center

The grand jury returned 12 counts total for the three shootings

The results of ranked choice tabulation show Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, winning reelection in the race for House District 6. (Screenshot/Gavel Alaska)

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Bjorkman, Vance win reelection after tabulation of ranked choice ballots

An effort to repeal ranked choice voting and the open primary system was very narrowly defeated