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The MS Westerdam, from the Holland America cruise line, is anchored out in Kachemak Bay on Friday, June 28, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Chamber to hold cruise ship policy luncheon

The event, scheduled for Sept. 12, will be open to member businesses

Left to right: Elks member Robert “Lenny” Euberts, Matthew Hockema, Homer High School band instructor Eric Simondsen, Lodge Exalted Ruler Jill Hockema and Heather Turner present instruments donated by Homer Elks Lodge #2127 to Homer High School on Aug. 30, 2024. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Elks lodge provides grants for hospice supplies, high school instruments

The Homer Elks Lodge has donated to a number of local organizations in 2024

Frank Jeffries (front left) and Jacki Holzman (front right) play together during Tomodachi Daiko’s first taiko drum performance on Saturday, May 4, 2024 in the Homer High School Mariner Theatre in Homer, Alaska. Pictured in the background are Naoyuki Furuta (left), one of the leaders of Tokyo-based taiko group Chokoma, and TDI founder Sachiko Kono (right). (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Alaska’s head Japanese consul to address city council

Eight Alaska communities have sister city relationships with cities in Japan

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

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Seafood industry roundtable slated to meet next week

Local fishermen and seafood industry stakeholders will be able to discuss their concerns

A poll worker helps a voter cast their ballot at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, during the Alaska Primary Election on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Primary election results certified, local races unchanged

Several candidates have dropped out since election day

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Homer council, mayoral candidates talk city goals, development

A public forum was hosted by KBBI and the Peninsula Clarion last Thursday

Alaska House District 6 candidate Alana Greear (back, center) poses with supporters at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Lake Street in Homer during the primary election on Aug. 20, 2024. (Emilie Springer/Homer New)

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Alana Greear drops out of race for House District 6

The K-Selo teacher threw her support behind Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson

Logo for the National Marine Fisheries Service. Photo courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Comment period still open on Endangered Species Act listing of chinook salmon

Public comments on an effort to list Gulf of Alaska chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act are…

Kenai Peninsula College Director Cheryl Siemers speaks at a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPC celebrates 60 years

As the college marked its six decades of operation, it also welcomed back more than 2,200 students

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council supports statute change to include web-based public noticing

Resolution 24-088 requests that the Alaska Municipal League take up the issue

Flyer for the 2024 Candidate Forum Series by KDLL 91.9 FM and the Peninsula Clarion. (Ashlyn O’Hara/KDLL 91.9)

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Homer City Council and mayor candidate forum this week

The Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM are for the third year hosting a series of live, open-to-the-public…

The entrance to the Homer Electric Association office is seen here in Kenai, Alaska on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA agrees to purchase solar energy from Nikiski project under development

Homer Electric Association has agreed to purchase 30 megawatts of solar power from a renewable energy project being…

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Search for Homer woman who went missing from troller suspended

The Coast Guard searched 176 square miles of Southeast waters on Saturday, Aug. 10 and Aug. 11