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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,…

Audience members listen to Iris Fontana, of the Satanic Temple, deliver an invocation during a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. Fontana was the last person to deliver an assembly invocation before a new borough policy, which says only borough volunteer chaplains may deliver the invocation, takes effect. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Satanic Temple gets last word as assembly ends open invocation policy

Effective Jan. 1, assembly invocations will be delivered exclusively by volunteer chaplains who serve the borough’s fire and…

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Southern peninsula communities awarded federal grants to improve water systems

Grants are among 21 USDA awards to improve infrastructure in rural Alaska

South Peninsula Hospital Home Health Center on Pioneer Avenue will soon house a licensed childcare center for hospital employees. Photo provided by Derotha Ferraro

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South Peninsula Hospital receives $1.3 grant to open child care center

The licensed child care facility will serve hospital employees

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Hilcorp seeks exception to oil exploration spacing regs near Anchor Point

Hilcorp has applied for an exception that would allow it to begin prospects on an exploratory well closer…

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1 dead, 1 hospitalized after small plane crash near Anchor Point

Dec. 8 crash incident is currently under investigation

Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Fish OKs changes to king salmon, rockfish regs

The State Board of Fisheries met in Homer last month

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Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area celebrates 50 years

December 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Kachemak Bay’s federal classification as an established critical habitat area. The…

Kachemak Bay Campus Director Dr. Reid Brewer (left) presents valedictorian Elizabeth Rozeboom (right) with her Associate of Arts diploma during the 2023 KBC Commencement on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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KBC director resigns to transition into new career

Dr. Reid Brewer will take up a NOAA position at Kasitsna Bay Lab

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Council resolves to create comprehensive plan steering committee

After awarding a contract to Agnew Beck consulting firm for the development of a new comprehensive plan at…

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Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska.

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Grand jury adds charges in October killing of Homer woman

An Arkansas man who was arrested on a murder charge in the October killing of a Homer woman…

Front parcel of land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road purchased by Doyon Limited in March 2023. Image from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assessing Department parcel viewer.

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Public hearing on re-zoning of Lighthouse Village scheduled

The re-zoning would accomodate Doyon hotel plans on Homer Spit

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Anchor Point library receives Homer Foundation grant

Funding will be used to purchase new computers for patrons