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This photo taken Beryl Air pilot Stephanie Greer on Friday, May 21, 2021, over Grewingk Glacier and Glacier Spit shows the mesodinium rubrum bloom to the left as contrasted with the normal ocean water of Kachemak Bay near Homer. (Photo courtesy of Stephanie Greer/Beryl Air)

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U.S. Senate unanimously approves bill to improve harmful algal bloom response

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Sullivan, establishes an interagency task force to assess impacts of HABs.

Selections from the 2025 Lit Lineup are lined up on a shelf at the Homer Public Library on Friday, Jan. 2, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Christina Whiting

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Library to suspend accounts with overdue items

The change endorsed by the Library Advisory Board was approved by the Homer City Council on Sept. 8.

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

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Preliminary testing finds high levels of paralytic shellfish toxins in Kachemak Bay blue mussels

Sample shellfish from Homer Harbor contained toxins over twice the regulatory limit.

Sargeant Truesdell speaks during a forum with candidates for the Soldotna seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Truesdell talks budget, services as sole attendee of forum for assembly’s Soldotna seat

Truesdell is among three vying for the seat currently held by Tyson Cox.

Homer Mariner football players exit the field on Saturday, Sept. 13, ahead of the 2025 home game against Houston. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Homer football knocks off Houston, moves to 5-0

Homer football team celebrated homecoming and senior night by topping Houston 40-8

Homer Electric Association General Manager Brad Janorschke speaks at the utility’s annual meeting of the members at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA to host community meetings in October

The gatherings will include updates on HEA projects and operations.

The basket catches fire on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025 at Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Homer ‘OPENS’ itself to annual Burning Basket project

This year’s basket was the 22nd to be created in Homer.

Vice President Kelly Cooper speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly OKs information campaign on ballot measures

The education campaign would highlight “challenges” related to citizen-led initiatives on this year’s ballot.

A beach along Kachemak Bay is photographed in 2018. (Homer News file)

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State issues alert for toxic shellfish found in Kachemak Bay

Shellfish from “the inner bay” have been found to contain amounts of toxins responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning.

President Zen Kelly speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, July 7, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board authorizes $1.8 million in new, restored spending

The spending comes in response to the increase in funding received from the state this year.

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Colony swimmers sweep Homer Invite

The Colony swimming and diving teams swept the Homer Invite on Saturday at Homer High School.

Homer’s Johannes Bynagle runs at the George Plumley Invite at Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

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Homer boys nab 2nd at George Plumley Invite

Unlike at state, where the runners are broken up into three divisions, all the varsity runners were in…

Kenai Central's Sophie Tapley digs up a ball against Palmer on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at the 18th annual Shayna Pritchard Memorial Volleyball Tournament at Nikiski Middle-High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Palmer topples Kenai for Pritchard title

Homer’s Madelyn Miotke won the Shayna Marie Pritchard Award.