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City of Homer Special Projects and Communications Coordinator Jenny Carroll points to a posterboard of one of the proposed harbor alternatives while talking with community members during the Homer Harbor Expansion public meeting on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at Kachemak Bay Campus. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Homer Harbor expansion project shares updates on $4.2 million feasibility study

The purpose of the meeting was to share updates on the feasibility study and garner public comments.

Rika Mouw testifies in opposition to an ordinance that would have rezoned a wetlands parcel during the Homer City Council meeting on Monday, March 10, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Council shuts down wetlands rezone

The community opposed Ordinance 25-27, which would have rezoned a rural residential parcel to the East End Mixed…

U.S. Coast Guard officer Alexander Curran shows Homer visitors the bow of the USCG cutter Naushon on Aug. 4, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News.)

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USCG cutter Naushon to be decommissioned  

A ceremony honoring the soon-to-be retired ship will be held on Friday, March 21 on the Homer Spit.

Homer Airport Terminal and Cargo Facility on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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DOT gives airport updates at public meeting

Construction is slated to begin April 7.

A group of volunteers during the 2024 K-Bay Sea Duck Survey. Two boats duplicate the same survey in the same area at the same time to help ensure accuracy. (Photo courtesy of Bjorn Larson)

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Local bird enthusiasts prepare for annual sea duck count

The count aims to ensure a proper and consistent population estimate before the ducks begin their April migration.

Community members hold up protest signs during the Stand for Democracy Rally on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2025, at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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‘We haven’t lost our democracy yet’

Community members protest amid sweeping federal changes.

Girl Scout Troop 210, which includes Caitlyn Eskelin, Emma Hindman, Kadie Newkirk and Lyberty Stockman, present their "Bucket Trees" to a panel of judges in the 34th Annual Caring for the Kenai Competition at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Caring for the Kenai announces 12 finalists

The final presentations will take place on April 17 in Kenai.

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Homer man sentenced for illegally transporting black bears

Travis Larson pleaded guilty to four counts of violating the Lacey Act in October 2024.

Rachel Lord, mayor of Homer, speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer on Monday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikolaevsk, others speak to KPBSD about school closures, budget cuts

Public testimony stretched for over two hours in the Homer High School auditorium.

Virginia Morgan speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School budget scenarios would cut staffing, programs

Even at the highest level of funding, the drafts describe significant cuts.

Penny Vadla and Assistant Superintendent Kari Dendurent listen to a presentation on proposed school closures during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board strikes 6 schools from closure consideration

The board will continue to consider closing Nikolaevsk School, Sterling and Tustumena.

Cars yield to oncoming traffic before commuting south on the single open lane of Homer Spit Road on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, following significant erosion damage to the highway that occurred on Saturday in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
Cars yield to oncoming traffic before commuting south on the single open lane of Homer Spit Road on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, following significant erosion damage to the highway that occurred on Saturday in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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DOT adds Spit erosion study to State Transportation Improvement Program

The public is invited to submit comments through March 20.

Retired Kachemak Emergency Services Chief Robert Cicciarella, center, is honored by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during their meeting in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly recognizes former KESA chief’s service

Retired Kachemak Emergency Service Area chief Robert Cicciarella was presented with a plaque.