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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

Erosion damage to the southbound lane of Homer Spit Road is seen on Monday, Nov. 18<ins>, 2024</ins>, following a storm event on Saturday<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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City, DOT work to repair storm damage to Spit road

A second storm event on Saturday affected nearly a mile of the southbound lane

State House District 6 candidates Rep. Sarah Vance, Dawson Slaughter and Brent Johnson participate in a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Saturday update: House District 6 race tightens slightly in new results

Neither incumbent Rep. Sarah Vance or challenger Brent Johnson have claimed 50% of votes in the race

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Update: Troopers arrest Anchor Point man wanted on felony warrants

Troopers sought help from the public in a search for Tanner Allen Geiser

Doyon representative Zach Dunlap (right) presents the revised application for the Lighthouse Village redevelopment during a special Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Planning commission approves revised Doyon application

Nearly a year after their application first appeared before Homer’s Planning Commission, the conditional use permit for Doyon,…

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Man arrested for 3 shooting incidents at reproductive clinic, recovery org

Homer’s Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic was targeted twice Monday

Signs and supporters line the Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Local races unchanged after 1st major update of election results

The additional votes represent early ballots that were cast ahead of Election Day but after an Oct. 31…

Erosion damage to the Homer Spit Road roadbed, caused by a severe winter storm event on Oct. 16, is photographed on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. The worst of the erosion occurred across the road from the Heritage RV campground office on the Spit. Photo by Bryan Hawkins

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City seeks state help for emergency Spit erosion mitigation

The Homer City Council passed a resolution calling for emergency erosion repairs on the Homer Spit

Troopers Joseph Miller Jr. and Jason Woodruff are seen in a screenshot from body camera footage taken in Kenai, Alaska, on May 24, 2024. (Photo provided by Alaska Department of Law)

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Grand jury indicts 2 troopers on felony assault charge

The complaint cites both audio and body camera footage

Poll worker Carol Louthan helps voters submit ballots at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Update: Bjorkman, Ruffridge, Elam and Vance lead in election night results

Several residents said that they came out to vote because they knew this election was “a big one.”