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Emilie Springer/ Homer News Participants from the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve’s eDNA workshop collect water samples from Homer Harbor on Friday, July 26.

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Kachemak Bay Research Reserve hosts eDNA workshop

The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve last week hosted a community workshop with members from various organizations to discuss…

Snow melts on a sunny day at the Kachemak Bay Campus on March 16, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Campus scholarship deadline approaching

The packet application for the fall semester needs to be submitted to the campus by Aug. 12 at…

Voters fill out their ballots at the Challenger Learning Center in Kenai, Alaska on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Incumbents show lead in fundraising for state offices

Candidate spending is detailed in disclosure forms due Monday

Homer Planning Commission chair Scott Smith reads his findings into the records regarding Doyon, Limited’s conditional use permit application at the special meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Doyon appeal remanded to Planning Commission

Homer Planning Commission will consider revised conditional use permit application in future

Amandine Testu. Photo courtesy of Delta Wind

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Missing hiker in Kachemak Bay State Park found

Park rangers reported Amandine Testu as ‘overdue’ Wednesday morning

Photo provided by Cameale Johnson Image from within the Cottonwood Creek management area looking out toward Kachemak Bay.

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10 acres of trail mapped in the Cottonwood-Eastland unit of Kachemak Bay State Park

Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park and Homer Cycling Club on Tuesday, July 9, held a work session…

A tsunami evacuation sign is seen in Seldovia Village, Alaska, on Sept. 27, 2021. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seldovia Village Tribe achieves TsunamiReady certification

It’s the first federally recognized Alaska Native Tribe to achieve the National Weather Service designation

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Lawmakers discuss summer traffic safety during public meeting

The House Transportation Committee on Thursday, July 11 held a public meeting with the Alaska Department of Transportation…

Passengers on the MS Westerdam descend Ramp 8 to board the lifeboat that will take them back to the cruise ship on Friday, June 28, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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City reflects on cruise ship strategies following Westerdam visit

Organizations facilitating the June 28 arrival of the MS Westerdam reported positive feedback from passengers

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MAPP holds housing workshop with city, borough officials

The MAPP Housing Workgroup held a meeting on Tuesday, July 2 to discuss affordable housing in Homer

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Updated: Troopers name officer who shot and killed man at Kasilof Beach

The officer is a one-year veteran of the Alaska State Troopers, the department said Thursday

Kristen Faulkner is pictured in her official Olympic portrait photo. (Photo by Evan Kay with Climb High Productions, provided by Kristen Faulkner)

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Homer’s Faulkner now will compete in 2 Olympic events

Faulkner had previously been selected to compete in the Women’s team pursuit

Assembly Vice President Tyson Cox speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly won’t pursue further discussion on tabled bed tax resolution

Members say they’re going to work on a new version of the idea this winter