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Attendees dance in the rain at the Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dancing in the rain

Kenai Peninsula Fair brings festivities in defiance of rainfall

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City considers sublease to new airline at Homer Airport

Flights to and from Anchorage would begin mid-September

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski attends a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Murkowski talks LNG, local projects in Soldotna

Murkowski caught up the Clarion on oil and gas resources and what it looks like to collaborate with…

Attendees fill the space in front of the River Stage at Salmonfest in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Art, advocacy and acoustics

Salmonfest 2023 makes for weekend of music and festivity in Ninilchik

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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3 file for city council seats

Council members Caroline Venuti and Rachel Lord are running for reelection

Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Homer Port and Harbor expansion options reduced to 5 alternatives

The number of alternatives being considered for the Homer Port and Harbor expansion remodeling plans have been reduced…

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Josh Krohn, Kim Wylde and Loren Barrett stand in front of the Brother Asaiah statue at KBBI on Monday.

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Homer’s public radio station KBBI turns 44

On Aug. 4, 1979, Bev Munro flipped a switch and announced “This is KBBI, Homer, Alaska, signing on…

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Peony celebration extended

Delayed season brings challenges and benefits

Alaska State Troopers investigate a shooting scene on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at the Anchor Point Warehouse in Anchor Point, Alaska, at the store on the Sterling Highway in which an Alaska State Trooper was shot.(Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Anchor Point man convicted of attempted murder, other charges in 2021 trooper shooting

The shooting prompted an overnight manhunt

Salmonfest 2022 crowd at the Ninilchik fairgrounds Photo provided by David Stearns

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Salmonfest returns to Ninilchik Aug. 4-6

Salmonfest returns for the 12th year at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds with performers on four stages. Headliners this year…

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Installation of new Kachemak Bay tsunami sirens begins

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management began installations of new tsunami siren equipment across the borough…

A photo taken from Skyline Drive at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2023, shows vehicles evacuating from the Homer Spit after a tsunami warning was issued. The warning did not affect the Homer area, but sirens sounded anyway. The warning was later canceled. (Photo by Shannon Cefalu/courtesy)

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Tsunami alert, mixed messages trigger evacuation

Southwest earthquake lights up peninsula phones Saturday

Jim Stearns and Lara McGinnis, co-founders of the first Ninilchik Community Fund associated with the Homer Foundation, are photographed on Friday, July 14, 2023. Photo provided by Lara McGinnis

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Ninilchik establishes first community fund through Homer Foundation

Ninilchik has established its first community fund, and with it the Homer Foundation has further strengthened its service…