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More than 30 boats and 300 people gathered Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, at Homer’s Seafarer’s Memorial to give a fisherman’s send off for local charter captain Josh Brooks. Brooks, 45, died of a sudden heart attack in Mexico on Oct. 11, 2021, while on vacation at a fishing tournament there. A long-time charter captain and commercial fisherman, Brooks ran his boat, the Huntress, year-round, targeting halibut and salmon. Boat captains fired off expired distress flares and radioed Josh as “missing” in the community’s farewell to a well-loved son. (Photo by Jim Lavrakas)

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A fisherman’s farewell

More than 30 boats gathered off the Seafarer’s Memorial to bid farewell to Josh Brooks.

A reader board sign on the Sterling Highway announces COVID-19 testing and vaccines at the South

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Homer man dies of COVID-19

Latest death is part of a report of 78 new Alaska deaths reported this week.

A stretch of Kenai Spur Highway can be seen in this August 2019 photo in Soldotna, Alaska. (Clarion file)

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ATVs, other all-purpose vehicles, to be OK on some peninsula roads

The regulations drew safety concerns when first proposed earlier this year.

Cars wait while debris is cleared from a section of the Sterling Highway on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. A landslide on Sunday morning blocked both lanes of the highway, which had partially reopened Monday.(Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Traffic moving with delays in Cooper Landing after landslide

The landslide happened on a section of road between Mileposts 49 and 51 on the Sterling Highway.

The Kenai Community Library health section is seen on Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2021. After the Kenai City Council postponed a vote to approve a grant funding health and wellness book, community members set up a GoFundMe to support the purchase of materials. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai library fundraiser surpasses $15k before ending

The fundraiser was launched in response to a move by the Kenai City Council to delay approval of…

This map shows proposed land additions (A, B and C) to Kachemak Bay State Park in House Bill 52, a bill filed by Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, that also would remove the Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery from the park. (Map courtesy of Alaska State Parks)

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State Parks holds meeting on Eastland-Cottonwood

House Bill 52 could add land to north shore side of Kachemak Bay State Park.

KPBSD Itinerant Counselor Natali Jones reads “All Are Welcome” by Alexandra Penfold in support of the LGBTQ+ community during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. Treatment of LGBTQ+ students within the school district dominated public testimony during the board’s Monday night meeting. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Everyone deserves to have a safe learning environment’

Students, teachers speak out about LGBTQ+ inclusion at school board meeting.

A sign points to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic on Bartlett Street on Monday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Vaccination clinics offered in following CDC approval for young children.

As CDC moves to vaccines for children, Vance says ‘NO COVID-19 Vax for MY children’

A progressive pride flag hangs in Winter Marshall-Allen’s classroom at Homer High School on Friday, Oct. 29, 2021 in Homer Alaska. Marshall-Allen was previously asked to take the flag and other symbols displayed in her classroom down, but was allowed to put it back up after filing a grievance with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.

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‘The school building needs to be a safe haven’

Union forms commission in response to accusations of LGBTQ+ censorship in schools

The Falcon heavy-lift vessel carrying the jack-up rig Randolph Yost left Kachemak Bay on Monday afternoon, Oct. 25. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Jack-up rig Randolph Yost is moved out of Kachemak Bay on Monday by heavy-lift vessel Falcon.

Oil rig had been in Alaska since 2016, was brought up to drill in upper Cook Inlet.

A sign points to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic on Bartlett Street on Monday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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More vaccination clinics offered

With approval of Moderna booster, more vaccinations clinics offered.

Anthony Mallott, president and CEO of Sealaska Corporation reflected on the 50th Anniversary of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act during the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce weekly lunch on Thursday. (Courtesy Photo/Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce)

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Mallott looks back — and forward — 50 years after ANCSA

Native corporates are big business in Alaska

Ashlyn O’Hara / Peninsula Clarion A chicken eats kale inside of a chicken house at Diamond M Ranch on April 1 off Kalifornsky Beach Road. The ranch receives food scraps from the public as part a community program aimed at recovering food waste and keeping compostable material out of the landfill.

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More food for the chickens

Central peninsula group awarded grant to expand composting efforts