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    Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, July 7, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Federal education funding to be released after monthlong...
    By Jacob Dye • July 25, 2025 1:30 am

    The missing funds could have led to further cuts to programming and staff on top of deep cuts made by the KPBSD Board of Education this year.

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    Attendees of the open house event for the draft 2035 comprehensive plan evaluate potential land use maps on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Comp plan team releases public hearing draft
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 25, 2025 1:30 am

    The first public hearing will occur during the Planning Commission’s Aug. 20 meeting.

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    American Legion Post 20 Twins head coach Robb Quelland talks with catcher Ari Miller and pitcher Jacob Joanis during a game against West on Friday, June 13, 2025, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Post 20 Twins carry 14-game winning streak into...
    By Jeff Helminiak • July 24, 2025 1:01 am

    The American Legion Post 20 Twins returned just three starters this season, plus another who was in and out of…

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    Fresh-picked lettuces are for sale at the final Homer Farmers Market of the year on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    USDA ends regional food program, pulls $6M from...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 23, 2025 11:30 am

    On July 15, the Alaska Food Policy Council was notified that the USDA had terminated the Regional Food Business Center Program “effective immediately.”

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    An aerial photo over Grewingk Glacier and Glacier Spit from May 2021 shows a mesodinium rubrum bloom to the left as contrasted with the normal ocean water of Kachemak Bay near Homer. (Photo courtesy of Stephanie Greer/Beryl Air)
    KBNERR warns of potential harmful algal bloom in...
    By Chloe Pleznac • July 23, 2025 2:30 am

    Pseudo-nitzchia has been detected at bloom levels in Kachemak Bay since July 4.

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    A table used by parties to a case sits empty in Courtroom 4 of the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Former school district custodian pleads guilty to sexual...
    By Jacob Dye • July 22, 2025 1:30 am

    Alexander Coxwell was arrested in September on allegations that he had engaged in an illegal sexual relationship with a then-14-year-old student.

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    Exit Glacier is photographed on June 22, 2018. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    2 rescued by park service near Exit Glacier
    By Jacob Dye • July 22, 2025 1:30 am

    The hikers were stranded in the “Exit Creek Prohibited Visitor Use Zone.”

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    The KBBI AM 890 station is located on Kachemak Way in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Peninsula radio reacts to loss of federal funding
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 21, 2025 1:30 am

    Congress last week approved President Trump’s rescission request, zeroing out all federal funding for public broadcasting, effective Oct. 1.

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    The KBBI AM 890 station is located on Kachemak Way in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Peninsula radio reacts to loss of federal funding
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 21, 2025 1:30 am

    Congress last week approved President Trump’s rescission request, zeroing out all federal funding for public broadcasting, effective Oct. 1.

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    Dick Hawkins speaks during a community meeting about the proposed Ninilchik Recreation Service Area at the Ninilchik Community Center in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Ninilchik residents consider creation of service area to...
    By Jacob Dye • July 21, 2025 1:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Aug. 5 will consider an ordinance that would create the service area if it is approved by voters.

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    Twins sweep road trip, win 13th straight game
    By Jeff Helminiak • July 20, 2025 2:30 am

    The American Legion Post 20 Twins swept a road trip on Thursday and Friday, July 17 and 18, to close…

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    Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, speaks at a town hall meeting in the Moose Pass Sportsman’s Club in Moose Pass, Alaska, on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Insurance authorization bill sponsored by Bjorkman, Ruffidge becomes...
    By Jacob Dye • July 19, 2025 1:30 am

    The bill requires insurance companies and health care providers to meet new deadlines for authorizing requests for care.

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    Attorneys Eric Derleth and Dan Strigle speak to Superior Court Judge Kelly Lawson during the opening arguments of State of Alaska v. Nathan Erfurth at the Kenai Courthouse on Wednesday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Opening arguments offered in Erfurth trial
    By Jacob Dye • July 17, 2025 1:30 am

    The trial is set to continue for around two weeks, into early August.

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