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    Fire information is posted outside of Wildmans in Cooper Landing on Aug. 19, 2019. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Fire crews battle Swan Lake Fire after weekend...
    By Brian Mazurek • August 21, 2019 1:30 am

    Crews are working to create new control lines and keep the fire away from the highway

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    Candidates announced for Oct. 1 municipal elections
    Candidates announced for Oct. 1 municipal elections
    By Brian Mazurek • August 21, 2019 1:30 am

    There are a number of open seats on the Borough Assembly, the School Board and Service Area boards.

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    This photo of the Caribou Lake fire was taken about 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, northeast of Homer, Alaska, about two hours after Ian Pitzman texted a message reporting the fire to his wife, Stephanie Pitzman, via an inReach satellite communication device. (Photo by Ian Pitzman)
    New fire flares up near Caribou Lake
    By Michael Armstrong • August 20, 2019 5:30 am

    In the midst of wildland fires at the south North Fork Road and along the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing,…

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    Diamond Ridge resident Parick Buongiorne watches the North Fork fire as it burns near the south end of the North Fork Road on Sunday evening, Aug. 18, 2019, near Homer, Alaska, as seen from Diamond Ridge Road. Buongiorne had previously worked as a wildlife firefighter with the Pioneer Peak crew. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Crews get dozer line around North Fork Fire;...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 19, 2019 5:30 am

    Update at 1:40 p.m.:

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    Country singer Zac Brown’s lawyer Blaine Gillam speaks for his client at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission meeting, Aug. 12, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Effort by Homer neighbors to vacate easement fails...
    By Victoria Petersen • August 16, 2019 4:30 am

    An effort by a group of Homer residents to close off a pedestrian easement running by their properties was shot…

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    Ordinance to compel mayor to break ties fails at Homer council meeting
    Ordinance to compel mayor to break ties fails...
    By Megan Pacer • August 14, 2019 5:30 am

    An ordinance that would have compelled the mayor to use his ability to vote in the case of a tie…

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    Pigs run through a circular course, chased by a young volunteer, during the pig races at the Kenai Peninsula Fair, on Aug. 18, 2018 at the fairgrounds in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Kenai Peninsula Fair returns with family fun
    By Megan Pacer • August 14, 2019 5:30 am

    The annual Kenai Peninsula Fair is headed to the Ninilchik Fairgrounds this weekend, and it’s packed with a full and…

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    Astronaut Rex Walheim on the International Space Station in July 2011. (Photo provided)
    Visiting astronaut encourages children to ‘follow your dreams’
    By Michael Armstrong • August 14, 2019 5:30 am

    On July 30, Homer Public Library ended its summer reading program, “A Universe of Stories,” with a special guest, NASA…

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    Hansen-Cavasos files to run for Homer City Council
    Hansen-Cavasos files to run for Homer City Council
    By Megan Pacer • August 14, 2019 5:30 am

    Another city resident has thrown her hat into the ring to run for one of two open Homer City Council…

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and two employee associations — The Kenai Peninsula Borough Education Association and the Kenai Peninsula Borough Education Support Association — negotiate for a new contract on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, at the Soldotna High School Library, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    No deal reached in district contract negotiations
    By Victoria Petersen • August 14, 2019 1:30 am

    Negotiations between school district and associations have snagged on rising cost of health care.

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Voters to weigh in on city manager, sales...
    By Victoria Petersen • August 14, 2019 1:30 am

    The decision to put the measures on the ballot was approved at Tuesday’s assembly meeting.

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    Salmon in Tutka Bay Lagoon were killed by broken net, not ocean warming
    Salmon in Tutka Bay Lagoon were killed by...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 12, 2019 12:00 am

    A Facebook video posted last week of dead or dying pink salmon in Tutka Bay shows what turns out to…

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News                                 A plume of smoke rises from the Swan Lake fire area as vehicles head south on the Sterling Highway on July 18, near Skilak Lake between Sterling and Cooper Landing.
    Kenai Peninsula suffering moderate drought
    By Victoria Petersen • August 13, 2019 1:30 am

    Kenai has seen a nearly 40% decrease in the average rainfall for the area from June to August.

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