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    A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Good fishing on Kasilof; Russian River harvest lags
    By Jacob Dye • June 27, 2025 1:30 am

    Northern Kenai Fishing Report

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    A variety of peony blooms grow vibrantly on Pioneer Avenue on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    6th annual Peony Celebration begins July 1
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 26, 2025 8:30 am

    The festival will run in Homer through Aug. 17.

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    A line of antique cars proceeds down Pioneer Avenue during the Fourth of July parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Lower peninsula gears up for 4th of July
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 26, 2025 5:30 am

    Events are scheduled July 4-6 in Homer, Anchor Point and Ninilchik.

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Kudos to anglers who adhere...
    By Nick Varney • June 26, 2025 2:30 am

    Line launchers mimicking the scofflaw’s method is one of the reasons fish get spooked and quit biting.

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    "Woodland Moon" is a 2023 acrylic painting by Dan Coe on display through June 2025 at the Art Shop Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Christina Whiting
    Fine art in invented spaces
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • June 26, 2025 1:30 am

    Anchor Point artist showcases his skills with exhibit of acrylic paintings.

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    Kenai's Jason Parks runs to a win in the men's marathon at the Kenai River Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai’s Parks takes 3rd in Mayor’s Marathon as...
    By Jeff Helminiak • June 25, 2025 1:01 am

    Kenai’s Jason Parks took third place in the Mayor’s Marathon on Saturday in Anchorage.

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    Clyde Clemens of the Post 20 Twins swings through a hit pitch Friday, June 20, 2025, in the Lance Coz Wood Bat Tournament at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Wood Bat tourney carries on legacy of Coz
    By Jeff Helminiak • June 21, 2025 1:01 am

    From 1975 until his death in 2020, former Twins manager and head coach Lance Coz built a Post 20 Twins…

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    The U.S., Alaska state flag, and Canada flag wave in the wind in Skagway on Monday, June 16, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
    Southeast Alaska and the Yukon are neighbors, but...
    By Jasz Garrett • June 20, 2025 1:30 am

    Racing to find common ground across the border

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    Homer artist Michelle Michaud goes birding on the Anchor River in the summer of 2024. Photo provided by Michelle Michaud
    Intuition in abstract layers
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • June 19, 2025 1:30 am

    Homer artist exhibits body of work inspired by colors, shapes, textures and lines she sees in nature.

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    The Homer News, a small print publication based in Cortland County, New York, features photos on the back page of readers who travel with copies of the newspaper. This issue of The Homer News shows Gary Root visiting Homer, Alaska and posing for a photo with the New York paper under the "Homer Alaska, Halibut Fishing Capital of the World" sign at the top of Baycrest Hill. Photo courtesy of Kim L. Hubbard
    Meet ‘The Homer News’
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 18, 2025 5:30 pm

    Surprise! Your local newspaper has a third ‘sister’ paper.

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    A sockeye salmon is pictured in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Fishing slow on Russian River, improving on Kenai
    By Jonas Oyoumick For the Peninsula Clarion • June 18, 2025 2:30 am

    Northern Kenai fishing report for Tuesday, June 17.

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    Nick Varney
    Reeling ‘Em In: Old-timers cast their lines
    By Nick Varney • June 18, 2025 2:30 am

    The grizzled gentlemen have been coming down to Homer for over 35 years to ambush flats from their modest skiff in “secret holes” east of the Spit.

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    Hunter Kirby holds up the hatchery king salmon he bagged during the one-day youth fishery on the Ninilchik River on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Photo by Mike Booz
    Ninilchik River closed to sport fishing
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 18, 2025 1:30 am

    The closure is in effect from June 23 through July 15.

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