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    During the Homer City Council meeting on Monday, June 9, 2025, Homer mayor Rachel Lord recognizes staff members of the City of Homer wastewater treatment facility for winning the Large Wastewater System of the Year award at a state conference in Anchorage earlier in June. Photo courtesy of Melissa Jacobsen
    Mayor recognizes city wastewater team for state award
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 16, 2025 1:30 am

    The City of Homer wastewater management team received the Large Wastewater System of the Year award at a recent state conference in Anchorage.

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    People carrying flags and signs line the Sterling Highway for a "No Kings" protest in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Soldotna ‘No Kings’ protest draws hundreds
    By Jacob Dye • June 14, 2025 1:30 am

    The nationwide protest came the same day as a military parade organized at the behest of the Trump administration.

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    The Cutting Edge Crew, including Jonathan Bloch, Maria Bloch, Nathan Kincaid, Misty Kincaid and Nicole Reynolds, donate their first place prize of $500 to Homer Little League during the Homer Steps Up celebration on June 5, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital
    ‘The Cutting Edge Crew’ wins 2025 Homer Steps...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • June 12, 2025 2:30 am

    The group chose to donate their $500 win to Homer Little League

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    Leveling up at the Homer library
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • June 11, 2025 12:30 pm

    Summer reading program encourages youth reading and engagement through the summer months.

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    A Sitka black-tailed deer peers through the undergrowth of the Tongass National Forest in an undated photo. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)
    Alaska developing plans to introduce deer to southern...
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 11, 2025 8:30 am

    Strategy development for the project follows a public proposal introduced in 2023.

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    Larry Bernbeck poses for a photo with Tugster on Thursday, June 5, 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    A long-term dream, realized in miniature
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • June 11, 2025 8:30 am

    ‘Tugster’, a flat-bottom boat replica, measures 14 feet, 10 inches.

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    A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)
    Sockeye yet to make an appearance on Russian,...
    By Jacob Dye • June 11, 2025 6:30 am

    Northern Kenai fishing report

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    Reeling ‘Em In: Tourism season shifts into overdrive...
    By Nick Varney • June 10, 2025 1:30 am

    On weekends, keeping your head on a swivel is a must.

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    National Guard members put on hazmat suits before entering the simulation area on Monday, June 9, 2025. (Natalie Buttner / Juneau Empire)
    National Guard begins exercise in Juneau simulating foreign...
    By Natalie Buttner • June 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Operation ORCA brings 100 personnel to Juneau, disrupts traffic around Capitol.

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    Aleutian Airways staff fill the desk during their first day of service at Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai, Alaska, on Friday, June 6, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Aleutian Airways begins Kenai-Anchorage service
    By Jacob Dye • June 6, 2025 1:30 am

    The first plane arrived at the Kenai Municipal Airport around 7 a.m. on Friday.

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    Homer's Austin Briscoe steals second base in front of Kenai Central's Everett Chamberlain at the Division II state baseball tournament Thursday, June 6, 2025, at Coral Seymour Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Division II state baseball: SoHi, Kenai, Monroe, North...
    By Jeff Helminiak • June 6, 2025 1:01 am

    The Division II state baseball semifinals will feature Soldotna vs. Monroe Catholic and North Pole vs. Kenai Central on Friday…

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    “Kachemak Bay Stars” is an oil painting by Don Kolstad on display through June in his exhibit at Fireweed Gallery. Photo provided by the Fireweed Gallery
    Inspiring a multitude of imaginings
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • June 5, 2025 2:30 pm

    June First Friday invites viewers to encounter multimedia art experiences.

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Former Homer News Editor-in-chief Michael Armstrong poses for a photograph Oct, 26, 2024, in Wilmington, Vermont.
    Aging Gracefully: Keep playing
    By Michael Armstrong • June 5, 2025 9:30 am

    A few years after my wife and I moved to Homer, we fell into the local Zimbabwean music scene.

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