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    Homer resident Meriam Linder is photographed with her display of works at Ptarmigan Arts, where she is the newest co-op member. Photo provided by Meriam Linder
    Handmade creations inspired by the natural world
    By Christina Whiting • November 19, 2025 8:30 pm

    Longtime local artist Meriam Linder is the newest member to join Ptarmigan Arts co-op gallery.

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    Soldotna Stars head coach Luke Baumer celebrates with the team during the state volleyball championship tournament in Anchorage during a game against the South Anchorage Wolverines on Nov. 14, 2025. Photo courtesy of Byron Corral/BC Media
    Kenai Central takes home 3rd volleyball state title
    By Chloe Anderson • November 19, 2025 8:30 pm

    The Kards defeated Nikiski in a rematch championship game on Saturday during the state tournament in Anchorage.

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    Soldotna High School wrestlers won six individual championships during the Lancer Smith Memorial wrestling tournament in Wasilla Nov. 14-15. Photo courtesy of SoHi Stars Wrestling on Facebook
    SoHi wrestling sweeps Lancer Smith tourney, eyes state...
    By Chloe Anderson • November 19, 2025 5:30 pm

    SoHi girls and boys took first and second place as teams, respectively.

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    The aurora borealis is seen from Mendenhall Lake in Juneau on Nov. 12, 2025. A series of solar flares caused unusually bright displays of the northern lights across Alaska Tuesday and Wednesday nights. (Chloe Anderson/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Aurora’s performance was worth...
    By Chloe Anderson • November 13, 2025 5:30 pm

    A series of solar flares caused an unusually bright display of the northern lights Wednesday night.

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    "Tern Tern Tern," a photograph captured by Taz Tally in 2019, is one of several images on display through November in his solo exhibit at the Art Shop Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Taz Tally
    Deliberate compositions
    By Christina Whiting • November 12, 2025 12:30 pm

    Photographer Taz Tally “dove headlong” into digital photography as a young artist to capture nuance and texture in his subjects.

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    Homer volleyball places 3rd in regional tournament
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 12, 2025 8:30 am

    The Homer High School varsity volleyball team took third place in the Southcentral Conference Tournament this past weekend, improving to…

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    Low clouds hang over Cook Inlet north of Anchor Point on Oct. 23, 2025. The Trump administration is planning an oil and gas lease sale in federal territory of the inlet. It is set to be the first of at six Cook Inlet lease sales that Congress has mandated by held between now and 2032. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
    Trump administration sets terms for upcoming oil and...
    By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon • November 12, 2025 8:30 am

    The ‘Big Beautiful Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale,’ scheduled for March, would follow a series of federal and state inlet lease sales that drew little industry interest.

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    A South Peninsula Hospital employee mans the table for blood test results during the Rotary Health Fair on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at Christian Community Church in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital
    Best Bets
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 11, 2025 12:30 pm

    Bundle up Homer, it’s c-c-cold out there! Don’t let that stop you from getting out and taking part in some…

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    Grant Aviation’s Cessna 208B EX Grand Caravan is pictured at the Kenai Municipal Airport in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, March 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Federal mandate orders Grant Aviation to cut flights
    By Chloe Anderson • November 11, 2025 12:30 pm

    Grant Aviation will cut 10% of its flights between Kenai and Anchorage by Nov. 14.

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    A graph compares the school meal prices from five of the major school districts in Alaska. Courtesy of the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education
    Board of Education moves to increase school meal...
    By Chloe Anderson • November 11, 2025 2:30 am

    In January, the cost of adult meals and elementary student lunches will increase.

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    The sign at the front of Kenai River Campus’s main building as seen on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (Photos by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai Peninsula College receives federal grant
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 6, 2025 8:30 am

    Grant funds will establish a program to support first-generation college students.

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    The carapace, or upper shell, of an invasive European green crab and a live live green crab are shown in this undated photo. Ever since Alaska’s first green crabs were found on Annette Island in 2022, numbers have exploded and the invaders have spread north. (Photo by Linda Shaw/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service)
    ‘Explosion’ of invasive European green crabs reported in...
    By Yereth Rosen Alaska Beacon • November 5, 2025 8:30 pm

    The Metlakatla Indian Community, which has been at the forefront in the effort to control the invader, has trapped more than 40,000 of them this year.

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    "Reflections" is a watercolor painting by Michael Murray, one of several paintings by members of the Kachemak Bay Watercolor Society on display through November at Fireweed Gallery. Photo provided by Fireweed Gallery
    November First Friday
    By Christina Whiting • November 5, 2025 5:30 pm

    See annual exhibits, photography, watercolors and more in Homer’s galleries this month.

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