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    Recipients of the Alaska Travel Industry Association's 2025 Annual Industry Awards celebrate their awards at ATIA's annual convention in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo courtesy of the Alaska Travel Industry Association
    Seward lodging business earns industry award
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 5, 2025 12:30 pm

    Salted Roots Alaska was one of eight businesses to receive awards from the Alaska Travel Industry Association last week.

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    Halloween decorations adorn the parking lot at Alibi during Pioneer Avenue Trick or Treat on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    A ‘spooktacular’ evening on Pioneer Avenue
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 5, 2025 8:30 am

    Dinosaurs roamed the streets of downtown Homer, as did princesses, cowboys, minions and more, on Halloween last Friday. Pioneer Avenue…

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    The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
    Assembly amends ordinance capping tax exemptions
    By Chloe Anderson • October 31, 2025 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday divided a large chapter of tax code into four new chapters.

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    A sockeye salmon is carried from the waters of Cook Inlet on North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, during the first day of the Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes 2025...
    By Chloe Anderson • October 30, 2025 5:30 pm

    The 2025 commercial harvest was 41% greater than the recent 20-year annual average.

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    The Homer High School varsity volleyball team holds up their trophy after winning first place in the silver bracket at the Dimond/Service Tourney on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo provided by Brenna Dornellas
    Homer volleyball earns top spot in 2nd tourney...
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 29, 2025 12:30 pm

    The Lady Mariners will finish out conference play against Kenai, Redington and Houston this week.

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    The Homer Mariners varsity football team celebrates their victory after the Division III state championships game on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Wasilla, Alaska. Photo provided by Justin Zank
    Homer football receives Division III All-State awards
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 29, 2025 8:30 am

    Players on the Homer High School Mariners varsity football team were selected for Division III football awards last week.

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    "The Angler Fish" is a handcrafted sterling silver brooch by artist Carley Conemac that features a silver clay angler fish and a Mexican fire opal inset, and is on display in Conemac's exhibit at Homer Council on the Arts through October. Photo provided by Carley Conemac
    Alchemizing nature into art
    By Christina Whiting • October 29, 2025 1:30 am

    Homer metalsmith showcases body of work featuring natural treasures preserved in metal clay.

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    Alaska’s natural gas pipeline would largely follow the route of the existing trans-Alaska oil pipeline, pictured here, from the North Slope. Near Fairbanks, the gas line would split off toward Anchorage, while the oil pipeline continues to the Prince William Sound community of Valdez. (Photo by David Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey)
    Tokyo Gas signs preliminary agreement with trans-Alaska gas...
    By James Brooks Alaska Beacon • October 29, 2025 1:30 am

    The largest gas company in Japan has signed a letter of intent signifying that it would buy up to 1…

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    Uki, the walrus calf rehabilitated at Alaska SeaLife Center in August 2024 before being rehomed to SeaWorld Orlando, is photographed with an ASLC staff member on Aug. 7, 2024. Photo courtesy of Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Alaska SeaLife Center walrus patient featured on PBS
    By Chloe Anderson • October 25, 2025 12:30 pm

    The story of Uki, a walrus who was rehabilitated at the Alaska SeaLife Center in August 2023, was featured on the season premiere of “Nature” by PBS on Wednesday.

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    Kova, a spotted seal pup rescued from Nome in June, touches his nose to an Alaska SeaLife Center staff member’s hand in this photo taken Oct. 10, 2025, at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Spotted seal pup is a ‘rare’ rescue patient...
    By Chloe Anderson • October 25, 2025 2:30 am

    ASLC has been providing intensive care since the seal’s arrival, and “Kova” is now eating well and steadily gaining weight.

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    A sea otter pup rescued in Homer in the summer of 2025 receives care from the Alaska SeaLife Center and Chicago's Shedd Aquarium while being rehabilitated at ASLC in Seward, Alaska. Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Alaska SeaLife Center partners with Chicago aquarium to...
    By Chloe Anderson • October 24, 2025 8:30 pm

    The pup has reached important milestones thanks to ASLC and Shedd Aquarium’s collaborative efforts.

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    U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrews conduct overflights of Kipnuk, Alaska, after coastal flooding impacted several western Alaska communities, Oct. 12, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak)
    Trump administration approves disaster declaration for Western Alaska...
    By Corinne Smith Alaska Beacon • October 22, 2025 8:30 pm

    The president also pledged $25 million in immediate disaster relief funding to cover costs as storm damage is still assessed.

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    "Settle," an acrylic and foil painting on canvas by Homer artist Pamela Fraley, is one of numerous pieces in her solo exhibit, "Currents," on display through October 2025 at the Art Shop Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Pamela Fraley
    Art at every opportunity
    By Christina Whiting • October 22, 2025 5:30 pm

    Homer artist exhibit showcases acrylic water studies and her creative journey.

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