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    Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Homer News file)
    Preliminary testing finds high levels of paralytic shellfish...
    By Chloe Pleznac • September 16, 2025 2:30 am

    Sample shellfish from Homer Harbor contained toxins over twice the regulatory limit.

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    Sargeant Truesdell speaks during a forum with candidates for the Soldotna seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Truesdell talks budget, services as sole attendee of...
    By Jacob Dye • September 15, 2025 1:30 am

    Truesdell is among three vying for the seat currently held by Tyson Cox.

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    A crowd moves along the sidewalk during the Third Annual Kenai Peninsula Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Lawton Drive in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Walking toward a world without Alzheimer’s
    By Jacob Dye • September 15, 2025 1:30 am

    The Third Annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s hosted in Kenai

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    Incumbent Sue McClure and challengers Tim McDonald and Leighton Radner, the three candidates for Seward mayor, participate in a forum at the Seward Community Library in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Electricity, tourism define Seward mayoral candidate forum
    By Jacob Dye • September 15, 2025 1:30 am

    Election day is Oct. 7.

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    Homer Electric Association General Manager Brad Janorschke speaks at the utility’s annual meeting of the members at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    HEA to host community meetings in October
    By Jacob Dye • September 12, 2025 1:30 am

    The gatherings will include updates on HEA projects and operations.

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    The Kenai Municipal Airport is seen on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai sets stage for roughly $25M in airport...
    By Jacob Dye • September 11, 2025 1:30 am

    The grant is for improvements to the airport runway, to runway lighting systems, and to the airport’s storm drains.

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    Alaska World Arts Festival returns for 7th year
    By Chloe Pleznac • September 10, 2025 8:30 am

    The annual event, which aims to cultivate connections through the arts, will kick off on Friday, Sept. 12.

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    The basket catches fire on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025 at Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Homer ‘OPENS’ itself to annual Burning Basket project
    By Chloe Pleznac • September 10, 2025 8:30 am

    This year’s basket was the 22nd to be created in Homer.

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    Vice President Kelly Cooper speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly OKs information campaign on ballot measures
    By Jacob Dye • September 10, 2025 1:30 am

    The education campaign would highlight “challenges” related to citizen-led initiatives on this year’s ballot.

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    A beach along Kachemak Bay is photographed in 2018. (Homer News file)
    State issues alert for toxic shellfish found in...
    By Chloe Pleznac • September 9, 2025 6:30 am

    Shellfish from “the inner bay” have been found to contain amounts of toxins responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning.

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    President Zen Kelly speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, July 7, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board authorizes $1.8 million in new, restored...
    By Jacob Dye • September 9, 2025 1:30 am

    The spending comes in response to the increase in funding received from the state this year.

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    A table used by parties to a case sits empty in Courtroom 4 of the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Nikiski man convicted of murdering his mother
    By Jacob Dye • September 8, 2025 1:30 am

    River Aspelund, 23, was convicted in August for the 2022 killing.

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    Henry Knackstedt, Alex Douthit, Victoria Askin and Bridget Grieme participate in a forum with candidates for Kenai mayor and city council at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai mayoral, city council candidates talk city’s future...
    By Jacob Dye • September 8, 2025 1:30 am

    The forum was the third in a series of forums leading up to the Oct. 7 municipal election.

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