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    A map depicts the location of a recent easement acquisition in relation to the Kachemak Selo School Project. Photo courtesy of the Kenai Peninsula Borough
    Borough purchases additional K-Selo land for school construction...
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 28, 2025 1:30 am

    The 0.3-acre lot will serve as a perpetual easement to accommodate school-related activities.

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    The northbound shoulder of the Sterling Highway is washed out at Mile 157, near the intersection with Old Sterling Highway between Homer and Anchor Point, on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Department of Transportation
    Update: Rainfall causes road damage on Sterling Highway,...
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 28, 2025 5:30 pm

    Whiskey Gulch Road and the Whiskey Gulch beach access are closed through the weekend due to storm damage.

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    SKP Resilience Coalition youth project manager Anna Meredith explains the history of the Icelandic prevention model at a Planet Youth Homer event hosted Feb. 6at Kachemak Bay Campus. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    SKP Resilience Coalition shares updates on local youth...
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 27, 2025 2:30 am

    They hope to garner guardian consent for their Planet Youth questionnaire, to be implemented in September.

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    Jan Keiser speaks to members of the Homer Planning Commission during a public hearing on the latest draft of the 2045 Homer Comprehensive Plan on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Planning commission kicks off comp plan public hearings
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 27, 2025 1:30 am

    If the commission recommends the plan’s approval to the Homer City Council, the council will host two more hearings this fall.

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    Heavy equipment operators finalize phase one construction of a new student pick-up/drop-off zone behind Chapman School on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Chapman School unveils new traffic route
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 27, 2025 1:30 am

    The new student pick-up/drop-off area is part of larger improvements funded by the 2022 school bond.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District IT Manager Jordan Chilson leads a tour of the district’s server infrastructure in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School district highlights importance of E-Rate program during...
    By Jacob Dye • August 26, 2025 1:30 am

    The federal program provides funding for expansion and development of network infrastructure.

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    Kenai woman injured in bear attack
    By Jacob Dye • August 26, 2025 1:30 am

    Search efforts had not located the bear as of Tuesday afternoon.

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    Brent Johnson speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly calls on school district to fund Ninilchik,...
    By Jacob Dye • August 26, 2025 1:30 am

    The pools were defunded as of July 1 but have been kept open temporarily with other funds and community donations.

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    A harbor seal is released into Cook Inlet by the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program at North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    SeaLife Center releases 2 harbor seals at Kenai...
    By Jacob Dye • August 25, 2025 1:30 pm

    The two seals were admitted into the center’s Wildlife Response Program in June.

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    The downed aircraft near Haines, Alaska, Aug. 24, 2025. The pilot was the only person aboard the aircraft and had no reported injuries. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Sitka)
    Coast Guard rescues man from downed aircraft near...
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 25, 2025 2:30 am

    The rescued pilot was reported “in good condition”

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    Teague Vanek grills up salmon during the 2025 Industry Appreciation Day at the Kenai Softball Greenstrip in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Industry Appreciation Day honors community leaders, businesses
    By Jacob Dye • August 25, 2025 1:30 am

    Oil and gas, commercial fishing, tourism and health care industries were all recognized at the annual event.

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    A map from a South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board resolution in support of the land buy ordinance shows the location of South Peninsula Hospital in regard to the steep slopes surrounding the property. Parcel #17504022 is one of the four properties assembly members unanimously voted to purchase on Tuesday, Aug. 19.
    Borough unanimously approves $2.1M hospital land purchase
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 22, 2025 2:30 am

    The purchase encompasses four properties

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    An ultra-endurance long-range drone registered to Vanilla Unmanned crashed into a bluff near Ninilchik, Alaska on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. Photo provided by Tim Hatfield
    Drone crashes on Ninilchik beach
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 22, 2025 1:30 am

    NTSB is investigating the crash, which occurred Wednesday.

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