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    Protestors hold up signs expressing support for Ukraine on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman)
    Kenai Peninsula protests Putin’s Alaska visit
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 15, 2025 1:30 am

    Protests were held Friday in Homer and Soldotna in concurrence with several others across the state.

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    A banner encouraging Homer residents to vote is displayed outside City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Hansen, Mink join Homer City Council race
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 14, 2025 1:30 am

    The candidate filing period closes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15.

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    A map from the public notice of the application for the permit shows the proposed location of a gravel pad for boat and vehicle storage on the Homer Spit, with markers showing where the proposed parking pad would go below the High Tide Line (HTL).
    Public comment period opens for proposed Spit parking...
    By Chloe Pleznac • August 13, 2025 2:30 am

    The permit application is open to public comment through Sept. 5.

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    An adult kittiwake sits on its nest with two visible chicks on July 15, 2025, at the Deep Water Dock on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Claire Labuda
    Research program monitors seabird survival
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The program asks for citizen science inclusion in monitoring disturbances and reproductive success at three kittiwake colonies near Homer.

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    Nathan Erfurth testifies in his own defense during his trial at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Erfurth found guilty on 28 counts for sex...
    By Jacob Dye • August 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The former Soldotna high school teacher and union head was convicted after six days of jury deliberations.

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    Civil Air Patrol Cadet 1st Lt. Hugh Traugott (right) works with Cadet Airman First Class Audrey Crocker (left) during a statewide training exercise on disaster response on Aug. 9-10, 2025, in Homer, Alaska.
    Civil Air Patrol practices disaster response
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 12, 2025 1:30 am

    Homer cadets and senior members were part of a statewide exercise last weekend.

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    Bradley Parsons is sworn in as the newest Homer City Council member during a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Screenshot)
    2 file for city council candidacy
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Incumbents Bradley Parsons and Jason Davis have filed to retain their council seats.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly president, Peter Ribbens, speaks in an aside to District 8 representative and Vice President Kelly Cooper before the beginning of the Aug. 5, 2025, KPB Assembly meeting at the Porcupine Theater in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Voters to decide on borough sales tax cap...
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Assembly Ordinance 2025-14 aims to adjust the sales tax cap with inflation.

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    President Zen Kelly speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, May 5, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPBSD reverses some activity stipend cuts, raises fees
    By Jacob Dye • August 11, 2025 1:30 am

    The district’s final budget adopted in July called for a halving of all activity stipends.

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    The Soldotna Field House is seen on a sunny Monday, March 31, 2025, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Grand opening for Soldotna Field House on Saturday
    By Jacob Dye • August 11, 2025 1:30 am

    Though the field house will be opened this weekend, it will not open to general public operations for a couple more weeks.

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    Joel Johnson, president of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation; Carrie Hourman, lead sustainability director for Dow Climate & Circularity; and Susan Sherman, executive director of the Marine Debris Foundation, sit for a panel at the Kenai River Sportfishing Association’s Kenai Classic Roundtable at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Annual Kenai Classic Roundtable to focus on Alaska...
    By Jacob Dye • August 11, 2025 1:30 am

    The event will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 20, in the Soldotna Field House.

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    A voter fills out their ballot at the Kenai No. 2 Precinct in the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Few candidates have filed for upcoming election
    By Jacob Dye • August 11, 2025 1:30 am

    The filing period for candidacy applications across all six electoral races closes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15.

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    President Donald Trump speaks to a capacity crowd at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on July 9, 2022. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire file photo)
    Trump to meet Putin next week in Alaska,...
    By James Brooks Alaska Beacon • August 8, 2025 4:30 pm

    President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 15 in Alaska, Trump said in a social…

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