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    Burn permits required early for Southcentral Alaska
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 7, 2025 1:30 am

    The order goes into effect on Monday, March 17, in expectation of an early wildland fire season.

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    The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska as seen on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    HEA community outreach programs now open
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 7, 2025 1:30 am

    Applications for the 2025 HEA Scholarship Program are due March 30.

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    Principal Sean Campbell addresses the friendly aliens as they attempt to communicate despite their language barriers at Paul Banks Elementary School on Feb. 28, 2025. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Aliens visit Paul Banks Elementary to celebrate Read-a-Thon
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • March 6, 2025 9:00 am

    The students read a combined total of 222,252 minutes and raised over $8,000 for the school.

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    A screen grab of the upcoming job fair poster. Interested employers can use the QR code to link to the online application. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Upcoming job fair aims to connect local students...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • March 6, 2025 2:30 am

    The event will be held at Homer High School on Friday, March 28.

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    Dr. Lars Matkin sits with a happy patient post-surgery in January at South Peninsula Hospital. The surgery marks the first time in recent years that a hip replacement was done locally. (Photo courtesy of South Peninsula Hospital)
    Total hip replacement surgery now offered at South...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • March 6, 2025 1:30 am

    South Peninsula Hospital now offers total hip replacement surgeries locally through South Peninsula Orthopedics.

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council to hold public hearing on liquor license...
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 6, 2025 1:30 am

    The hearing is scheduled for the next city council meeting on March 10.

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    Homer City Planner Ryan Foster answers questions about a proposed zoning code amendment during the Homer City Council regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Council introduces studio zoning ordinance
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 6, 2025 1:30 am

    Ordinance 25-20 will come before the city council again on March 10.

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    City Planner Ryan Foster (left) reads out a memorandum as a preview to the planning commission’s discussion on implementing a moratorium for specific conditional use permit applications on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Planning commission forgoes CUP moratorium
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 6, 2025 1:30 am

    The commission will instead address issues with coastal edge lots in the Title 21 revisions.

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    Rachel Lord, mayor of Homer, speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer on Monday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Nikolaevsk, others speak to KPBSD about school closures,...
    By Jacob Dye • March 5, 2025 1:30 am

    Public testimony stretched for over two hours in the Homer High School auditorium.

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    Virginia Morgan speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School budget scenarios would cut staffing, programs
    By Jacob Dye • March 5, 2025 1:30 am

    Even at the highest level of funding, the drafts describe significant cuts.

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    Penny Vadla and Assistant Superintendent Kari Dendurent listen to a presentation on proposed school closures during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board strikes 6 schools from closure consideration
    By Jacob Dye • March 5, 2025 1:30 am

    The board will continue to consider closing Nikolaevsk School, Sterling and Tustumena.

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    Cars yield to oncoming traffic before commuting south on the single open lane of Homer Spit Road on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, following significant erosion damage to the highway that occurred on Saturday in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
Cars yield to oncoming traffic before commuting south on the single open lane of Homer Spit Road on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, following significant erosion damage to the highway that occurred on Saturday in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    DOT adds Spit erosion study to State Transportation...
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 3, 2025 12:30 pm

    The public is invited to submit comments through March 20.

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    Retired Kachemak Emergency Services Chief Robert Cicciarella, center, is honored by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly during their meeting in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly recognizes former KESA chief’s service
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Retired Kachemak Emergency Service Area chief Robert Cicciarella was presented with a plaque.

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