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    Homer High School DDF students Kayla Kalafut and Raiden Skorski-O’Donnell perform their duet acting piece in November at South High School in Anchorage. (Photo courtesy of the Homer High School DDF program)
    ‘Random Acts’ will celebrate 21 years of Drama,...
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • February 13, 2025 8:00 am

    The fundraiser helps the local DDF team pay their way to state.

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    Southern Kenai Peninsula Resilience Coalition youth project manager Anna Meredith explains the history of the Icelandic prevention model at the Planet Youth Homer event hosted Thursday, Jan. 6, 2025, at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. The collaborative community project is aimed at providing parents and caregivers the resources and information to help support Homer area youth. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Planet Youth Homer kicks off community discussion
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • February 13, 2025 8:00 am

    The new program seeks to bring the Icelandic Prevention Model to Homer.

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    South end of Homer Harbor on Tuesday, April 11 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/ Homer News)
    Homer Harbor staff responds after boat sinks over...
    By Chloe Pleznac  Homer News • February 13, 2025 8:00 am

    The 43-foot Bayliner sunk in the harbor over the weekend and was removed Tuesday.

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    The third and fourth grade Battle of the Books team from Aurora Borealis Charter School, who won the district competition in February, stand for a photo. (Provided by Districtwide Librarian Julie Gottfried)
    District Battle of the Books teams ready for...
    By Jacob Dye • February 13, 2025 1:30 am

    Battle of the Books is an annual celebration of reading and teamwork.

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    Brent Johnson speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly approves Seward land purchase ordinance
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The ordinance first authorizes a road feasibility study in Blueberry Hill, the results of which will determine the land purchase approval.

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    An 86 pound Kenai River king salmon is measured in Soldotna, Alaska, on June 29, 1995. (M. Scott Moon/Peninsula Clarion File)
    Kenai River king salmon fishing closed entirely for...
    By Jacob Dye • February 13, 2025 1:30 am

    Kenai River king salmon were designated a stock of management concern in 2023.

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    The Kenai Peninsula College Main Entrance on Aug. 18, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    University of Alaska Board of Regents to meet...
    By Jacob Dye • February 13, 2025 1:30 am

    The last time the board met on the Kenai Peninsula was April 2012.

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    Kids race across the snow during the Snow Rondi kids’ snowshoe races on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at Fireweed Meadows golf course in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Snow Rondi returns to Anchor Point
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 13, 2025 1:30 am

    Activities will be held daily, Feb. 26 through March 2

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education member Penny Vadla and student representative Emerson Kapp speak to the joint Alaska House and Senate education committees in Juneau, Alaska, on Monday, Feb. 10, 2025. (Screenshot courtesy Gavel Alaska/KTOO)
    KPBSD representatives press for funding during in-person testimony...
    By Jacob Dye • February 12, 2025 12:30 pm

    Districts spotlighted programs already lost over years of stagnant funding that hasn’t met inflationary pressure.

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    Photo courtesy of Christopher Kincaid
The Krewe of Gambrinus, costumed for the “Sunshine and Snowflakes” theme, marches in the annual Winter Carnival Parade on Saturday, Feb. 8 on Pioneer Avenue.
    71st Winter Carnival celebrates community
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 12, 2025 11:30 am

    The parade showed about 25 entries.

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Tourism Industry Working Group in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough awards contract to assess emergency electrical system...
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 12, 2025 1:30 am

    The contract follows the failure of the SPH system to come online during a recent major snowstorm.

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    Mondragon-Lopez enters guilty plea
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Arturo Mondragon-Lopez, Jr. pleaded guilty Feb. 5 to manslaughter for the October 2023 death of Brianna Hetrick.

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    One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in the village at the head of Kachemack Bay. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News file)
    Borough awards contract for K-Selo school design
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 10, 2025 1:30 am

    It has been approximately nine years since the State of Alaska gave money to the borough to replace the school.

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