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    New Peninsula Clarion reporter Chloe Anderson photographs bison in Yellowstone National Park on Oct. 17, 2025. Photo provided by Chloe Anderson
    Photojournalist joins Clarion staff
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 5, 2025 1:30 am

    Chloe Anderson is a new reporter for the Peninsula Clarion.

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    Snow blankets Homer City Hall on April 10, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)
    Council to hold 2nd comprehensive plan public hearing
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 4, 2025 8:30 pm

    Council members will meet Nov. 7 for a work session before holding a second public hearing on Nov. 10 during their regular meeting.

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    Lady Lions Marcia Lowe, Julie Small and Linda Petkash with the Homer Lions Club conduct sign-ups for Thanksgiving food boxes at the Homer United Methodist Church in Homer, Alaska. More than 230 families requested food boxes this year, an increase from 166 boxes in 2024. Photo provided by Deb Schmidt
    Feeding a hungrier community
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 4, 2025 5:30 pm

    The Homer Community Food Pantry is seeing increased local need in the face of federal government impacts.

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    Participate in ‘Shop Local Bingo’ this holiday season – a community event designed to celebrate local shopping with a playful twist. Photo credit to Homer Chamber of Commerce.
    Keeping it local: How shopping close to home...
    November 3, 2025 6:00 am

    Every dollar spent locally helps create jobs, fuel community growth and keep Homer’s spirit thriving

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    The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
    Assembly amends ordinance capping tax exemptions
    By Chloe Anderson • October 31, 2025 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday divided a large chapter of tax code into four new chapters.

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    A sockeye salmon is carried from the waters of Cook Inlet on North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, during the first day of the Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes 2025...
    By Chloe Anderson • October 30, 2025 5:30 pm

    The 2025 commercial harvest was 41% greater than the recent 20-year annual average.

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    Homer Electric Association CEO and General Manager Brad Janorschke discusses the future of natural gas and impacts on HEA during a community meeting on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, at the VFW Post 10221 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Homer Electric Association talks strategy, energy diversification
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 30, 2025 8:30 am

    HEA representatives met with Anchor Point residents last Thursday as part of their annual series of community meetings across the Kenai Peninsula.

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    An aerial photograph shows the coastal bluff running parallel to the Sterling Highway in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
    Community discusses landslide hazard mitigation at forum
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 29, 2025 12:30 pm

    Researchers held a community-focused conversation on landslide hazards and potential mitigation avenues last Tuesday at Kachemak Bay Campus.

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    Nikolaevsk School is photographed on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    School board continues consideration of Nikolaevsk charter school
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 29, 2025 2:30 am

    The board reviewed the initial charter application on Oct. 20 and will hold another work session and a special meeting before issuing their final decision.

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    Alaska’s natural gas pipeline would largely follow the route of the existing trans-Alaska oil pipeline, pictured here, from the North Slope. Near Fairbanks, the gas line would split off toward Anchorage, while the oil pipeline continues to the Prince William Sound community of Valdez. (Photo by David Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey)
    Tokyo Gas signs preliminary agreement with trans-Alaska gas...
    By James Brooks Alaska Beacon • October 29, 2025 1:30 am

    The largest gas company in Japan has signed a letter of intent signifying that it would buy up to 1…

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    Uki, the walrus calf rehabilitated at Alaska SeaLife Center in August 2024 before being rehomed to SeaWorld Orlando, is photographed with an ASLC staff member on Aug. 7, 2024. Photo courtesy of Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Alaska SeaLife Center walrus patient featured on PBS
    By Chloe Anderson • October 25, 2025 12:30 pm

    The story of Uki, a walrus who was rehabilitated at the Alaska SeaLife Center in August 2023, was featured on the season premiere of “Nature” by PBS on Wednesday.

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    Daniel Jager is the new fire chief for the Homer Volunteer Fire Department as of Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Photo provided by Daniel Jager
    City hires new fire chief
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 25, 2025 8:30 am

    The Homer City Council confirmed Daniel Jager as the new Homer Volunteer Fire Department chief on Oct. 13.

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    Kova, a spotted seal pup rescued from Nome in June, touches his nose to an Alaska SeaLife Center staff member’s hand in this photo taken Oct. 10, 2025, at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Spotted seal pup is a ‘rare’ rescue patient...
    By Chloe Anderson • October 25, 2025 2:30 am

    ASLC has been providing intensive care since the seal’s arrival, and “Kova” is now eating well and steadily gaining weight.

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