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Reid Brewer takes the helm from Kris Holderied as new director at the Kasitsna Bay Lab at Homer Islands and Oceans Center on Jan. 16.
    Reid Brewer takes the helm as director at...
    By Emilie Springer • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    The Kasitsna Bay Laboratory is located on the south side of Kachemak Bay from Homer near the community of Seldovia….

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    Chamber hosts short-term rentals discussion
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    Panel event held ahead of city council consideration of short-term rentals ordinance

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    Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)
    City briefed on Spit conditions amid ongoing harbor...
    By Emilie Springer • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    City staff received a baseline conditions report and passed an ordinance appropriating funding match

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    A chart showing the unemployment rate of Alaska compared to that of the United States, included in data from the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development announcing job growth for 2023. (Courtesy Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development)
    State adds 6,000 jobs in 2023
    By Jacob Dye • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    Oil and gas, transportation, education and health care all saw growth

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    A sign welcomes travelers to the Kenai Peninsula on Sept. 1, 2020. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Alaska population steady for 2nd year; Kenai Peninsula...
    By Jacob Dye • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough is one of the nine that saw growth

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    Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, confers with other senators and legislative staff moments before gavelling in the start of this year’s legislative session at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    Lawmakers open session with education discussion
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 17, 2024 2:30 am

    Early effort to overturn veto of one-time school funding fails in House

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Kenai Peninsula Education Association President LaDawn Druce (left) and committee Chair Jason Tauriainen (right) participate in the first meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Four Day School Week Ad Hoc Committee on Wednesday in Soldotna.
    Group studying 4-day school week model takes shape
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 17, 2024 2:30 am

    Members of a newly minted Kenai Peninsula Borough School District group convened for the first time last week in Soldotna…

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    Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Motion to dismiss filed in sexual abuse case...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 17, 2024 2:30 am

    The attorney representing a former Soldotna High School teacher and union head filed a motion last Wednesday to dismiss the…

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    Cook Inlet Coordinator for the Department of Fish and Game Matt Miller and Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee Members Greg Springer and Monte Roberts discuss proposals to the the State Board of Fisheries at a committee meeting at Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Advisory committee tackles sport fishing in latest meeting
    By Jacob Dye • January 17, 2024 1:30 am

    The meeting was among a series slated to set recommendations on nearly 200 proposals to the State Board of Fisheries

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    Todd Smith, who sits in a commercial fishing set net seat, discusses proposals during a meeting of the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee at Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Optimal escapement goal supported at advisory committee meeting
    By Jacob Dye • January 17, 2024 1:30 am

    How many king salmon does it take to rebuild a run, and what restrictions should be in place to protect…

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    Photo provided by Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic
First National Vice President and Homer Branch Manager Erik Niebuhr, and Claudia Haines, KBFPC CEO.
    Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic receives support for...
    By Emilie Springer • January 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic was awarded a $10,000 grant from First National Bank Alaska to support KBFPC’s recent emergency…

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    Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News
Homer community members hold signs on Pioneer Avenue and Svedlund Street in Homer in support of improving senior safety and housing conditions at the Homer Senior Citizens Center on Jan. 15, 2024.
    Community members protest conditions at senior center
    By Emilie Springer • January 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Local residents express continued concern about Homer Senior Citizen center

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    The Peninsula Clarion printing press is photographed on Monday, April 18, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    Black Press Media announces move to new ownership
    By Black Press staff • January 15, 2024 1:15 pm

    Carpenter Media Group operates leading community news publications in the southern United States, including Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky.

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