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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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    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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    Cook Inlet can be seen through the window of a Ravn aircraft in October 2019. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    Ravn discontinues service to Homer
    By Delcenia Cosman • March 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Aleutian Airways continues to provide service to and from Homer.

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    City establishes long-term sister city fund
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 20, 2025 1:30 am

    City staff will coordinate with the Homer Foundation to create and maintain the fund.

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    Logo for the City of Homer Public Works Department. Photo courtesy of the City of Homer
    Council asks borough to waive inert waste disposal...
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 20, 2025 1:30 am

    The Homer City Council passed a resolution on Feb. 10 asking the Kenai Peninsula Borough to waive disposal fees for…

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    The southbound lane of Homer Spit Road, which was damaged by the Nov. 16 storm surge, is temporarily repaired with gravel and reopened on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Council endorses federal grant application for Homer Spit...
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 20, 2025 1:30 am

    The Homer City Council passed a resolution at their last regular meeting on Feb. 10, expressing support for the Homer…

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Attendees of the open house event for the draft 2035 comprehensive plan evaluate potential land use maps on Tuesday, Feb. 11<ins>, 2025,</ins> at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>.
    Draft comp plan released for review
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 19, 2025 1:30 am

    Public comments on the draft 2035 Homer Comprehensive Plan will be accepted through March 14.

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    Debris and damage to the Glacier D restaurant is seen on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, following a storm event that caused erosion damage to the Homer Spit on Saturday in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Council resolves to partner with state to address...
    By Delcenia Cosman • February 4, 2025 1:30 am

    The action by the council comes after incidents of severe erosion on the west side of the Spit late last year.

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    The smaller Homer Education and Recreation Center building, also called HERC 2, is photographed on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    City to conduct outreach on proposed recreation site
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 27, 2025 1:30 am

    The Recreation Champions Working Group has narrowed down potential sites for a new recreation facility in Homer.

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council to hold hearings on ordinances
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 22, 2025 1:30 am

    Public hearings for several ordinances are scheduled for the Jan. 27 council meeting.

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    A local community member walks up Ben Walters Lane on a newly completed sidewalk on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. The City of Homer was recently awarded a federal grant for the city’s continued efforts in establishing nonmotorized transportation access. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News file)
    Homer receives federal grant for walkability projects
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 17, 2025 1:30 pm

    A DOT grant program awarded $2 million to Homer for nonmotorized infrastructure.

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    Breezy Berryman addresses the Homer Planning Commission during the public hearing portion of their regular meeting on Jan. 2, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Planning commission recommends studio zoning code amendment
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 9, 2025 1:30 am

    The recommendation will later appear before the City Council, who has the authority to make code amendments

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    City of Homer Public Works employee Andrew Williamson plows city roads during the snow storm that occurred on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Mike Zelinski
    Friday storm knocks out power at South Peninsula...
    By Emilie Springer • December 19, 2024 1:30 am

    Backup generators failed to start and the main hospital and campus properties were without power for approximately 90 minutes

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