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    Elections
    The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska as seen on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    7 candidates in running for HEA board
    By Jacob Dye • March 1, 2025 1:30 am

    Members can cast ballots starting March 28.

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    Media members and other observers gather at the Alaska Division of Elections office on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024,	as the results of all ballots, including ranked choice tabulations, were announced. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
    State certifies election results
    By Jacob Dye • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    Bjorkman, Ruffridge, Vance, Elam win election to Alaska Legislature

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    Point of View: Some answers
    Point of View: Some answers
    By Brenda Adams • November 27, 2024 2:30 am

    In the Nov. 14 edition of the Homer News, in a letter to the editor titled “A Request for Answers,”…

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    The results of ranked choice tabulation show Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, winning reelection in the race for House District 6. (Screenshot/Gavel Alaska)
    Bjorkman, Vance win reelection after tabulation of ranked...
    By Jacob Dye • November 20, 2024 1:30 am

    An effort to repeal ranked choice voting and the open primary system was very narrowly defeated

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    Opinion: The Democratic Party’s failure of imagination
    Opinion: The Democratic Party’s failure of imagination
    By Rich Moniak • November 14, 2024 1:30 am

    Aside from not being a lifelong Republican like Peter Wehner, the sentiment he expressed in The Atlantic a few weeks…

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    Signs and supporters line the Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Local races unchanged after 1st major update of...
    By Jacob Dye • November 12, 2024 1:30 am

    The additional votes represent early ballots that were cast ahead of Election Day but after an Oct. 31 deadline

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    Seward City Clerk Kris Peck, right, administers an oath of office to Seward City Council newcomer Casie Warner during a council meeting in Seward, Alaska, on Oct. 28, 2024. (Screenshot courtesy City of Seward)
    Seward City Council swears in winners of October...
    By Jacob Dye • November 7, 2024 1:30 am

    They were sworn in two weeks after the council certified its election results

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    Poll worker Carol Louthan helps voters submit ballots at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Update: Bjorkman, Ruffridge, Elam and Vance lead in...
    By Jacob Dye • November 5, 2024 1:30 am

    Several residents said that they came out to vote because they knew this election was “a big one.”

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    Derrick Green (Courtesy photo)
    Opinion: Ballot Measure 1 will help businesses and...
    By Derrick Green • October 31, 2024 2:30 am

    It would not be good for the health and safety of my staff, my customers, or my family if workers are too worried about missing pay to stay home when they are sick.

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    Soldotna City Council member Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings participates in the Peninsula Clarion and KDLL candidate forum series, Thursday, Sept. 5 , at the Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)
    Opinion: I’m a Soldotna Republican and will vote...
    By Linda Hutchings • October 31, 2024 2:30 am

    Open primaries and ranked choice voting offer a way to put power back into the hands of voters, where it belongs

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    Don’t be fooled: Ballot Measure 1 puts Alaska’s small businesses and workers at risk
    Don’t be fooled: Ballot Measure 1 puts Alaska’s...
    By Sarah Oates, Kati Capozzi, Jillian Simpson, Rebecca Logan, Thor Stacey, Alicia Maltby • October 31, 2024 2:30 am

    As the debate around Ballot Measure 1 picks up steam, Alaskans from all walks of life should take a closer…

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    State House District 6 candidates Rep. Sarah Vance, Dawson Slaughter and Brent Johnson participate in a candidate forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    House District 6 candidates talk finance, schooling, fisheries
    By Jacob Dye • October 31, 2024 1:30 am

    Candidates met Tuesday at the Homer Public Library for a forum hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KBBI 890 AM

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    Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich speaks to an audience at the Alaska Chamber of Commerce’s U.S. House debate on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Fairbanks. At left is incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska. (James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)
    North to a Brighter Future
    By Nick Begich • October 31, 2024 1:30 am

    We live in Alaska for many reasons. We have fellowship with the land and sea; we appreciate the job opportunities…

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