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South Peninsula Hospital earns five-star patient rating

The hospital is the only one in the state to have earned five stars

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Local author wins international writing contest

HoWL founder’s short story will be published in Irish paper on Dec. 28

A full audience listens to presentations and public testimony on the proposed development at the site of the former Lighthouse Village on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Lighthouse Village development public hearing to continue next week

A special Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for Jan. 3

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2023: The year in review

While 2023 saw the closest thing to a “return to normalcy” since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

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Basketball Roundup

Homer at 25th Annual Grace Grizzly Classic

Homer city council member Jason Davis (center) speaks to the audience gathered in Pioneer Hall for the Israel-Palestine conflict panel discussion on Friday, Dec. 15<ins>, 2023</ins> at Kachemak Bay Campus<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>. Davis formerly served in the political section of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Israel-Palestine discussion brings listeners to KBC

A discussion on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict hosted Friday at Kachemak Bay campus drew a standing-room only crowd…

Public Works director Jan Keiser clarifies details on the Beluga Slough Green Infrastructure Project to Homer City Council during the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 in the Cowles Council Chambers at City Hall in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Public Works director to retire in January

Homer Public Works Director Jan Keiser is retiring from her position with the city in January.

South Peninsula Hospital Home Health Center on Pioneer Avenue will soon house a licensed childcare center for hospital employees. Photo provided by Derotha Ferraro

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South Peninsula Hospital receives $1.3 grant to open child care center

The licensed child care facility will serve hospital employees

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Northern Lights Conference: Mariners lose to Palmer

Palmer 6, Homer 1

Homer’s Brayden Woods wrestles Nikiski’s Frank St. Denis in the championship at 152 pounds at the Kachemak Conference wrestling tournament at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. Woods won by pin. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai boys, Redington girls wear Kachemak wrestling crowns

The Kenai Central boys and Redington girls won Kachemak Conference titles Saturday at Kenai Central High School.

Michael Daniel. (Photo via Daniel for House)

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Homer chamber board head enters race for state House

Michael Daniel, a Republican, is challenging Alaska House Rep. Sarah Vance.

The Pratt Museum makes a call for local stories to include in January’s participatory exhibit.

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Pratt Museum accepting local stories for January exhibit, ‘Our Stories, Our Place’

Homer’s Pratt Museum is opening the new year with their “Our Stories, Our Place” exhibit. Typically in the…

The sign at the entrance of Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus is photographed on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Finn Heimbold/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Campus to host panel on the Israel-Palestine conflict

The Kachemak Bay Campus of the University of Alaska will host a five-member open-format conversation about the Israel-Palestine…