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Haylee Overson circles the arena with the Alaska flag on Sunday, July 6, 2025 at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

Sports

Ninilchik Rodeo celebrates riding over holiday weekend

The rodeo has been an annual event on the peninsula since the 1960s.

The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from above on Monday, Aug. 26 on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska Wildland Fire Information)

News

Burn suspension lifted for Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak

The public is asked to remain vigilant while burning due to minimal available resources.

Logo for the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection)

News

Burn permits suspended across southern Alaska

The suspension applies to the Kenai-Kodiak, Mat-Su and Copper River fire prevention areas.

Hunter Kirby holds up the hatchery king salmon he bagged during the one-day youth fishery on the Ninilchik River on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Photo by Mike Booz

News

Ninilchik River closed to sport fishing

The closure is in effect from June 23 through July 15.

A Sitka black-tailed deer peers through the undergrowth of the Tongass National Forest in an undated photo. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

News

Alaska developing plans to introduce deer to southern Kenai Peninsula

Strategy development for the project follows a public proposal introduced in 2023.

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to Anchor Point residents during a community meeting held at the Virl “Pa” Haga VFW Post 10221 on Friday, May 30, 2025, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

News

Sullivan visits Homer during weeklong Alaska tour

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, sat down for an interview with Homer News.

The cover of Gary Titus and Clark Fair’s new book, “A Vanishing Past: Historic Cabins of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.” (Photo courtesy of Clark Fair)

Community

Pratt to host book signing with author Clark Fair

Fair is the co-author of “A Vanishing Past: Historic Cabins of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.”

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News

Sterling Highway reconstruction delayed

The project, which spans from Anchor Point to Baycrest Hill, is anticipated to begin next spring.

Project stakeholders cut a ribbon at the Nikiski Shelter of Hope on Friday, May 20, 2022, in Nikiski, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Peninsula organizations awarded mental health trust grants

Three organizations, in Seldovia, Seward and Soldotna, recently received funding from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority.

Students smile from atop a mountain peak while engaged in KMTA’s Pathfinders program. The program fosters environmental literacy and lifelong learning using an experiential, inquiry-based teaching model and helps expose students to the rich histories, environments and recreation opportunities available in the KMTA. (Photo courtesy of KMTA)

News

Kenai Peninsula heritage area faces uncertain future

A national heritage area that provides education and resources to the Kenai Peninsula is among the local organizations…

The summit crater of snowy Mount Spurr is seen on Aug. 27, 2020, from the air. (Photo courtesy of Cyrus Read/Alaska Volcano Observatory-U.S. Geological Survey)

News

Spurr in spotlight as volcano shows signs of possible eruption

The volcano has erupted twice before, in 1992 and 1953.

Wetlands are surveyed by the Kachemak Heritage Land Trust. (Photo provided by the Kachemak Heritage Land Trust)

Opinion

Hope, strength and togetherness through conservation

Back in 1990, Kachemak Heritage Land Trust was a brand-new nonprofit in a sea of many new and…

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News

Homer man sentenced for illegally transporting black bears

Travis Larson pleaded guilty to four counts of violating the Lacey Act in October 2024.