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Homer Flex 2023 graduates celebrate during their commencement ceremony, Monday May 15, 2023, at Land’s End Resort. (Photo provided by Ingrid Harrald)

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Homer Flex High School graduates 10

The ceremony took place Monday Land’s End Resort Quarter Deck

Homer High School 2023 graduating seniors stand during commencement in the Homer High School’s Alice Witte Gymnasium, May 15, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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‘Dive into experiences and endeavor to learn’

Graduates receive accolades, advice, farewell in 2023 commencement ceremony

Members of the Kenai River Professional Guide Association teach elementary students to cast a fly rod during Salmon Celebration on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at Johnson Lake in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kids gather for annual Salmon Celebration at Johnson Lake

They stocked rainbow trout in the lake and visited dozens of booths to learn about fish, wildlife, habitat…

Kachemak Bay Campus Director Dr. Reid Brewer welcomes KBC graduates and audience members to the 2023 commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Campus returns to in-person commencement ceremony

The campus conferred 62 degrees and certificates during its 53rd annual commencement hosted on Wednesday

Renovations made to the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers are seen on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough assembly to resume meetings in Homer, Seward

The decision came after residents in those communities asked to be included in the body’s meeting schedule

Snow falls on a "vote here" sign outside of Seward City Hall on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 in Seward, Alaska. Residents voted in a special election to determine whether or not to sell the city’s electric utility and to change the city’s residency requirements for city manager. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward certifies special election results

The Seward City Council on Monday certified the results of last week’s special election, through which sale of…

The entrance to the Homer Electric Association office is seen here in Kenai, Alaska, on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Duffield, Levine retain seats on HEA board

Dan Green, of Soldotna, secured more votes than incumbent director C.O. Rudstrom

Kenai Courthouse is photographed on February 26, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

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Arraignment hearing for retired Homer judge bumped to late June

Margaret Murphy, who served as a superior court judge, is accused of perjury

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The Tickled Pear staff fill orders during their grand opening in their new permanent location on Friday, May 5,. Owner Ashley Steiner is pictured second from left.

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The Tickled Pear opens new permanent location

The Tickled Pear, which Homerites may have seen around the Spit in its food truck form, celebrated its…

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VFW Post 10221 commander Chuck Collins and canteen manager Heidi Adams celebrate the post’s grand reopening on Saturday.

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VFW holds grand reopening after remodel

The Anchor Point VFW reopened its doors on Saturday after completing renovations inside.

Christine Thorsrud and Caroline Venuti at their retirement celebration at KBC on May 4. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Kachemak Bay Campus celebrates staff retirements

Faculty, staff and students join classroom to share memories, say thank you and say goodbye to Caroline Venuti…

Homer poet and Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference faculty member Erin Coughlin Hollowell, left, reads a passage that shows words can be understood even when the letters are garbled as 2018 keynote speaker Anthony Doerr watches. Doerr delivered the opening address at the start of the annual conference on June 5, 2018, at Land’s End Resort in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference returns May 13-16

The event will be held at Kachemak Bay Campus with readings at other venues in Homer

A song sparrow perches on a willow branch near the Beluga Slough trail on Friday, May 5, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Shorebird festival entertains birders of all ages and abilites

126 shorebird species seen at 31st Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival