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Entrance to Karen Hornaday Campground, photographed on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Concerns over crime drove decision to shut down campground

Police activity at Hornaday Campground spiked in 2020 when it was designated as a free camping spot

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City council discusses community development plans

The Homer City Council moved forward on the port expansion project

Volunteers distibute a meal to attendees at Project Homeless Connect on Jan. 29, 2020, at Homer United Methodist Church in Homer, Alaska. Dubbed Community Resource Connect (CRC) this year, the free, one-day event is intended for those who are homeless, at risk of being homeless, or for those in need of extra support for their daily living situation. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News file)

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Homer, Anchor Point to host ‘one-stop shops’ targeting housing instability

The event, now in its fifth year, offers resources, connections to assistance and necessary supplies

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Chief Justice Daniel E. Winfree speaks during a public vote of the Alaska Judicial Council held as part of the selection process for a new Kenai Superior Court Judge on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska.

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4 nominated to fill Kenai Superior Court seat

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has 45 days to appoint one of the nominees selected by the council to the…

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Mike Crawford, Chair of the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee, writes the language of an amendment to Board of Game Proposal 105, passed unanimously by the committee during a meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska.

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Advisory committee votes on recommendations for Board of Game meeting

Proposals discussed Monday included those related to hunting ducks, sheep, goats, moose and ptarmigan on the Kenai Peninsula

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education convenes on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district forecasts $13.1M budget deficit

The deficit stems from total expenditures exceeding anticipated revenue and a reduction in funding from the State of…

The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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Bump to borough mayor salary proposed

The legislation would increase and inflation-proof the mayor’s salary

Acting Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk Michele Turner helps newly sworn-in assembly member Peter Ribbens set up assembly materials on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly names Ribbens to fill Bjorkman’s seat

He is a senior environmental professional and a former emergency response coordinator with Tesoro Alaska.

Alaska Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation Kenai/Prince William Sound Superintendent Jack Blackwell fields questions about the Kasilof River Drift Boat Retrieval project at the Gilman River Center on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Construction of Kasilof boat retrieval to begin this summer

Efforts to build a public takeout facility on the lower Kasilof River began in 2011

People observe a candlelight vigil in memory of victims of a plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)

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GoFundMe launched for family of man killed in Nepal plane crash

A twin-engine ATR- 72 aircraft operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines crashed into a gorge near Pokhara on Sunday…

South Peninsula Hospital employees remove COVID-19 testing signs from South Peninsula Hospital test site Friday Jan. 13, 2023. (Photo from Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)

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South Peninsula Hospital closes COVID test and vaccine site

In its peak, the test and vaccine site employed 15 people, and was averaging 100-150 swabs a day.

Reba and Lynn Temple pose on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Community to host Himalayan dinner to support cancer research

Next week’s event is a prelude to a larger awareness effort slated for April.

Motorists travel through the Swan Lake fire burn on the Sterling Highway on Sunday, May 22, 2022. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Prescribed fires along Sterling Highway to start this month

Areas most likely areas to experience smoke include Sterling Highway Mileposts 43, 45 and 53