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Grace Fleming of Seward competes in the seal hop Saturday, March 7, 2020 during the Kachemak Bay Traditional Games, a Native Youth Olympics invitational, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Native Youth Olympics Invitational to kick off season this weekend

Native Youth Olympics are a series of events derived from traditional Alaska Native feats of athleticism

Mounts Iliamna and Redoubt are seen at sunset on Feb. 22, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hilcorp makes lone bid for federal Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management was offering leases for 193 blocks totaling some 958,000 acres

The Kasilof River can be seen in June 2019. (Clarion file)

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State to update public on Kasilof boat retrieval

Alaska State Parks has acquired two lots on Williamson Drive in Kasilof for the project

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Alaska Association of Realtors President Dale Bagely presents a regional real estate update during the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District’s 2022 Industry Outlook Forum on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Kenai.

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KPEDD forum to offer overview of peninsula economic projects

The all-day forum will feature panels on topics including mariculture, oil and gas, food sustainability, tourism and broadband

Summer 2022 interns and volunteers learn about Beluga Slough at low tide. (Photo by Jessica Shepherd)

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Kachemak Bay Watershed Collaborative begin user group meetings

Recruiting stakeholders from communities and management organizations all across the region

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East End Road arrest briefly closes road, backs up traffic

A Homer resident was stopped near Mile 4 of East End Road while driving a truck reported stolen,…

Matt Clarke and Homer Harbor crew assess vessel sunk vessel in Homer Harbor on Dec. 27, 2022. (Photo provided by Harbor crew)

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Homer Harbor crew and team salvage submersed sailboat

Wet winter conditions created heavy ice on decks

Kyle Darbonne, principal of Fireweed Academy, and Eric Waltenbaugh, principal of West Homer Elementary, stand in the shared Kenai Peninsula Borough school building on Tuesday Jan. 3, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer)

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The new semester offers more opportunities for students

Two Homer schools housed in the same building are looking for new ways to collaborate.

Mount Redoubt can be seen acoss Cook Inlet from North Kenai Beach on Thursday, July 2, 2022. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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State offering of offshore Cook Inlet leases receives single bid

Hilcorp Alaska stands to claim 22,783 acres for a total of $359,483.23

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City of Homer holds auction for surplus city equipment

Bidding is open until Jan. 12

A school bus sits in the parking lot of the University of Southeast Alaska Tech Center downtown. In the fall of 2024, a new commercial driver’s license education training program is expected to be offered at the campus. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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UAS to establish Juneau-based CDL program amid driver shortage

New program could put driver shortage in the rear-view mirror.

Ryanna Thurman, assistant library director, pulls a copy of “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe from the shelves at Soldotna Public Library in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Library tackles controversial material in monthly Banned Book Club

The Banned Book Club was started as a one-time event

Lucas Wilcox at the Homer Public Library, Homer, Alaska, Dec. 7, 2022. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Homer man on a mission to share hot meals

Altruist Relief Kitchen serves free hot food to nearby residents and refugees