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The waters of Prince William Sound are seen from Whittier, Alaska, in March 2018. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Grant would boost Alaska, peninsula mariculture

Mariculture refers to marine farming or aquaculture in marine environments.

Graphic by Ashlyn O'Hara.

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More students return to classrooms, but home-school numbers still up

Enrollment at Kenai Peninsula Borough School District schools has grown since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but…

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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COVID hurdles prompt district to expand early release days

In all, the change will result in an additional loss of 4.5 hours of school time.

Drew Slegers, a fourth grader at Soldotna Elementary, snowshoes on Headquarters Lake just outside of Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Solstice snowshoe

Celebrating 80 years of refuge

Central Peninsula Hospital is seen in Soldotna on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hospital full as omicron threat looms

The facility was operating at 106% Monday, even without a lot of COVID hospitalizations.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters respond to a natural gasline break on Lake Street at the Beluga Lake causeway at about 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Gasline break shuts down Lake Street at causeway

Road over lake was closed in both directions; traffic is one-lane as crew work on broken water line.

The GoFundMe created to help Mathany Satterwhite after her house burned down features a photo of the log cabin on fire. (Screenshot)

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House fire victims thankful to be alive

A GoFundMe is taking donations for the victims

Bear Creek Winery Garden of Lights will return this weekend with Christmas lights, hot chocolate, a bonfire and holiday music. Garden of Lights will be open from 5-7 p.m. on Dec. 17-18. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Garden of Lights brings holiday cheer

The Bear Creek Winery Garden of Lights continues this weekend from 5-7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Snow covers the sign on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, at the Bartlett Street COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Omicron variant hits Alaska

As COVID-19 rates drop, first positive test of omicron reported in Alaskan who traveled abroad.

Frtiz Creek area resident Barrett Fletcher gives the invocation before a Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting as a representative of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster at Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Assembly nixes in-person Seward, Homer meetings

Supporters said the meetings offer the opportunity for assembly members to make important in-person connections.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce (back) and assembly members Richard Derkevorkian (left) and Jesse Bjorkman (right) particpate in a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday in Soldotna. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly approves sweeping changes to planning commission

The changes come after months of contention over the process for approving new members to the commission.

One of the two buildings used to teach elementary school children in Kachemak Selo sits on the outer edge of the village Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 in the village at the head of Kachemack Bay. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Borough awards contract for K-Selo design report

The bid award will cover a programming phase, value analysis and cost estimate in a not-to-exceed amount of…

(Black Press File)

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Alternatives sought for tobacco-related school suspensions

Tobacco policy violations accounted for more than 1,800 days lost from school in Alaska in the 2018-2019 school…