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The KBBI AM 890 station is located on Kachemak Way in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Peninsula radio reacts to loss of federal funding

Congress last week approved President Trump’s rescission request, zeroing out all federal funding for public broadcasting, effective Oct.…

The KBBI AM 890 station is located on Kachemak Way in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Peninsula radio reacts to loss of federal funding

Congress last week approved President Trump’s rescission request, zeroing out all federal funding for public broadcasting, effective Oct.…

Dick Hawkins speaks during a community meeting about the proposed Ninilchik Recreation Service Area at the Ninilchik Community Center in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ninilchik residents consider creation of service area to fund pool

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Aug. 5 will consider an ordinance that would create the service area…

Smith has published three books, pictured here. (Photo courtesy of Brian Smith)

Community

Local author Brian Smith writes about history, family and felines

The author of three self-published books, Smith is now working on the final installment of his trilogy.

ASEA State President Tom Stroozas, PER, and Exalted Ruler Jill Hockema, PER, accept the award at the Elks Grand Lodge National Convention in Kansas City, Missouri on July 1, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Jill Hockema)

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Homer Elks Lodge wins national recognition

Since its inception in 1959, Homer Elks has given back $2.2 million to the community in various charity…

A map of the Johnson Tract Mine exploration project. Photo courtesy of the Center for Biological Diversity

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Inletkeeper, partners file lawsuit against Cook Inlet gold mine

The Johnson Tract Mine is located on CIRI-owned lands inside Lake Clark National Park.

Homer High School graduates, largely from the class of 1975, celebrate their 50-year reunion on Saturday, July 12, 2025, at the Bishop's Beach pavilion in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer High graduates reunite after 50 years

Members of the class of 1975, and others, gathered in Homer over the weekend.

Peony farmer and artist Gerri Martin hold a bouquet of budding Red Charm peonies in front of her packhouse of Diamond Ridge Road near Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Gerri Martin

Community

Budding flowers, budding art

Local artist and peony farmer showcases the flowers in a new body of work.

A sign on the Homer Public Library’s public phone, photographed on Saturday, July 12, 2025, notes that it’s the only public phone in the city of Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

Community

Out of the office: Nostalgia is calling

I had an encounter recently which both delighted me and left me feeling bittersweetly, nostalgically vintage.

A sockeye salmon is carried from the waters of Cook Inlet on North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, during the first day of the Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai River dipnet fishery open 24 hours beginning Friday night

Per fish counts available from the department, 471,000 sockeye have been counted so far this year — with…

Attorneys Eric Derleth and Dan Strigle speak to Superior Court Judge Kelly Lawson during the opening arguments of State of Alaska v. Nathan Erfurth at the Kenai Courthouse on Wednesday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Opening arguments offered in Erfurth trial

The trial is set to continue for around two weeks, into early August.

Evacuees in Seward, Alaska, walk along Adams Street following a tsunami warning on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tsunami warning canceled following 7.3 earthquake near Sand Point

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management confirmed Wednesday evening that the borough was not under threat…

A crowd watches the 2025 Kachemak Bay Highland Games on July 5 at Karen Hornaday Park. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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2025 Kachemak Bay Highland Games celebrate Scottish culture

It was a beautiful day for the annual Kachemak Bay Highland Games on Saturday, July 5. Athletes and…