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Homer Mayor Bryan Zak reads a Mayoral Recognition recognizing June as Homer Pride Month at about 6 p.m. Monday, June 11, 2018 outside Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. That is the time a regular city council meeting had been scheduled to take place. A crowd of about 75 people attended in support of Pride Month. Council members Shelly Erickson, Heath Smith and Thomas Stroozas notified the city clerk that they would not attend the June 11 meeting, forcing its cancellation because of lack of a quorum. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Pride Month recognition causes controversy in Homer

Right after Call to Order, the Pledge of Allegiance and Agenda Approval on the Homer City Council agenda…

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Regional administrator for Razdolna, Kachemak Selo retires

After more than three decades working in education, Timothy Whip is settling down for some “me time.” The…

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PenAir may come to Homer

The Homer Airport may see some additional competition in 2018, as Peninsula Air may expand its services to…

A volunteer works on the Saddle Trail during Trails Day on Saturday, June 2, 2018 across Kachemak Bay from Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Christina Whiting)

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Another Trails Day, another success

The following is a recap of this year’s Trails Day from Christina Whiting, volunteer coordinator: Our local Trails…

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Burn suspension issued for Kenai Peninsula

The Alaska Division of Forestry, Kenai-Kodiak Area Office has issued a burn permit suspension for the Kenai Peninsula…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News Caitlin Marsteller holds out a sea star for a group of tour participants to inspect during a visit to the Peterson Bay field station Thursday, May 24 near Homer.

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Residents get preview of popular Peterson Bay educational tour

Critters and curiosity abounded last Thursday when a group of Homer area residents were treated to a tour…

A dry cabin burns in a fire that started in the morning Tuesday, May 29, 2018 off Eagleaerie Avenue outside Homer, Alaska. The cabin was unoccupied at the time, and the two pigs belonging to the renter were saved. The cabin was declared a total loss. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Blaze destroys dry cabin off Eagleaerie Avenue

No one was harmed in a structure fire that destroyed a dry cabin Tuesday off Eagleaerie Avenue outside…

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Assembly to consider bonds for K-Selo school

Kenai Peninsula Borough voters may be asked this fall to take on several million dollars in bond debt…

Former South Peninsula Hospital rehab department manager investigated

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Former South Peninsula Hospital rehab department manager investigated

Editor’s note: Some of the language in this article may be graphic to some readers. The state licensing…

Bird migration patterns come into play during annual shorebird festival

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Bird migration patterns come into play during annual shorebird festival

With the 26th annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival just having wrapped up, it’s a good time to contemplate…

Volunteers help sort bags of trash cleaned from around Homer on Saturday, May 5, 2018 during the city’s annual Clean Up Day in Homer, Alaska. The Homer Chamber of Commerce gives out prizes to the those who collect the most bags of trash in different categories. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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A clean Homer is a cleaner earth

By Megan Pacer Homer News

Public education supporters gather for a barbecue in the parking lot behind the George A. Navarre Borough Administration Building before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s meeting on Tuesday, May 1, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. Teachers, parents and school district administrators turned out in force to ask the assembly to increase funding to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on Tuesday. The assembly agreed to at least provide as much funding as it did in fiscal year 2018, but with a deficit in the borough budget, the source of the funding is still unclear. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly sets base funding for school district at $49.7M

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will get at least as much funding from the borough in fiscal…

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Voznesenka man gets 6 years in federal prison on gun charges

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Voznesenka man convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms…