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Kids race their handcrafted zucchini cars during the Zucchini Festival at the Homer Farmers Market on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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A new season, a new reign

The annual Zucchini Festival returned to the Homer Farmers Market on Saturday, bringing crafts, kids zucchini car races,…

Students sit down to read books on the first day of the school year at Tustumena Elementary School in Kasilof, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Right back into the swing’

Students return to KPBSD schools for 2024-2025 year

Kenai Peninsula College Director Cheryl Siemers speaks at a celebration of the 60th anniversary of Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPC celebrates 60 years

As the college marked its six decades of operation, it also welcomed back more than 2,200 students

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council supports statute change to include web-based public noticing

Resolution 24-088 requests that the Alaska Municipal League take up the issue

Flyer for the 2024 Candidate Forum Series by KDLL 91.9 FM and the Peninsula Clarion. (Ashlyn O’Hara/KDLL 91.9)

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Homer City Council and mayor candidate forum this week

The Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM are for the third year hosting a series of live, open-to-the-public…

The 2023 Burning Basket, titled “Create,” burns after sundown on Sept 10, 2023 at Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Mavis Muller

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Burning Basket build week begins Sunday

The 2024 Homer Burning Basket enactment will take place at sundown on Sept. 8

Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs Senate Bill 179, while Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, right, stands by on Aug. 13, 2024. (Photo provided by Sen. Jesse Bjorkman)

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Bjorkman property tax bill signed into law

The bill cuts property taxes for farmers and prevents transfer taxes on the sale of houses

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A trio of sandhill cranes rambles around Grubstake Avenue on Sunday, June 16<ins>, 2024,</ins> in Homer<ins>, Alaska</ins>.

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Kachemak Crane Watch to hold count days

Sandhill crane count days will be held on three Saturdays

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Recovery Month begins with a 5K run/walk and community social on Spit

Kachemak Bay Recovery Connection starts the September Recovery Month community awareness with a 5K run/walk and music social…

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Coast Guard rescues 2 stranded after boat sinking

The incident occurred 62 miles off the Kodiak coast on Aug. 12

Kachemak Bay can be seen June 12, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Council recognizes research reserve’s 25th anniversary

Resolution 24-082 commends KBNERR’s 25 years of studying Kachemak Bay’s ecosystem

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council funds partial city sewer system rehabilitation

Ordinance 24-36 appropriates the remaining necessary funds to repair the Beluga Sewage Lift Station

The entrance to the Homer Electric Association office is seen here in Kenai, Alaska on May 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA agrees to purchase solar energy from Nikiski project under development

Homer Electric Association has agreed to purchase 30 megawatts of solar power from a renewable energy project being…