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Economist Sam Tappen shares insights about job and economic trends in Alaska and on the Kenai Peninsula during the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District’s Industry Outlook Forum at Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (screenshot)

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Kenai Peninsula job outlook outpaces other parts of Alaska

During one of the first panels of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District’s Industry Outlook Forum, held Thursday,…

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Schwartz wins 29th Anchor Point Salmon Derby

The annual tournament took place on Saturday, April 27

Attendees of the Comprehensive Plan Open House give feedback on future land use in Homer on Thursday, March 28, 2024 at the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center auditorium in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Comp plan project leaders launch community survey

The survey will be open through June 21 and will capture wider community input

Homer’s first cruise ship of the season, the Regent Seven Seas Explorer, carrying more than 600 passengers plus 500 crew members, is docked at Homer Harbor on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Council resolves to consider cruise ship impacts, possible policies

Resolution 24-048 directs Homer commissions to conduct conversations with city staff and stakeholders

Angel Patterson-Moe and Natalie Norris stand in front of one of their Red Eye Rides vehicles in Seward, Alaska, on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward’s Red Eye Rides marks 2 years of a ‘little idea’ to connect communities

Around two years ago, Angel Patterson-Moe drove in the middle of the night from Seward to Anchorage and…

Oliver Trobaugh speaks to representatives of Bear Creek Volunteer Fire Department during Career Day at Seward High School in Seward on Wednesday. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward students explore future ambitions at Career Day

Seward High School hosted roughly two dozen Kenai Peninsula businesses Wednesday, April 24, for the second annual Career…

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Morgan Carlson-Kelly and other FFA convention attendees participate in one of the workshop sessions at the Matanuska-Susitna College in Palmer, Alaska in April 2024.

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Homer sophomore attends state Future Farmers of America meet in Palmer

The event took place April 16-19

Birdwatchers scan Mud Bay for birds on Friday, May 6, 2022, during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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32nd Shorebird Festival arrives May 8-12

The shorebirds are coming, the shorebirds are coming!

2024 Taste of Homer logo. Photo provided by the Homer Chamber of Commerce

Community

Tastes of Homer to be celebrated this month

The culinary celebration of the community will take place the second week of May

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News
Youth performers take their bows to complete the Jubilee! production last Friday, April 19<ins>, 2024</ins> at the Homer High School Mariner Theatre<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Youth take center stage at Jubilee!

The performing arts show returns for one night at the Mariner Theatre

Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest logo. Photo courtesy of Homer Council on the Arts

Community

26th annual Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest winners announced

Homer Council on the Arts announced the winners of the 26th annual Kenai Peninsula Writer’s Contest last Thursday,…

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Laney Martushev poses at the Homer News office with her certificate from Art in the Capitol and one of the pieces she had on display in Juneau.

Community

Local student spreads her artistic wings

Homer Connections’ Laney Martushev provides art to Jubilee!, Art in the Capitol and the upcoming 2024 Kachemak Bay…

Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest logo. Photo courtesy of Homer Council on the Arts

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26th Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest winners: Non-Fiction

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