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School board member Kelley Cizek, right, speaks as members Jason Tauriainen, Patti Truesdell and Penny Vadla listen during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s School Board in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, April 15, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘They deserve better than this’

School board passes budget with broad swath of cuts, including pools, theaters and some support staff

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2024 Haven House Women of Distinction awardees from left to right: Nina Faust, Flo Larsen, Ireland Styvar and Keri Kelller on the upstairs deck at Land’s End Resort on the Homer Spit last Saturday evening after the evening ceremony.

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Haven House’s Hope Rising awards presented at Land’s End Resort on Saturday

The Haven House annual spring Women of Distinction event took place in the upstairs banquet room at Land’s…

The sign at the entrance of Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus is photographed on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Finn Heimbold/Homer News)

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Community workshop provides training on advocacy and etiquette for the deaf and hard of hearing

A workshop for those seeking resources and information about the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community was hosted last week…

Pier One Theatre on the Homer Spit celebrates their 50th anniversary on Friday, July 7, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Pier One Theatre

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Double audition for Pier One musicals Sunday and Monday

Pier One Theatre is holding a double audition for two upcoming musicals: “The Adams Family: a New Musical”…

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Fireweed Frescoes share their violin music with pre-school students at the Girassol Learning Center and help them to make cardboard violins on April 5 as part of the Festival of Strings April celebration.

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Homer Opus celebrates spring with the Festival of Strings

Homer Opus, a nonprofit organization that provides instruction in string-based music programs to Homer youth as well an…

A friendly, pumpkin-headed scarecrow stands outside the Pioneer Avenue entrance of Kachemak Bay Campus on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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KBC to host open house on early college opportunities for high schoolers

On Monday, April 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus will hold an…

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland responds to questions during a joint worksession of the School Board and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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District budgets for ‘worst-case scenario’, assumes no increase in state funding

‘This is all we can depend on’

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Alaska Warrior Partnership held a community partnership meeting in Homer at the Kenai Peninsula Campus last Wednesday.

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The Alaska Warrior Partnership instigates community service partnerships for Homer veterans

The Alaska division of America’s Warrior Partnership met with businesses, agencies and veterans at the Kachemak Bay Campus…

Aleutian Airways logo. Photo courtesy of Aleutian Airways

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Aleutian airways to halt Homer service during runway project

Service will be suspended beginning April 15

2023 dirtbag participants in front of their trash collection at Bishops Beach in Homer. (Photo provided by HoWL)

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Kids to join annual DiRtBaG cleanup

Sponsored by the Homer Wilderness Leaders, the event celebrates Earth Day

School board member Patti Truesdell speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District School Board in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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School Board approves rehiring retired teachers

There are at least 25 full-time positions that will need to be filled for the next fiscal year

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Homer pedestrian pathway project selected for federal funding

The project will create greater nonmotorized transportation access in Homer

Kyle McFall addresses attendees at a meeting to gauge interest in a Dena’ina-focused charter school hosted by the Kenaitze Indian Tribe on Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenaitze Indian Tribe hosts meeting to gauge interest in a Dena’ina charter school

The initiative comes amid heightened legislative interest in Alaska’s charter school system