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Microplastics prevalent in Kenai Peninsula waterways

100% of all tested sites in southcentral Alaska contained microplastics, report says

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From left: RJ Nelson, Jaclyn Rainwater, Debbie Vantrease, Wendall Cummings stand at the Homer Community Food Pantry booth at the Community Resource Connect event on Jan. 30 at the SPARC in Homer.

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Supplies and services offered at Community Resources Connect event

The Jan. 30 event coincides with the nationwide Project Homeless Connect effort

Orion Willis, a student of Soldotna Montessori, holds up a rainbow trout he caught during Salmon in the Classroom ice fishing at Sport Lake in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Fish on!’

Students try ice fishing at ‘Salmon in the Classroom’ event

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City to install mobile restrooms at 2 parks

Projected timeline would have units available in summer 2024

The Krewe of Gambrinus dances down Pioneer Avenue in the 69th Annual Winter Carnival Parade on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Winter carnival parade deadline approaching

Participants should register by Feb. 5

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Daniel withdraws, Slaughter’s in for House District 6 race

A torch is being passed in the race to represent the southern Kenai Peninsula in the Alaska House…

Todd Smith, who sits in a commercial fishing set net seat, discusses proposals during a meeting of the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee at Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Advisory committee supports dipnets, shorter nets for commercial fisheries

The meeting was among a series scheduled to set recommendations ahead of the Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meeting…

Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Public comment open for Upper Cook Inlet Board of Fisheries meeting

Nearly 200 proposals will be deliberated upon during the meeting

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New vet clinic opens in Anchor Point

Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for new business

The Homer Spit stretching into Kachemak Bay is seen here on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Halibut Cove woman sentenced in seaplane incident

Marian Beck was sentenced to probation and fined on federal navigation interference charges

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Elijah Williams, 7th grade first place chess champion, at the chess tournament at West Homer Elementary on Monday.

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West Homer Elementary hosts chess tournament

Eighty-five students from Homer area schools in grades three through eight competed in a chess tournament at West…

Upper Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone can be seen on this map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image via fisheries.noaa.gov)

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State responds to proposed Cook Inlet EEZ management

A proposed rule would implement federal management on commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the Cook Inlet Exclusive…

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Homer High School Poetry Out Loud competition winners Bea McDonough, Clark Milstead and Bryce Glidden on the Mariner High School Stage on Jan. 24.

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Poetry Out Loud: Homer High students advance to regional poetry competition

Homer High School hosted the annual Poetry Out Loud recitation contest last Wednesday, Jan. 24. Students school-wide were…