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Deena Bishop, commissioner of the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, testifies Saturday during a House Rules Committee meeting.

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Peninsula residents weigh in on school funding debate

More than a dozen comments were made by residents of the Kenai Peninsula on S.B. 140

Areas cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass Project (bottom) can be seen above the Kenai River in Cooper Landing in this August 10, 2021, photo. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion file)

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Borough plans for 1,000-acre Cooper Landing property take shape

The borough-owned parcel will be bisected by the Cooper Landing Bypass Project

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News
“Banned” musicians Scott Bartlett, Martie Krohn, Cindy McKenna and Cathy Stingley provide music at the opening night for the Big Read at Alice’s Champagne Palace on Friday.

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NEA ‘Big Read’ event opens at Alice’s

Homer Public Library and Friends of the Homer Public Library on Friday opened their National Endowment for the…

Homer Art & Frame staff are recipients of the Art Advocate award. Pictured from left to right are Ellen Lord, Lynn Marie Naden, Tammy Anderson, Tracy Hansen and Markus Fuhrman. Photo provided by Homer Art & Frame

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Arts council announces 2024 Community Arts awardees

Homer Council on the Arts recognizes contributions to Homer’s art community

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Planning commission votes down Lighthouse Village preliminary replat

The commission will send their recommendation and comments to the borough

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Reid Brewer takes the helm from Kris Holderied as new director at the Kasitsna Bay Lab at Homer Islands and Oceans Center on Jan. 16.

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Reid Brewer takes the helm as director at NOAA’s Kachemak Bay Kasitsna Bay Lab

The Kasitsna Bay Laboratory is located on the south side of Kachemak Bay from Homer near the community…

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Chamber hosts short-term rentals discussion

Panel event held ahead of city council consideration of short-term rentals ordinance

Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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City briefed on Spit conditions amid ongoing harbor expansion

City staff received a baseline conditions report and passed an ordinance appropriating funding match

A chart showing the unemployment rate of Alaska compared to that of the United States, included in data from the State Department of Labor and Workforce Development announcing job growth for 2023. (Courtesy Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development)

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State adds 6,000 jobs in 2023

Oil and gas, transportation, education and health care all saw growth

A sign welcomes travelers to the Kenai Peninsula on Sept. 1, 2020. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska population steady for 2nd year; Kenai Peninsula sees growth

The Kenai Peninsula Borough is one of the nine that saw growth

Senate President Gary Stevens, a Kodiak Republican, confers with other senators and legislative staff moments before gavelling in the start of this year’s legislative session at the Alaska State Capitol. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

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Lawmakers open session with education discussion

Early effort to overturn veto of one-time school funding fails in House

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Kenai Peninsula Education Association President LaDawn Druce (left) and committee Chair Jason Tauriainen (right) participate in the first meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Four Day School Week Ad Hoc Committee on Wednesday in Soldotna.

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Group studying 4-day school week model takes shape

Members of a newly minted Kenai Peninsula Borough School District group convened for the first time last week…

Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Motion to dismiss filed in sexual abuse case against former SoHi teacher

The attorney representing a former Soldotna High School teacher and union head filed a motion last Wednesday to…