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    Michael Daniel. (Photo via Daniel for House)
    Homer chamber board head enters race for state...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Michael Daniel, a Republican, is challenging Alaska House Rep. Sarah Vance.

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    Cook Inletkeeper Energy Policy Analyst Ben Boettger presents information about retrofitting homes to be more energy efficient at the Cook Inletkeeper Community Action Studio on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Inletkeeper turns focus to energy for next community...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The meeting marked the official kickoff of Cook Inletkeeper’s fourth installment in its local solution series

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    The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska, as seen on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    HEA rates to increase Jan. 1
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The cooperative’s last rate increase took effect in April 2020

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    A pie chart shows Kenai Peninsula Borough School District expenditures by object for the current fiscal year. (Chart via KPBSD)
    ‘Budget 101’: How KPBSD organizes funds
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Finance Director Elizabeth Hayes delivered the presentation to school board members during a Monday work session

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    The Pratt Museum makes a call for local stories to include in January’s participatory exhibit.
    Pratt Museum accepting local stories for January exhibit,...
    By Emilie Springer • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer’s Pratt Museum is opening the new year with their “Our Stories, Our Place” exhibit. Typically in the past the…

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    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)
    Kachemak Bay Campus to host panel on the...
    By Emilie Springer • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    The Kachemak Bay Campus of the University of Alaska will host a five-member open-format conversation about the Israel-Palestine conflict in…

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    Students from Nikiski Middle/High School and Kenai Middle School join Jesse Bjorkman, Ken Felchle and volunteers from the Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Safari Club International on an educational moose hunt in Nikiski, Alaska, on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo provided by Jesse Bjorkman)
    Lessons in big game hunting
    By Jacob Dye • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Students learn to ethically and responsibly harvest a moose and process its meat for food

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    Hilcorp logo.
    Hilcorp seeks exception to oil exploration spacing regs...
    By Emilie Springer • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Hilcorp has applied for an exception that would allow it to begin prospects on an exploratory well closer to adjacent…

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    Western Emergency Services logo. Homer News file photo
    1 dead, 1 hospitalized after small plane crash...
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Dec. 8 crash incident is currently under investigation

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    Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
Alaska Department of Fish and Game logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Board of Fish OKs changes to king salmon,...
    By Jacob Dye • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    The State Board of Fisheries met in Homer last month

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    Teresa Becher watches as beluga whales swim up the Kenai River on Saturday, April 24, 2021. She and her volunteer team monitor belugas in the Cook Inlet. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion file)
    Ship noise may impact endangered Cook Inlet belugas,...
    By Jacob Dye • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Cook Inlet sees traffic and noise from commercial shipping, the international airport, military operations and oil and gas exploration

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    Photo via Seward Journal Facebook page
A stack of the Seward Journal is pictured. The town’s only daily newspaper published its last edition Nov. 27.
    ‘A thing of the past’
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 6, 2023 2:30 am

    Seward Journal calls it quits after struggle to keep newspaper afloat

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    A state plow truck clears snow from the Kenai Spur Highway on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    DOT identifies roads included in brine reduction plan
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 6, 2023 2:30 am

    The department said its goal is to reduce brine use overall in the region by 40%

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