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Council looks toward sister city 40th anniversary

Homer City Council passed Resolution 23-128 at their last regular meeting on Monday, Nov. 27, supporting the creation…

Kachemak Bay Campus Director Dr. Reid Brewer (left) presents valedictorian Elizabeth Rozeboom (right) with her Associate of Arts diploma during the 2023 KBC Commencement on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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KBC director resigns to transition into new career

Dr. Reid Brewer will take up a NOAA position at Kasitsna Bay Lab

Homer Airport Terminal and Cargo Facility on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Kenai Aviation to depart Homer

Airline will halt service at Homer Airport by year’s end

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council resolves to create comprehensive plan steering committee

After awarding a contract to Agnew Beck consulting firm for the development of a new comprehensive plan at…

Illustration via City of Seward.

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Seward council backs pursuit of funds by clinic for new facility

Members of the Seward City Council on Monday backed the Seward Community Health Center’s efforts to build a…

Soldotna High School senior Josiah Burton testifies in opposition to the proposed cut of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District theater technicians while audience members look on during a board of education meeting on Monday, March 6, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School board finance group reviews expenditures ahead of upcoming budget cycle

As the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District prepares to grapple with another $13 million deficit for the upcoming…

Homer resident Sally Wills poses with her recent publication “The Tackle Box Fairies” at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska, in early November. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Homer children’s book author tackles illustration in latest ‘Fairies’ book

Homer artist and children’s book writer Sally Wills recently met with the Homer News to talk about her…

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 offers evening course on raising and caring for chickens

Casey Matney, associate professor with the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service, is providing a course on…

The 2023-2024 Homer Elk’s Lodge Hoop Shoot competition, from left to right: Max Fefelov, Dylan Waltenbough, Dottie Sylce, Andrew Marley, Rio Waltenbough, John Chapple V, Tayla Darr. Back: Heath Smith Elks Hoop Shoot Director, on Saturday, Nov. 24th, in Homer, Alaska.

Sports

Homer Elks Lodge hosts Hoop Shoot free-throw contest

After over 50 years of national contests, the free-throw contest has continued to rouse competition

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Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska.

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Grand jury adds charges in October killing of Homer woman

An Arkansas man who was arrested on a murder charge in the October killing of a Homer woman…

Front parcel of land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road purchased by Doyon Limited in March 2023. Image from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assessing Department parcel viewer.

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Public hearing on re-zoning of Lighthouse Village scheduled

The re-zoning would accomodate Doyon hotel plans on Homer Spit

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Board of Fish meets in Homer this week

The meeting will discuss proposals related to Cook Inlet fishery regulations

Members of the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee raise hands to vote in favor of a proposal during a meeting at Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Silver salmon, personal use fishing discussed by advisory committee

The group set their recommendations on a variety of proposals to the State Board of Fisheries