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    Alaska World Arts Festival returns for 7th year
    By Chloe Pleznac • September 10, 2025 8:30 am

    The annual event, which aims to cultivate connections through the arts, will kick off on Friday, Sept. 12.

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    The basket catches fire on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025 at Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Homer ‘OPENS’ itself to annual Burning Basket project
    By Chloe Pleznac • September 10, 2025 8:30 am

    This year’s basket was the 22nd to be created in Homer.

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    Artist Rosemary "Rozzi" Redmond shows a series of acrylic paintings with fishing themes at Grace Ridge Brewing in Homer, Alaska. The exhibit is open through September 2025. Photo by Christina Whiting
    Art for an ocean life
    By Christina Whiting • September 10, 2025 1:30 am

    Redmond’s current exhibit aims to connect with those who have experienced similar thrills and excitement while on the water.

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    Vice President Kelly Cooper speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Assembly OKs information campaign on ballot measures
    By Jacob Dye • September 10, 2025 1:30 am

    The education campaign would highlight “challenges” related to citizen-led initiatives on this year’s ballot.

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    A beach along Kachemak Bay is photographed in 2018. (Homer News file)
    State issues alert for toxic shellfish found in...
    By Chloe Pleznac • September 9, 2025 6:30 am

    Shellfish from “the inner bay” have been found to contain amounts of toxins responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning.

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    President Zen Kelly speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, July 7, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board authorizes $1.8 million in new, restored...
    By Jacob Dye • September 9, 2025 1:30 am

    The spending comes in response to the increase in funding received from the state this year.

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    A table used by parties to a case sits empty in Courtroom 4 of the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Nikiski man convicted of murdering his mother
    By Jacob Dye • September 8, 2025 1:30 am

    River Aspelund, 23, was convicted in August for the 2022 killing.

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    Henry Knackstedt, Alex Douthit, Victoria Askin and Bridget Grieme participate in a forum with candidates for Kenai mayor and city council at the Kenai Community Library in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai mayoral, city council candidates talk city’s future...
    By Jacob Dye • September 8, 2025 1:30 am

    The forum was the third in a series of forums leading up to the Oct. 7 municipal election.

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    Ceramics by Jenny Nakao are on display through September 2025 at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Bunnell Street Arts Center
    1st Friday of fall
    By Christina Whiting • September 4, 2025 1:30 am

    Fall is in the air and new art is on display in Homer’s galleries.

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    The Kenai Municipal Airport is seen on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Kenai to receive $1.6M federal grant for airport...
    By Jacob Dye • September 4, 2025 1:30 am

    The city had previously appropriated around $519,000 for the project.

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    Reeling ‘Em In: What happened to summer?
    By Nick Varney • September 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Read on for the final fishing report of the season.

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    Sample ballots are displayed in Kenai City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Voter registration deadline is Sunday
    By Jacob Dye • September 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Election day is Tuesday, Oct. 7.

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    U.S. Rep. Nick Begich III, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and Alaska Board of Fisheries Chair Märit Carlson-Van Dort participate in a panel on Alaska king salmon legislation and regulation during the Kenai Classic Roundtable hosted by the Kenai River Sportfishing Association at the Soldotna Field House on Aug. 20, 2025, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Salmon focus of annual KRSA roundtable
    By Jacob Dye • September 3, 2025 1:30 am

    Discussions centered on the decline of the species in the Kenai River and across the state.

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