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

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Homer Port and Harbor expansion options reduced to 5 alternatives

The number of alternatives being considered for the Homer Port and Harbor expansion remodeling plans have been reduced…

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Josh Krohn, Kim Wylde and Loren Barrett stand in front of the Brother Asaiah statue at KBBI on Monday.

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Homer’s public radio station KBBI turns 44

On Aug. 4, 1979, Bev Munro flipped a switch and announced “This is KBBI, Homer, Alaska, signing on…

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Collision results in 2 arrests, 1 hospitalized

The collision took place near Mile 115 of the highway, between Kasilof and Clam Gulch

Gary Hollier pulls a sockeye salmon from a set gillnet at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Setnetters see opportunity in shallower nets

State targets sockeye in Kenai test of selective harvest gear

Sockeye salmon carcasses line the shore at North Kenai Beach, Tuesday, July 25, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. The daily number of sockeye salmon counted by sonar in the Kenai River surpassed 100,000 for the first time this year on Tuesday. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai River dipnetting ends Monday, reporting due by Aug. 15

As of Sunday, around 1.25 million sockeye had been counted in the Kenai River’s late run

Trail River cabin is already under construction. (Photo courtesy Harvey Hergett/United States Forest Service)

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Construction of new public use cabins begins in Moose Pass

Construction is beginning for a series of 25 public use recreation cabins, the Forest Service announced Tuesday. A…

Local youth anglers participate in the 15-and-under king salmon fishery on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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ADF&G opens youth coho fishery Saturday

The bag and possession limits for the youth fishery are six coho salmon of any size

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Peony celebration extended

Delayed season brings challenges and benefits

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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.

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Bypass project costs jump, state looks for more funding

The long-planned project aims to reduce traffic congestion through Cooper Landing

Alaska State Troopers investigate a shooting scene on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at the Anchor Point Warehouse in Anchor Point, Alaska, at the store on the Sterling Highway in which an Alaska State Trooper was shot.(Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Anchor Point man convicted of attempted murder, other charges in 2021 trooper shooting

The shooting prompted an overnight manhunt

Salmonfest 2022 crowd at the Ninilchik fairgrounds Photo provided by David Stearns

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Salmonfest returns to Ninilchik Aug. 4-6

Salmonfest returns for the 12th year at the Ninilchik Fairgrounds with performers on four stages. Headliners this year…

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Homer residents support Bristol Bay salmon price protest in Homer on Saturday.

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Homer families support salmon price protest

A small group on Saturday gathered at the corner of the Fish Dock Road in Homer in support…

James Wardlow shows off a salmon filet ready to be hung and dried during a smoked salmon demonstration, part of Fish Week 2023, on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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To fillet a fish

Youth workshop showcases ways of preparing salmon