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Quentin Simeon is photographed in Homer in February 2023.

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Quentin Simeon has stories to tell

He will present the living tradition of contemporary Yup’ik storytelling

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The waters of Cook Inlet lap against Nikishka Beach in Nikiski, Alaska, where several local fish sites are located, on Friday, March 24, 2023.

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Unprecedented closures threaten setnet way of life

Setnetters have been vocal about their opposition to the way their fishery is managed

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Homer man convicted of domestic violence assault

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Jerry Burnett, chair of the Board of Game, speaks during their Southcentral meeting on Friday, March 17, 2023, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Board of Game decides on local proposals

Trapping setbacks, archery hunts and duck restrictions were up for consideration

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South Peninsula Hospital Foundation Jeffrey Eide facilitates a small group workshop during the community conversation on housing solutions in the greater Homer area at Christian Community Church on Saturday.

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Community shares insight on housing

Nearly 100 residents of the greater Homer area on Saturdayattended a community forum on housing solutions.

The Homer Education and Recreation Complex at the corner of the Sterling Highway and Pioneer Avenue. (Homer News file photo)

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City council holds special HERC work session

The Homer City Council held a special work session March 20 to hear a presentation on next steps…

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

The Homer Spit and the Kenai Mountains are photographed of Monday, May 17, 2021, as seen from West Hill in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes west of Homer

The earthquake occurred just after 7 a.m.

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan speaks before the Board of Game during their Southcentral meeting on Friday, March 17, 2023 at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Game hears testimony on trapping setbacks

Public testimony on the proposals being considered will be accepted through Saturday

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Homer to host community housing conversation

A coalition of community organizations will host on Saturday a public conversation on the current housing shortage in…

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The Homer City Council discusses overriding the mayor’s vetoes during their regular meeting on March 13 in the Cowles Council Chambers at City Hall in Homer.

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City council postpones vote on comp plan veto override

The Homer City Council last week delayed until its next regular meeting a vote that could undo the…

Foreground: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland, left, and KPBSD Finance Director Liz Hayes, right, speak about the district’s fiscal year 2024 budget during a work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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School district, borough mull budget shortfall as cuts loom

The two groups convened for a work session Tuesday

Mike Crawford, Chair of the Kenai/Soldotna Fish and Game Advisory Committee, writes the language of an amendment to Board of Game Proposal 105, passed unanimously by the committee during a meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Game to meet this weekend in Soldotna

The Southcentral Region Meeting is scheduled to run from Friday to Tuesday