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Luke Karpic and Oscar Marcou smile as they write their response to a question posed during Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Middle School Battle of the Books competition on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, at Kenai Middle School in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Reading and competing

Academic contest champions literacy

From left, Dave Carey, Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings, Zach Hamilton and Peter Micciche participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough mayor candidate forum on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough mayoral candidates participate in Tuesday forum

The forum was hosted by the Peninsula Clarion and KDLL 91.9 FM in partnership with the Central Peninsula…

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

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Benefit will support family of Nepal plane crash victim

The Down East Saloon will host a benefit on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 2-5 p.m. for the family…

Homer High School Computer Science Students. Andrew Skillingstad, Chloe Gall,  Halen Nordstrom, Cecilia Fitzpatrick, Zane Sanchez, Regan Baker, Coleman Stephens, Elsa Otis, Leland Curtis, Samson Isaac, Brennan Steen, Caleb Brow (note:several female students were absent on this day).   Photo provided by Jan Spurkland.

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Homer High School earns computer science female diversity award

Homer High School has earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female…

Amy Russell

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West Homer staff member receives Paraeducator of the Year Award

West Homer staff member Amy Russell received the State of Alaska Special Education Paraeducator of the Year Award…

Lance Petersen directs “The Music Man” for Pier One Theatre in Homer, Alaska. (Photo contributed by Pier One Theatre)

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‘He built a world of true community’

Lance Petersen, Homer theater pioneer, dead at 81

Soldotna City Council members interview city manager applicant Elke Doom (on screen) during a special city council meeting on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna council interviews city manager candidates

The city announced last November that Soldotna City Manager Stephanie Queen will be stepping down

Alaska SeaLife Center Seasonal Animal Care Specialist Emma Begalka interacts with Mist the Steller sea lion in the Underwater viewing area at the Alaska SeaLife Center during an enrichment session on Nov. 30, 2022. Mist unexpectedly passed away on January 23, 2023 after staff observed seizure-like tremors. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Young sea lion dies unexpectedly at SeaLife Center

Mist, who was approximately 2-and-a-half years old, had been socializing with three other Steller sea lions

Kachemak Emergency Services logo.

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Lawsuit: Borough retaliated against harassment complaint

The suit says the borough violated the “covenant of good faith and fair dealing” and caused “severe emotional…

Soldotna Police Chief Gene Meek leads attendees in exercises during a “Toss A Cop” event at the All American Training Center on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Toss A Cop’ women’s safety class draws more than 70

The curriculum used during Saturday’s five-hour class was created by Homer Police Department Lt. Ryan Browning

Library Director Dave Berry and Advisory Board Chair Kate Finn on Tuesday Jan. 17 at Homer City Hall. Photo by Emilie Springer

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Homer Library Advisory Board upholds decision to retain LGBTQ+ books

A citizen’s group last year submitted a petition asking that the books be removed from the children’s section

Emergency personnel respond to a fire on R/V Qualifier, in the Northern Enterprises Boatyard on Kachemak Drive, Jan. 19, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photos by Nika Wolfe)

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Research and support vessel catches fire in boatyard

The fire was first reported by crew members on board the vessel.