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    Homer Forest School logo. (Image from Homer Forest School draft charter)
    Homer group envisions school in nature
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 15, 2022 2:30 am

    Homer Forest School would offer KPBSD students a learning model focused on immersion in the outdoors

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    Health leaders monitoring surge in respiratory viruses
    Health leaders monitoring surge in respiratory viruses
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 14, 2022 2:30 am

    Local and state health care leaders are monitoring a group of respiratory viruses on the rise nationwide and in Alaska.

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    Booths at the Homer Rotary Health Fair on Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Homer High School Commons in Homer. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)
    Health Fair returns to in-person
    By Charlie Menke • November 10, 2022 1:30 am

    People who attended the Homer Rotary Club Health Fair last Saturday might have walked out of Homer High School feeling…

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    A map showing tracts available as part of an upcoming state oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet. (Map via Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Oil and Gas)
    State to begin accepting Cook Inlet oil and...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 9, 2022 2:30 am

    Bidding will open Dec. 12 and close on Dec. 28 at 4 p.m.

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    The Homer Public Library as seen on Aug. 18, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (File photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Library Advisory Board to consider petition to move...
    By Michael Armstrong • November 9, 2022 2:30 am

    Update: This story has been updated to include a list of LGQBT+ books the petitioners have asked to be moved…

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Larry Opperman waves a sign in support of Alaska House candidate Justin Ruffridge at the intersection of the Kenai Spur and Sterling highways on Tuesday in Soldotna.
    Enthusiasm, busy polls mark local Election Day
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 8, 2022 2:30 am

    Higher voter turnout and high spirits among candidates marked Election Day on the central peninsula. Residents throughout Kenai and Soldotna…

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    People visit at the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, for a memorial for Anesha “Duffy” Murnane and the dedication of the bench. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Calderwood to be extradited to Alaska
    By Michael Armstrong • November 3, 2022 2:30 am

    Man accused of killing Anesha “Duffy” Murnane pleads guilty to Utah charges, will come back to Alaska.

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    Candidates for Alaska State Senate District C Gary Stevens, on screen, left, and Heath Smith, on screen, right, participate remotely in a forum held at the Soldotna Public Library on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Southern peninsula State Senate candidates face off in...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 2, 2022 2:30 am

    Incumbent Gary Stevens and challengers Heath Smith and Walter Jones are all running for the seat

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    Photo via Alaska State Troopers
Ronald Dean Beyering.
    Man wanted in Funny River shooting, fire remains...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • November 2, 2022 2:30 am

    Troopers located a vehicle associated with Beyering

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    Consular Masaru Aniya bestows Yasuko Lehtinen with the Foreign Minister Commendation on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022, at Kenai Peninsula College in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Friendship, goodwill and cultural understanding
    By Jacob Dye • November 2, 2022 1:30 am

    KPC professor honored for fostering relationship between Kenai Peninsula and Japan

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    Patrick Simpson speaks about his recycled plastic lumber project at a Kenai Peninsula College Showcase on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Recovery effort turns plastic into lumber
    By Jacob Dye • November 2, 2022 1:30 am

    Entrepreneur Patrick Simpson, of Alaska Plastic Recovery, has worked for much of the year with local advocacy groups like Cook…

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    A Homer Youth Orchestra Club rehearsal is conducted by Abimael Melendez. (Photo Courtesy Kim Fine)
    Youth orchestra to bring the sounds of Halloween...
    By Jacob Dye • October 27, 2022 1:30 am

    Homer OPUS’s Homer Youth String Orchestra Club will bring seasonal sounds and storytelling to the city on Sunday with Spooky…

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    Candidates for Alaska State House District 6 Ginger Bryant, on screen, left, and Louie Flora, on screen, right, participate remotely in a forum held at the Soldotna Public Library on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Southern peninsula House candidates Zoom into Monday forum
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • October 25, 2022 2:30 am

    Nonpartisan candidates Ginger Bryant and Louie Flora participated

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