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U.S. flags decorate graves of military veterans at Memorial Day Ceremonies on Monday, May 30, 2022, at Hickerson Memorial Cemetery near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Honoring the war dead

About 50 show up in Homer to honor the ‘valor of servicemen and women who made that supreme…

The south side of 397 E. Pioneer Avenue as seen on Friday, May 27, 2022. The barn door to the right was cut into the wall of the former Refuge Chapel, a modifcation other tenants of the building claimed had been done in violation of the business condominium association rules. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Old Refuge Chapel declared ‘unsafe to occupy’

Fire marshal said ‘commercial’ activity in old chapel did not have valid plan review.

Members of Homer Flex School's Marine Biology class on April 21, 2022, prepare to deploy a CTD, or conductivity, temperature, and depth, device in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. (Photo provided, Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies)

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Homer Flex students do research in Kachemak Bay

In April, Homer Flex High School’s Marine Biology class was given the exciting opportunity to partner with the…

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

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Peninsula project funding, alcohol reform pass in Juneau

$3,200 PFD payments, education legislation also included

Demonstrators rally in support of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teachers and staff outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, May 26, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Overworked and underpaid’

Rally calls for support for KPBSD staff, teachers

A spruce bark beetle is seen on the underside of a piece of bark taken from logs stacked near Central Peninsula Landfill on Thursday, July 1, 2021, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Emergency harvest of beetle-killed spruce trees approved

The move comes amid an infestation that has spread across Southcentral Alaska

Senate President Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, seen here in this June 16, 2021, file photo, announced Wednesday he will not seek relelection in the Alaska State Senate, where he has served since 2013. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire file)

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Senate president says he won’t run again

“Honor and a privilege.”

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer man dies of COVID-19

Homer man in his 50s did not die recently; 17 other Alaskans reported dead.

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

Brandi Harbaugh gives a presentation during a joint work session on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mill rate decrease, max school funding included in proposed borough budget

The final document is subject to approval by the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly

Having made its maiden voyage to Homer in 2003, the USCGC Hickory left Homer on Friday, May 20, 2022, on its way to Baltimore, Maryland, where it will be refurbished before heading to Guam. In December, the USCGC Aspen will arrive in Homer to take the Hickory's place. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)

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Hickory changes command — and leaves Homer

After 20 years in Homer, Hickory sails off to new assignment in Guam, with Aspen to replace cutter…

Graduates wait to receive diplomas during Connections Homeschool’s commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 19, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Connections honors more than 100 graduates

The home-school program held a ceremony Thursday in Soldotna