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Kenai power outage delays printing of Homer News

A power outage in Kenai that affected the printer has delayed printing of the Nov. 18 edition.

Eldred Rock Lighthouse in the Lynn Canal served as a navigational beacon for generations of mariners. Local volunteers are working to preserve it for future generations of lighthouse enthusiasts. (Courtesy Photo/Matthew York)

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Local volunteers work to restore, preserve and share historic lighthouse

Many hands make lighthouse work.

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Murkowski makes candidacy official

‘A feud from outside.’

A map of Kachemak Bay State Park shows proposed land additions A, B and C in House Bill 52 and the Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery. (Map courtesy of Alaska State Parks)

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HB 52 ‘cures’ land disposal issue of Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery

HB 52 would take hatchery out of Kachemak State Park and add also lands to park.

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Police and family are searching for 29-year-old Clifford K. White, who has been missing for several weeks and was last seen near Switzer Village.

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Family seeks information on missing man as search continues

He’s been missing for several weeks, and was last seen in Switzer Village.

The 2021 Board Proclamation for the Kenai Peninsula shows the redistricting plan adopted by the Alaska Redistricting Board on Nov. 10, 2021. (akredistrict.org)

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New boundaries, shortened terms for local senators after redistricting

The board paired new Alaska State House Districts with Senate districts Wednesday.

A reader board sign on the Sterling Highway announces COVID-19 testing and vaccines at the South

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Test rate drops in Homer area

No new deaths reported for Kenai Peninsula.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson presides over a meeting of the assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly considers nixing in-person meetings in Homer, Seward

Members discussed if the meetings were necessary with public Zoom access available.

Upper Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone can be seen on this map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image via fisheries.noaa.gov)

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Fisherman challenge EEZ closure

The closure affects an area of Cook Inlet from south of Kalgin Island to about Anchor Point.

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

Community

School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

Assembly President Brent Johnson presides over a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association looks to put weir at Delight Creek

The borough assembly passed legislation supporting the association’s application for grant funds

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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District changes substitute requirements amid shortage

The changes are focused on streamlining the application process.

The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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Borough looks to tap rescue funds for projects

About $3.4 million of American Rescue Plan Act was allocated for “pay-go” infrastructure projects.