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A demonstrator holds up a sign during the “No Kings” protest on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Homer hits the streets to say ‘No Kings’

Around 700 gathered locally as part of a nationwide protest.

During the Homer City Council meeting on Monday, June 9, 2025, Homer mayor Rachel Lord recognizes staff members of the City of Homer wastewater treatment facility for winning the Large Wastewater System of the Year award at a state conference in Anchorage earlier in June. Photo courtesy of Melissa Jacobsen

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Mayor recognizes city wastewater team for state award

The City of Homer wastewater management team received the Large Wastewater System of the Year award at a…

David Meyer. Photo courtesy of Chantrelle Meyer

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Volunteers continue search for missing Happy Valley man

David Meyer was reported missing June 11 while kayaking in Cook Inlet.

People carrying flags and signs line the Sterling Highway for a "No Kings" protest in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, June 14, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna ‘No Kings’ protest draws hundreds

The nationwide protest came the same day as a military parade organized at the behest of the Trump…

Leads for the Sterling Safety Corridor Improvements Project field questions and showcase their “preferred design” during an open house meeting at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Preferred design alternative for Sterling Highway safety corridor introduced at town hall

The project is intended to redesign and construct improvements to the highway to reduce the number of fatal…

The Cutting Edge Crew, including Jonathan Bloch, Maria Bloch, Nathan Kincaid, Misty Kincaid and Nicole Reynolds, donate their first place prize of $500 to Homer Little League during the Homer Steps Up celebration on June 5, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital

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‘The Cutting Edge Crew’ wins 2025 Homer Steps Up Challenge

The group chose to donate their $500 win to Homer Little League

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Leveling up at the Homer library

Summer reading program encourages youth reading and engagement through the summer months.

A Sitka black-tailed deer peers through the undergrowth of the Tongass National Forest in an undated photo. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

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Alaska developing plans to introduce deer to southern Kenai Peninsula

Strategy development for the project follows a public proposal introduced in 2023.

Larry Bernbeck poses for a photo with Tugster on Thursday, June 5, 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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A long-term dream, realized in miniature

‘Tugster’, a flat-bottom boat replica, measures 14 feet, 10 inches.

Woman of Wisdom Roberta Highland holds her award from South Peninsula Haven House in this photo taken July 25, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy South Peninsula Haven House)

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Borough assembly commends Roberta Highland

The longtime Homer resident passed away in April.

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Sockeye yet to make an appearance on Russian, Kenai rivers

Northern Kenai fishing report

Anchor Point Library director Deanna Thomas works the front counter on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Anchor Point Library awarded Rasmuson grant

Grant funding will relieve issues with the building’s septic system.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a meeting of the KPBSD Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPBSD issues notice of non-retention to pool managers, theater techs and library aides

Those notices were issued due to the ongoing uncertainty in state education funding.