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The Naushon sits in the Homer Harbor during its decommissioning ceremony on Friday, March 21, 2025, on Freight Dock Road on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Former USCG cutter Naushon decommissioned

A ceremony in its honor was held Friday, March 21.

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Tournament champion Zach Weimann holds up his first-place trophy during the 2025 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament on Saturday.

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Weimann wins fishing tournament championship

The 31st annual Homer Winter King Tournament saw high turnout Saturday.

The three survivors of a Sunday afternoon plane crash are found atop the wing of their plane near Tustumena Lake in Kasilof, Alaska, on Monday, March 24, 2025. (Photo by Dale Eicher)

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All occupants of Sunday evening plane crash rescued

Troopers were told first around 10:30 p.m. Sunday that a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser was overdue.

An Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection vehicle stands among trees in Funny River, Alaska, on Oct. 2, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Early fire season begins with 2 small blazes reported and controlled

As of March 17, burn permits are required for all state, private and municipal lands.

A researcher points out fragments of elodea found in the upper stretches of Crescent Creek caught on tree branches and down logs. (Emily Heale/Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association)

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Local conservation district feels impacts of federal funding freeze

Moves by the Trump administration earlier this year to freeze federal grants, loans and aid and to slash…

A draft of three budget scenarios that would implement deep cuts is considered during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, March 3, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer Flex reacts to potential consolidation plan, staffing cuts

Former students and faculty took to social media to share their experiences and perspectives.

Shrubs grow outside of the Kenai Courthouse on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer Middle School teacher arrested on charges of sexual assault and burglary

By Chloe Pleznac

City of Homer Special Projects and Communications Coordinator Jenny Carroll points to a posterboard of one of the proposed harbor alternatives while talking with community members during the Homer Harbor Expansion public meeting on Saturday, March 15, 2025 at Kachemak Bay Campus. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Homer Harbor expansion project shares updates on $4.2 million feasibility study

The purpose of the meeting was to share updates on the feasibility study and garner public comments.

An aerial photograph shows the area where the new Seward Cruise Ship Terminal will be constructed. (Screenshot/Seward Company image)

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Work begins on new Seward cruise ship terminal

Work has begun at the site of the new cruise ship terminal in Seward. That’s what Mickey Richardson,…

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council passes studio zoning ordinance

Ordinance 25-20 permits studios in three additional zoning districts in Homer.

Rika Mouw testifies in opposition to an ordinance that would have rezoned a wetlands parcel during the Homer City Council meeting on Monday, March 10, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Council shuts down wetlands rezone

The community opposed Ordinance 25-27, which would have rezoned a rural residential parcel to the East End Mixed…

Jim Anderson, vice president of the Homer Chamber of Commerce board of directors, speaks during a public hearing at the Homer City Council meeting on Monday, March 10, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Council petitions state board for liquor licenses

Resolution 25-016 received community support during a public hearing last Monday.

Cathy Stingley will receive the 2025 Woman of Distinction Award on Saturday, April 5<ins>, 2025,</ins> at the Haven House Women of Distinction Awards.

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Haven House to award 2025 Women of Distinction

The awards ceremony will take place on April 5.