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The Sterling Highway crosses the Kenai River near the Russian River Campground on March 15, 2020, near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Russian River Campground reopens for winter

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A banner advertises the “Last-Chance” Craft Bazaar, held in the Chapman School gym on Saturday, Dec. 21<ins>, 2024,</ins> in Anchor Point<ins>, Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Chapman hosts last-chance holiday shopping

The craft fair was held on Saturday and featured local vendors

Homer’s Little Fireweed Academy students grades K-2, teachers and staff deliver donations to Homer’s Food Pantry at the Homer Methodist Church on Friday, Dec. 20. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Little Fireweed donates to food pantry

Homer’s Little Fireweed Academy students on Friday, Dec. 20, delivered three wagons of donations to the Homer Food…

Lisa Gabriel, a member of the Kenai Peninsula Fishermen’s Association Board of Directors, speaks to the Soldotna City Council in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna calls for disaster proclamation in 2024 east side setnet fishery

The governor has recognized economic disasters for local fisheries in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023

City of Homer Public Works employee Andrew Williamson plows city roads during the snow storm that occurred on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Mike Zelinski

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Friday storm knocks out power at South Peninsula Hospital

Backup generators failed to start and the main hospital and campus properties were without power for approximately 90…

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council to hold public hearing on skiff fee exemption

The public hearing is scheduled for Jan. 13

A table used by parties to a case sits empty in Courtroom 4 of the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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June trial date set for troopers indicted for felony assault

Jason Woodruff and Joseph Miller Jr. are accused of assault for conduct in May arrest

Record cover for "Snow Sky," by Touche or Ames Kincaid, a Homer freshman musician. Songs will be provided at the Alice's event on Dec. 21. Photo provided by Christopher Kincaid.

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Food pantry fundraiser scheduled at Alice’s

Christopher Kincaid is organizing and hosting a Christmas music event at Alice’s Champagne Palace on Dec. 21 starting…

Emilie Springer/Homer News Kachemak Bay Campus fall 2024 Semester by the Bay students receive their certificates of completion on Thursday, Dec. 12<ins>, 2024,</ins> in KBC’s Pioneer Hall<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Students complete Semester by the Bay at Kachemak campus

The fall 2024 cohort of Semester by the Bay students at the Kachemak Bay Campus finished their semester…

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Anchor Point community awards return

Nominations may be submitted through Jan. 19

Seward City Hall is seen under cloudy skies in Seward, Alaska, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward council approves 2025 and 2026 budget

The move comes after a series of public hearings

A map shows the areas, in purple and brown, where spruce beetle mitigation is planned. (Provided by U.S. Forest Service)

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Spruce tree mitigation set for Seward district of Chugach National Forest

Mitigation efforts set for summer and winter through 2029

A poster for the Seward Chamber of Commerce's New Year's Eve Fireworks Display. (Provided by Seward Chamber of Commerce)

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Seward to celebrate holidays with fireworks, decorating contest

Fireworks are set for Dec. 31 at 8 p.m.