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    Lady Lions Marcia Lowe, Julie Small and Linda Petkash with the Homer Lions Club conduct sign-ups for Thanksgiving food boxes at the Homer United Methodist Church in Homer, Alaska. More than 230 families requested food boxes this year, an increase from 166 boxes in 2024. Photo provided by Deb Schmidt
    Feeding a hungrier community
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 4, 2025 5:30 pm

    The Homer Community Food Pantry is seeing increased local need in the face of federal government impacts.

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    The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
    Assembly amends ordinance capping tax exemptions
    By Chloe Anderson • October 31, 2025 2:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday divided a large chapter of tax code into four new chapters.

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    A sockeye salmon is carried from the waters of Cook Inlet on North Kenai Beach in Kenai, Alaska, during the first day of the Kenai River personal use dipnet fishery on Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Alaska Department of Fish and Game publishes 2025...
    By Chloe Anderson • October 30, 2025 5:30 pm

    The 2025 commercial harvest was 41% greater than the recent 20-year annual average.

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    Homer Electric Association CEO and General Manager Brad Janorschke discusses the future of natural gas and impacts on HEA during a community meeting on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, at the VFW Post 10221 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Homer Electric Association talks strategy, energy diversification
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 30, 2025 8:30 am

    HEA representatives met with Anchor Point residents last Thursday as part of their annual series of community meetings across the Kenai Peninsula.

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    The Homer High School varsity volleyball team holds up their trophy after winning first place in the silver bracket at the Dimond/Service Tourney on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo provided by Brenna Dornellas
    Homer volleyball earns top spot in 2nd tourney...
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 29, 2025 12:30 pm

    The Lady Mariners will finish out conference play against Kenai, Redington and Houston this week.

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    An aerial photograph shows the coastal bluff running parallel to the Sterling Highway in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys
    Community discusses landslide hazard mitigation at forum
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 29, 2025 12:30 pm

    Researchers held a community-focused conversation on landslide hazards and potential mitigation avenues last Tuesday at Kachemak Bay Campus.

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    The Homer Mariners varsity football team celebrates their victory after the Division III state championships game on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Wasilla, Alaska. Photo provided by Justin Zank
    Homer football receives Division III All-State awards
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 29, 2025 8:30 am

    Players on the Homer High School Mariners varsity football team were selected for Division III football awards last week.

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    Nikolaevsk School is photographed on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    School board continues consideration of Nikolaevsk charter school
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 29, 2025 2:30 am

    The board reviewed the initial charter application on Oct. 20 and will hold another work session and a special meeting before issuing their final decision.

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    "The Angler Fish" is a handcrafted sterling silver brooch by artist Carley Conemac that features a silver clay angler fish and a Mexican fire opal inset, and is on display in Conemac's exhibit at Homer Council on the Arts through October. Photo provided by Carley Conemac
    Alchemizing nature into art
    By Christina Whiting • October 29, 2025 1:30 am

    Homer metalsmith showcases body of work featuring natural treasures preserved in metal clay.

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    Daniel Jager is the new fire chief for the Homer Volunteer Fire Department as of Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Photo provided by Daniel Jager
    City hires new fire chief
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 25, 2025 8:30 am

    The Homer City Council confirmed Daniel Jager as the new Homer Volunteer Fire Department chief on Oct. 13.

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    A sea otter pup rescued in Homer in the summer of 2025 receives care from the Alaska SeaLife Center and Chicago's Shedd Aquarium while being rehabilitated at ASLC in Seward, Alaska. Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center
    Alaska SeaLife Center partners with Chicago aquarium to...
    By Chloe Anderson • October 24, 2025 8:30 pm

    The pup has reached important milestones thanks to ASLC and Shedd Aquarium’s collaborative efforts.

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    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)
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)
    School board swears in elected members
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 24, 2025 5:30 pm

    Mica VanBuskirk and Ash-Lee Waddell were newly elected to the board in October; Patti Truesdell was reelected to her seat.

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    More than 100 community members packed into a combined classroom in Pioneer Hall during the Citizen's Town Hall meeting on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. Approximately 30-40 additional audience members were seated in an overflow area in the Pioneer Hall commons. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Town hall discussion centers on 1st Amendment rights
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 23, 2025 1:30 am

    The event was sponsored by the House District 6 Accountability Project.

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