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Kelley Cizek speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, July 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPBSD reverses budget cuts after Dunleavy approves one-time funding increase

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will operate under a budget without any cuts during the next school…

Retiring Homer Foundation Executive Director Mike Miller. (Photo provided)

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Homer Foundation appoints new executive director

The Homer Foundation board of directors has named Stacey Schultz as the new executive director, according to a…

Sockeye salmon are gathered together at a test site for selective harvest setnet gear in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Commission rejects permanent use of dipnets in Cook Inlet setnet fisheries

Emergency approval of dipnets will remain effective into September

U.S. Department of Justice Logo. (Graphic by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai man pleads guilty to threatening U.S. Senator

Sentencing is set for Oct. 1, where Graham will face up to five years in prison

Assembly member Brent Hibbert speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly tables bed tax, will pick a date for further consideration at next meeting

The resolution says that the proposed borough tax would be “up to” 12%

Jack Penning, managing partner at Volaire Aviation, speaks to the Kenai City Council in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Airport can support expansion, study says

New services could include a direct line to Seattle

The Regent Seven Seas Explorer Cruise Ship arrives at the Deep Water Dock from Japan on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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City continues cruise ship evaluation

The June 28 landing of the Westerdam will provide key data for Homer handling of larger ships

Grey Wilson, of Wilson’s Proper Edge, sharpens a knife at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘No point in cutting with dull knives’

Market fixture Wilson’s Proper Edge a unique mobile tool-sharpening service

Kristen Faulkner is pictured in her official Olympic portrait photo. (Photo by Evan Kay with Climb High Productions, provided by Kristen Faulkner)

Sports

Homer athlete qualifies for Olympic Cycling team

Faulkner said her youth in Alaska contributed to her position with the Olympics now.

A sockeye salmon rests atop a cooler at the mouth of the Kasilof River on Monday, June 26, 2023, in Kasilof, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kasilof River dipnetting area widened

The increase in area is justified by high passage of sockeye salmon on the river

Carla Klinker poses with a long nettle stalk at the Homer News office on Saturday, June 22, 2024 in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

Community

Carla Klinker to teach nettle fiber workshop at the Pratt Museum

Homer multimedia artist Carla Klinker will teach a nettle fiber workshop at the Pratt Museum on June 29…

The cast of Spit Tunes is photographed at Alice’s Champagne Palace in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Lee Johnson

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‘Spit Tunes,’ a local musical comedy, opens at Alice’s Tuesday

Sally Oberstein and Michael McKinney’s “Spit Tunes” musical comedy opens July 9 at 8 p.m. at Alice’s Champagne…

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Fun in the solstice sun

2nd annual Summer Solstice Fair was held on Saturday