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Homer Spit Run 10K and half marathon happening next weekend

The annual racing event, sponsored by the Kachemak Bay Running Club, is a Homer tradition

Homer Volunteer Fire Department works to extinguish an abandoned building on Lake Street on Friday, June 21, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting/courtesy)

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Abandoned Lake Street building burns down

Homer Police Department called it a “complete loss.”

Girl Scout Troop 210, which includes Caitlyn Eskelin, Emma Hindman, Kadie Newkirk and Lyberty Stockman, present their “Bucket Trees” to a panel of judges in the 34th Annual Caring for the Kenai Competition at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Caring for the Kenai winners receive EPA award

Winning team of the 34th annual Caring for the Kenai was selected for the President’s Environmental Youth Award

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Family boating safety course offered next week

Kachemak Bay Campus is offering a family boating safety course June 26-28 with instructor Janel Harris.

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Former Homer dance instructor Lorraine Haas to hold ‘Memory Train’ open house

The event will take place at the Faith Lutheran Church on Saturday, June 22, from 3 p.m. to…

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Veterans History Project tour to come to Homer

A group of Anchorage military veterans will come to Homer next week to tour the community and participate…

The Economic Development Advisory Commission discusses the prospects of a citywide business licensing program in Homer, Alaska at their last regular meeting on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in the Cowles Council Chambers at Homer City Hall. Screenshot.

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City to continue considering business license program

The Economic Development Advisory Commission is researching the merits and impacts of a city business license at the…

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council to consider funding for community rec center

A public hearing will be held on the ordinance in July

A seal pup rescued from the Kenai Beach is in the care of the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response Program in Seward, Alaska, on June 6, 2024. (Photo provided by Alaska SeaLife Center)

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2nd seal pup rescued in Kenai, ASLC now caring for 4

A second newborn seal was rescued on Kenai Beach and admitted by the Alaska SeaLife Center’s Wildlife Response…

State of Alaska Department of Law logo. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska Department of Law

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Man convicted of multiple counts of felony sexual assault

A Homer jury last week found a man guilty of multiple sexual assault felonies.

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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Dipnets for commercial setnet fishers given emergency approval by CFEC

Up to three 12-hour periods of commercial dipnetting “may” be allowed each week from June 20 to July…

Sockeye salmon caught in a set gillnet are dragged up onto the beach 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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2023 east side setnet fishery affirmed as resource disaster

Disasters have been recognized for 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023

The Blood Bank of Alaska’s new Kenai Peninsula center is seen in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, June 17, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Blood Bank relaunches permanent center on Kenai Peninsula

The new location joins others in Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and Wasilla