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    Haylee Overson circles the arena with the Alaska flag on Sunday, July 6, 2025 at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
    Ninilchik Rodeo celebrates riding over holiday weekend
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News • July 8, 2025 2:30 am

    The rodeo has been an annual event on the peninsula since the 1960s.

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    Hunter Kirby holds up the hatchery king salmon he bagged during the one-day youth fishery on the Ninilchik River on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Photo by Mike Booz
    Ninilchik River closed to sport fishing
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 18, 2025 1:30 am

    The closure is in effect from June 23 through July 15.

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    Western Emergency Services logo. Homer News file photo
    Wildfire reported in Ninilchik over holiday weekend
    By Chloe Pleznac Homer News Writer • June 2, 2025 2:30 am

    The human-caused fire spread to 1.6 acres before being contained.

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    VFW Post 10221 member Eric Henley performs the battlefield cross during a Memorial Day ceremony held at the Anchor Point Kallman Cemetery on Monday, May 26, 2025, near Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    ‘A solemn day of remembrance’
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 27, 2025 1:30 am

    Memorial Day services were held on the lower Kenai Peninsula on Monday.

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    Nikiski’s Kameron Bird is pressured by Ninilchik’s Kade McCorison at the Keith Presley Memorial Tournament on Friday, February 14, 2025, at Ninilchik School in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    Friday hoops: Ninilchik girls, boys both win at...
    By Jeff Helminiak • February 20, 2025 1:30 am

    The Ninilchik girls and boys basketball teams both separated themselves from the competition with tough, physical basketball Friday night at…

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    Ninilchik receives federal transit funding
    By Delcenia Cosman • January 22, 2025 1:30 am

    The award came from the Federal Transit Administration’s Tribal Transit Program

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    The southbound lane of Homer Spit Road, which was damaged by the Nov. 16 storm surge, is temporarily repaired with gravel and reopened on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    Governor declares state disaster emergency following storm damage
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    The declaration applies to Homer and Ninilchik

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    Homer Public Library (Photo by Sarah Knapp)
    Full state funding restored to libraries for FY25
    By Delcenia Cosman • October 24, 2024 1:30 am

    A supplemental Public Library Assistance grant was awarded to Alaska libraries on Oct. 15

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    Libraries face uncertainty in wake of funding cuts
    By Delcenia Cosman • September 26, 2024 1:30 am

    The annual Public Library Assistance Grant funding was cut for 82 libraries statewide for FY2025

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    Grace Angivran Moore-Anderson (left) and Austin Anderson (right) participate in the second annual Great Salmon Run on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Ninilchik, Alaska. Moore-Anderson came in third in the women's category. Photo provided by Tiffany McCorison
    2nd annual Great Salmon Run draws participants statewide
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 8, 2024 1:30 am

    Sponsored by Thrive Ninilchik, the 5K race was held during Salmonfest weekend

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    Fishing vessel capsizes near Ninilchik, all occupants rescued
    By Jacob Dye • June 5, 2024 1:30 am

    There were four adults and two juveniles on the boat

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    ‘May the spirit of Memorial Day remind us...
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 29, 2024 1:30 am

    Memorial Day services were held on the lower Kenai Peninsula on Monday

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    A bag of freshly dug razor clams is held aloft at the Ninilchik Beach in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, July 1, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    No clamming in Ninilchik or Clam Gulch this...
    By Jacob Dye • May 29, 2024 1:30 am

    Adult abundance “well below” fishery thresholds on both beaches

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