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Alaska SeaLife Center Animal Care Specialist Maddie Welch (left) and Veterinary Technician Jessica Davis (right) feeds the orphaned female Pacific walrus calf patient that arrived from Utqiagvik, Alaska on Monday, July 22, 2024. Walruses are rare patients for the Wildlife Response Department, with only eleven total and just one other female since the ASLC opened in 1998. Photo by Kaiti Grant

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Female Pacific walrus calf admitted to Alaska SeaLife Center

The walrus calf, rescued from Utqiagvik, was admitted on July 22

Amandine Testu. Photo courtesy of Delta Wind

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Missing hiker in Kachemak Bay State Park found

Park rangers reported Amandine Testu as ‘overdue’ Wednesday morning

A harbor seal pup rescued from near the Copper River Delta is photographed at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo provided by Alaska SeaLife Center)

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2 more seals admitted to SeaLife Center

Wildlife response team is now caring for six harbor seal pups

Ben London, from Seattle, Washington, crosses the finish line at Land’s End Resort, completing the Homer Spit Run Cosmic Hamlet Half Marathon on Saturday, June 29, 2024, in Homer, Alaska.

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Run down to the bay

The Homer Spit Run on Saturday drew over 160 participants

Forget-me-nots are in bloom on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 near a certain raspberry patch in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Forget not the little joys in life

I’ve been seeing a lot of chatter recently about how difficult it is, and how deliberate one must…

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion 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 on Thursday, April 18.

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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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Homer, Seldovia to celebrate summer solstice

Events will be held starting June 20

Assembly member Cindy Ecklund speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly shuts down ordinances that would tax tobacco, fund child care

Ordinance 2024-15 sought to combat the lack of affordable, accessible and quality child care in the borough

Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Director Robert Ruffner answers questions posed by borough assembly members on Ordinance 2024-11 during the Lands Committee meeting on Tuesday, May 21, 2024 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Screenshot)

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Borough assembly introduces ordinance to amend gravel pit regs

Ordinance 2024-11 would amend borough code Chapter 21.29 to include regulations on quarries

(from left to right) Jachin Sanchez, Carter Lemons, Rowan Mahoney, Adelyn McCorison and Taylor Rickard graduated from Ninilchik School on Monday, May 13, 2024 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Photo provided by Mattea Peters-Williamson

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Ninilchik graduates 5 in 2024 commencement

The school held the ceremony Monday, May 13

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House District 6 race gets 3rd candidate

Alana Greear filed a letter of intent to run on April 5

Aleutian Airways logo. Photo courtesy of Aleutian Airways

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Aleutian airways to halt Homer service during runway project

Service will be suspended beginning April 15

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Homer pedestrian pathway project selected for federal funding

The project will create greater nonmotorized transportation access in Homer

Blackwater Railroad Company and Silas Jones (front left) play at the 30th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament on Saturday, March 23, 2024 at the Deep Water Dock on the Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Good gathering, good vibes

It’s been a while since I’ve attended a good-old-fashioned social event — albeit this one was technically still…

The setting sun casts the sky in gold over Kachemak Bay on Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Early sunsets over Homer

It’s not much of a secret, I think, that winter is not my favorite season. Ironic, perhaps, considering…

Western Emergency Services logo. Homer News file photo

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1 dead, 1 hospitalized after small plane crash near Anchor Point

Dec. 8 crash incident is currently under investigation

A female moose sunbathes in October 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Take a breather

Sometimes I need a reminder to just breathe.

The Anchor River flows in the Anchor Point State Recreation Area on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Creek walking in cool summer

Growing up spending my summers in one outdoor activity camp or another, my favorite days of all were…

Barrow’s Gabriel Ortilla faces off against incoming Mariners in the fourth quarter of the home opener game on Saturday, Aug. 12, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer football opens with convincing win over Barrow

The host Homer football team, the defending Division III state champions, began the season with a 38-12 victory…

Kachemak Emergency Services and Homer Volunteer Fire Department personnel work to extinguish a fire inside the Fritz Creek General Store east of Homer on East End Road, early Thursday morning on July 6, 2023 in Fritz Creek, Alaska. Photo by Mark Kirko

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Fritz Creek general store burns

Fire damage causes loss of a longtime community hub to East End residents