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Lord wins mayor’s race

The Election Canvass Board certified City of Homer election results on Friday

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Pacific walrus calf rehomed to SeaWorld Orlando

The calf was first discovered orphaned in Utqiagvik in July

Virginia Morgan, volunteer director of the Cooper Landing Community Library, speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on the Public Library Assistance Grant reduction on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Libraries face uncertainty in wake of funding cuts

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

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Seward man arrested for identity theft, threatening governor

Homeland Security Investigations and Alaska State Troopers are investigating the case.

(from left to right) Homer city mayoral candidates Jim Anderson and Rachel Lord and incumbent city council candidates Donna Aderhold and Shelly Erickson answer questions during a forum held on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in the Homer Public Library Fireplace Lounge in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer council, mayoral candidates talk city goals, development

A public forum was hosted by KBBI and the Peninsula Clarion last Thursday

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Homer council supports statute change to include web-based public noticing

Resolution 24-088 requests that the Alaska Municipal League take up the issue

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Out of the Office: Bitter patience for sweet fruit

The last time I wrote for this column, I was digging raspberry plants out of my friend’s backyard.

The Kenai Courthouse is photographed on Monday, July 3, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna man found guilty of attempted indecent viewing of minors

Isaac Davis was arrested in 2022 for photographing women and girls at Skyview Middle School pool

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

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Aleutian airways to halt Homer service during runway project

Service will be suspended beginning April 15