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Thursday: Errors, walks cost Homer baseball in loss to Kenai

The visiting Kenai Central baseball team defeated Homer 13-0 in five innings Thursday in Northern Lights Conference action.

The front of the Kenai Police Department as seen on Dec. 10, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Update: Middle schooler reported missing found after 24-hour search

The student was seen leaving Kenai Middle School at around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The Oceania Riviera stands out against a bluebird sky at the Homer Harbor on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Over 1200 passengers from aboard the boat explored Homer throughout the beautiful day. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Homer tourism season kicks off with arrival of cruise ships

The first cruise ship of the season arrived April 28 with 930 passengers.

Sterling Elementary School students collect trash from the banks of the Kenai River near Bing’s Landing in Sterling, Alaska, during the 10th Annual Kenai River Spring Cleanup on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Cleaning up the mess that’s left behind

Students from six local schools combed for litter during the 10th Annual Kenai River Spring Cleanup.

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‘Tomorrow — remember you are still a learner’

Kachemak Bay Campus graduated 49 students during its 55th annual commencement hosted on May 7.

Tyson Cox speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough awards Homer schools improvements contracts

Funding for improvements to the Homer High School entrance comes out of the 2022 bond package.

Kenai City Hall on Feb. 20, 2020, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai land sales proposal delayed amid council concerns

The ordinance would amend city code to add new language allowing officers and employees to participate in property…

Soldotna's Isabella Gares hits against Kenai Central on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at the Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tuesday: Soldotna softball rolls past Kenai

The Soldotna softball team defeated Kenai Central 24-3 in three innings on Tuesday in Northern Lights Conference action…

Nathan Erfurth, right, responds to questions from his attorney Eric Derleth during a hearing at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on April 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sexual abuse case against former Soldotna teacher set to go to trial

Nathan Erfurth arrested in May 2023.

Homer Electric Association General Manager Brad Janorschke speaks at the utility’s annual meeting of the members at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA manager talks natural gas, hazard trees, rates at annual meeting

Natural gas remains the “backbone” of the utility’s energy production.

Graduates process into the 55th Annual Kenai Peninsula College Commencement Ceremony, held at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘The kinds of leaders Alaska and the world needs’

KPC graduates congratulated as they head into the next chapter of their lives.

A young girl digs for razor clams at the Ninilchik Beach in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, July 1, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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East Cook Inlet clamming to remain closed for 2025

The causes of these conditions remain unknown but likely include effects from habitat changes and predation, officials said.

Retiring Nikiski Fire Department Chief Trent Burnett is honored at a retirement party at Nikiski Fire Station #1 in Nikiski, Alaska, on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nikiski fire chief retires after 28 years with department

Trent Burnett retired April 30.

Greg Springer delivers a presentation on sockeye fishing during A Day at the River at Centennial Park in Soldotna, Alaska, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Gearing up for summer fishing

Trout Unlimited and the Kenai Watershed Forum host “A Day at the River.”

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Monday: Ohnemus, Stuyvesant pitch Soldotna past Homer

Trenton Ohnemus and Jayden Stuyvesant combined to hold Homer scoreless for eight innings as Soldotna defeated Homer 3-0…

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Monday: Kenai soccer sweeps Homer

The visiting Kenai Central soccer teams swept Homer on Monday in Peninsula Conference action, with the girls winning…

Homer's Keagan Niebuhr delivers to Chugiak on Friday, May 9, 2025 during the Bash on the Bay tournament at Jack Gist Park in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Chugiak wins Bash on the Bay softball tournament in Homer

The Chugiak softball team defeated Soldotna 8-1 in the Saturday championship game of the Bash on the Bay…

Kenai Central third baseman Blake Morris tags out Soldotna's Easton Hawkins on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Kenai Little League fields in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna baseball defeats Kenai

The Soldotna baseball team defeated Kenai Central 7-4 on Saturday in Northern Lights Conference action at the Kenai…

Homer's Weston Marley (3) and Preston Stanislaw celebrate a bases-clearing double against Kenai Central on Friday, May 9, 2025, at the Kenai Little League fields in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Friday: Opportunistic Homer baseball topples Kenai Central

The visiting Homer baseball team defeated Kenai Central 12-7 on Friday in Northern Lights Conference action at the…

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Homer woman sentenced for 2020 murder

Sarah Dayan was convicted in December for the murder of Keith Huss.