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The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Man charged with murder in killing of Homer woman

The shooting was reported Saturday afternoon

Alaska SeaLife Center veterinary technician Jessica Davis carries a newborn otter pup patient into the Alaska SeaLife Center Veterinary clinic for an initial admit exam on Sept. 9, 2023. The otter pup was admitted to the ASLC Wildlife Response Program after witnesses watched orcas attack the pup’s mother. (Photo courtesy Peter Sculli/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Newborn sea otter rescued after orca attack

Tthe animal still had a fresh umbilical cord, suggesting she was only a day, “possibly even hours,” old

Daniel Hasche, Rachel Lord, Caroline Venuti and Joni Wise participate in a Homer City Council Candidate Forum at Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer City Council hopefuls tackle housing, transportation, harbor

The forum was the fifth of eight being held throughout September heading into the Oct. 3 municipal election

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly candidates Heath Smith and Kelly Cooper participate in a Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Forum at Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mayor, assembly candidates field questions in Homer

Participating in Thursday’s forum were incumbent Mayor Peter Micciche and assembly candidates Kelly Cooper and Heath Smith

Sample ballots are displayed ahead of the Oct. 4 municipal election at an absentee in-person polling place in Kenai City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Election 2023: Who has already filed for local office

Voters will go to the polls this fall

A photo taken from Skyline Drive at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2023, shows vehicles evacuating from the Homer Spit after a tsunami warning was issued. The warning did not affect the Homer area, but sirens sounded anyway. The warning was later canceled. (Photo by Shannon Cefalu/courtesy)

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Tsunami alert, mixed messages trigger evacuation in Homer

Southwest earthquake lights up peninsula phones Saturday

Fishermen young and old try their luck at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon on June 4, 2020, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Youth-only king salmon fisheries to open in Ninilchik, Homer

They will be open for one day in each location

Kachemak Bay Campus Director Dr. Reid Brewer welcomes KBC graduates and audience members to the 2023 commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Campus returns to in-person commencement ceremony

The campus conferred 62 degrees and certificates during its 53rd annual commencement hosted on Wednesday

The Anchor Point Food Pantry, photographed on Saturday, April 22, 2023, is located at 34361 Old Sterling Hwy, Unit A in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Anchor Point Food Pantry to build new, permanent home

Construction slated to begin this summer

Acting Kenai Peninsula Borough Clerk Michele Turner, left, accepts a ballot from Richard Derkevorkian during an assembly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly considers resuming annual meetings in Homer, Seward

The assembly currently meets at the George A. Navarre Administration Building in Soldotna

The Homer Spit and the Kenai Mountains are photographed of Monday, May 17, 2021, as seen from West Hill in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Magnitude 5.4 earthquake strikes west of Homer

The earthquake occurred just after 7 a.m.

Peninsula Clarion file photo, 2018 Homer resident Lee John Henry listens during an omnibus hearing Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in Kenai Superior Court in Kenai, Alaska. Henry was indicted Oct. 20 on murder and robbery charges for the 2013 death of Mark Matthews in Homer.

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Homer man pleads guilty in 2013 Boys Town Trail killing

Henry has been awaiting trial since 2016

Homer High School students participate in Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral forum in the Homer High School Mariner Theater, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Students quiz mayoral candidates in high school forum

The event was organized by students in coordination with local voting advocacy groups Kenai Peninsula Votes and the…

The Homer Spit stretching into Kachemak Bay is seen here on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer woman indicted over seaplane incident

Marian Tillion Beck was indicted on charges of negligent operation of a vessel and attempted interference with the…

Library Director Dave Berry and Advisory Board Chair Kate Finn participate in Library Advisory Board meeting on Tuesday Jan. 17, 2023, at Homer City Hall, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Homer Library Advisory Board upholds decision to retain LGBTQ+ books

A citizen’s group last year submitted a petition asking that the books be removed from the children’s section

Emergency personnel respond to a fire on R/V Qualifier, in the Northern Enterprises Boatyard on Kachemak Drive, Jan. 19, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photos by Nika Wolfe)

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Research vessel catches fire in Homer boatyard

The cause of the fire and extent of the damage is not yet known

South Peninsula Hospital employees remove COVID-19 testing signs from South Peninsula Hospital test site Friday Jan. 13, 2023. (Photo from Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)

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South Peninsula Hospital closes COVID test and vaccine site

In its peak, the test and vaccine site employed 15 people, and was averaging 100-150 swabs a day

Ryce-Tovar sketches “The Eagle” in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided by Ryce-Tovar)

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‘Gentle’ tarot deck tells a story with Alaska’s nature

The deck includes images gathered during summer spent as a technician in Alaska Fish and Wildlife field camps

Lucas Wilcox at the Homer Public Library, Homer, Alaska, Dec. 7, 2022. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Homer man on a mission to share hot meals

Altruist Relief Kitchen serves free hot food to nearby residents and refugees

Martine Cyriacks Sorensen poses in her store, Faux Ever Green, on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, on East End Road in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Faux Ever Green finds seasonal home

Mission: to keep items out of landfills.