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Carts filled with food collected during the Freedom from Hunger community food drive are displayed at the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank near Soldotna, Alaska, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Alaska grocery store supports Kenai Peninsula Food Bank

Three Bears Alaska’s annual ‘Shop with a Purpose’ event raised nearly $112,000 for 14 communities in Alaska and…

Co-owner Susannah Webster (right) checks in another attendee of The Porcupine Theater’s grand reopening gala on Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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A night out at the theater

The Porcupine successfully held its long-awaited grand opening last weekend.

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Authorized Verizon retailer opens in Homer

The Homer store is the second on the Kenai Peninsula

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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

Anastasia Scollon (left) and Willow King (right) stand in The Goods + Sustainable Grocery and Where it’s At mindful food and drink on Monday, May 16, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sustainable shopping finds new home in Soldotna

The Collective used to operate out of Cook Inletkeeper’s Community Action Studio

Brothers’ Cafe opens in Kenai Airport with focus on family and food made with love

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Brothers’ Cafe opens in Kenai Airport with focus on family and food made with love

Brothers’ Cafe is the newest tenant inside the Kenai Municipal Airport restaurant space. The business venture reunited two…

Pamela Parker, co-owner of Everything Bagels, started the bagel shop with her husband, Matt Parker, and friends, Brooke and John Campbell, in 2016 on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Everything Bagels: Bringing a big city favorite to a small town

What started as a way to pass time has flourished into Pamela and Matt Parker’s full-time gig. When…

Joe Spady stands in front of his food truck, Joe’s Meatball Shoppe, on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. Spady rents his truck through Kenai Soil and Water Conservation District, who offers the converted trailer for people interested in a test kitchen and small business development, with a focus on Alaska grown products. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Food on the go: Trucks help local chefs make restaurants a reality

The peninsula food scene Joe Spady grew up with is much different than the food scene in the…

Diane Hooper opened TipsyGypsy Coffee Shop earlier this summer to pursue her passion for food and people on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Phot by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Shop Talk: TipsyGypsy Coffe Shop

After selling Veronica’s Cafe about three years ago, Diane Hooper still found she had a passion for food…

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Kenai City Council prohibits marijuana cultivation facilities in residential zones

On Wednesday, the Kenai City Council unanimously prohibited marijuana cultivation facilities in residential zones.