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A BUMPS bus waits for passengers in the Walmart parking lot in Kenai, Alaska, on Oct. 15, 2018. (File photo)

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Ninilchik Traditional Council expands public bus service

The Homer-Kenai BUMPS bus will now run five days a week.

Seward’s Atlin Ryan wrestles against a Mountain City Christian Academy athlete during the regional Kachemak Conference Wrestling Championships on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer girls wrestling team named regional champions

Kenai boys, girls both placed third overall in the Kachemak Conference Wrestling Championships on Saturday.

An ultra-endurance long-range drone registered to Vanilla Unmanned crashed into a bluff near Ninilchik, Alaska on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Contributed photo)

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Drone crashes on Ninilchik beach

NTSB is investigating the crash, which occurred Wednesday.

Kenai Peninsula District 4-H chickens are on display at the Kenai Peninsula Fair, Aug. 8-10, 2025, in Ninilchik, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Jack Money

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Family fun at the fair

The Kenai Peninsula Fair was held last weekend in Ninilchik.

Salmonfest-goers crowd in front of the Ocean Stage during Blackwater Railroad’s performance on Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Celebrating salmon, art and culture

Salmonfest was held in Ninilchik last weekend, featuring music, community and advocacy.

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion Attendees dance at Salmonfest in Ninilchik<ins>, Alaska,</ins> on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024.

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Salmonfest to return for 15th year of fish, love and music

This year’s festival will take place from Aug. 1-3 at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik.

Dick Hawkins speaks during a community meeting about the proposed Ninilchik Recreation Service Area at the Ninilchik Community Center in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ninilchik residents consider creation of service area to fund pool

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Aug. 5 will consider an ordinance that would create the service area…

Hunter Kirby holds up the hatchery king salmon he bagged during the one-day youth fishery on the Ninilchik River on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Photo by Mike Booz

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Ninilchik River closed to sport fishing

The closure is in effect from June 23 through July 15.

Western Emergency Services logo. Homer News file photo

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Wildfire reported in Ninilchik over holiday weekend

The human-caused fire spread to 1.6 acres before being contained.

VFW Post 10221 member Eric Henley performs the battlefield cross during a Memorial Day ceremony held at the Anchor Point Kallman Cemetery on Monday, May 26, 2025, near Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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‘A solemn day of remembrance’

Memorial Day services were held on the lower Kenai Peninsula on Monday.

Sections of Homer Spit Road that were damaged in the Nov. 16 storm surge are temporarily repaired with gravel, as seen on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Governor declares state disaster emergency following storm damage

The declaration applies to Homer and Ninilchik

Homer Public Library (Photo by Sarah Knapp)

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Full state funding restored to libraries for FY25

A supplemental Public Library Assistance grant was awarded to Alaska libraries on Oct. 15

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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Fishing vessel capsizes near Ninilchik, all occupants rescued

There were four adults and two juveniles on the boat

A bag of freshly dug razor clams is held aloft at the Ninilchik Beach in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, July 1, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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No clamming in Ninilchik or Clam Gulch this year

Adult abundance “well below” fishery thresholds on both beaches

(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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Ninilchik woman dead after Tuesday collision

The woman was attempting to cross the Sterling Highway from Oil Well Road when she was struck by…

Ninilchik’s Riley Tucker moves down the court during a basketball game at Ninilchik School in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Wednesday hoops: Ninilchik sweeps Aniak, prepares to host tournament

The Ninilchik girls and boys basketball teams swept visiting Aniak on Wednesday in nonconference action.

Photos by Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion Mynarae Glover stands on her father, James Glover’s shouders during a performance by Medium Build on the River Stage at Salmonfest in Ninilchik, on Friday.

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Art, advocacy and acoustics

Salmonfest 2023 makes for weekend of music and festivity in Ninilchik

The Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Medical Services station on Milo Fritz Road in Anchor Point is shown in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy Anchor Point Fire and EMS)

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Formation of Western Emergency Service Area moves forward

Board members have been appointed and transfer of assets is next