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Construction crews will close a section of the Sterling Highway between mileposts 45 and 47 for overnight work starting this Thursday.
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Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLThe school board budget closes four schools and cuts millions of dollars in programs and employees. But board members said they’d reverse certain cuts if the assembly funded the school district at the same level as last year. -
Ashlyn O'HaraDepartment data show that, of the 20,981 fish caught through experimental beach seines in 2024, 98% were sockeye. All 16 king salmon caught were released into Cook Inlet. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLCity council members killed a proposed cap on the number of guests in a unit and passed a separate resolution removing the $50 fee for the permit Soldotna requires short-term rental operators to obtain. -
Ashlyn O'Hara/KDLLVoters approved moving the city’s election day to November, like the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the City of Soldotna have done. The change aligns local elections with state and federal elections.
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Tomorrow is the last day Homer residents can drive on studded tires; Homer OPUS is a nonprofit organization that delivers string-based music programs to youth ages kindergarten through 12th grade and adults in Homer, Alaska. The organization has several end of the school year performances coming up; and Alaska’s Board of Fisheries is considering a major change to the type of gear Cook Inlet’s east-side setnet fishermen can use when king salmon runs are poor.
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