The Homer Public Library held an open house to celebrate 20 years since the opening of their building on Hazel Avenue. Emilie Springer attended the event and has details from the speakers who presented there.
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A Kenai grand jury indicted 35-year-old Joseph Mesa last week in the death of 39-year-old Derek Berry. In addition to murder charges, Mesa was indicted on charges of evidence tampering, burglary and misconduct involving controlled substances in an investigation state prosecutors say is ongoing.
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Donation bins are out near the entrances of grocery stores in Kenai, Soldotna and Nikiski, including Walmart, Fred Meyer, Save-U-More, Three Bears, Safeway, IGA and M&M Market.
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Across all grade levels, about 38% of Kenai Peninsula students are proficient or advanced in English Language Arts. The same proportion are proficient or advanced in math. That’s about five percentage points higher than statewide proficiency levels.
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The company says it received necessary permission to make rain with drones, but local officials are pushing for more transparency.
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The Homer Public Library held an open house to celebrate 20 years since the opening of their building on Hazel Avenue; and Kodiak’s legislator in the Alaska Senate is wrapping up his 26th year in state politics, which he has said is his last.
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