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News from Homer and around the Southern Kenai Peninsula and Northern Gulf of Alaska.
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Residents and community members show up to give feedback and direction on the city’s comprehensive plan rewrite process.
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An Alaska Native corporation filed an appeal for a rejected conditional use permit application for a hotel development at the base of the Homer Spit.
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Tuesday night’s city council meeting in Homer was packed with reports alongside public comment around the upcoming repaving project at the Homer Airport and an ordinance reassigning funds to buy a tractor and heavy-duty truck.
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Wei Ying Wong will be the new president and CEO at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward.
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The study looking into expanding Homer Harbor may get federal funding if approved by Congress.
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Anchorage-based consulting group Agnew::Beck is sending a team of consultants to Homer for a weeklong site visit as they continue work on rewriting the city’s comprehensive plan.
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Three Homer High School seniors qualified as National Merit Scholarship finalists this year — a feat that requires a rigorous application and some of the best PSAT scores in the state.
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The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed an ordinance authorizing a negotiated lease supporting the Sterling Highway Milepost 45-60 Construction Project during it's meeting Tuesday night.
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing multiple king salmon sport fisheries in Cook Inlet due to low pre-season projections.
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80 skiers took to the trails in Homer last Saturday in an exciting marathon ski race hosted by the Kachemak Nordic Ski Club.