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2021-10-23

(HOMER, AK) What’s going on in Homer? Here’s a roundup of the top stories in the area today.

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Former librarian Haines takes over at Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic

Listeners of KBBI know Claudia Haines from her year on the air hosting Radio Story Time. That was when she was a librarian at the Homer Public Library. Today, she’s the CEO of the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic. “I think my coworkers at the library have kind of said... Read more

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Linda Faye Jolly

On Friday, October 8, 2021, Linda, loving wife and mother, passed away at the age of 77 in Homer, Alaska. Linda was born Aug. 15, 1944 in Hastings, Nebraska to Morris and Margaret Eileen (Carder) Hyde. She was the second of four children. On Feb. 17, 1962, Linda married David... Read more

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Homer’s Best Bets

BEST AWARD-WINNING WRITING BET: Join Homer Council on the Arts tonight as three of the winners of last year’s Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest present their winning contest entries. The event is free, but the audience is limited to 20 attendees. Mask are required. The winners from last year presenting are Vivian Finlay, Janna Wagner and Oceana Wills. Interested in submitting an entry for this year’s contest? Send in your best poems, fiction and nonfiction pieces by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10 for a chance to win cash prizes. Each category and division will award first, second and third place prizes. The categories include poetry, fiction and nonfiction in age divisions for adults or open, grades K-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. Each submission has an entry fee of $10 for the adult/open category and $3 for grades K-12. Find out more about the contest at homerart.org/writers-contest. Read more

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Proposed solar farm project introduced at Borough Assembly

A proposed solar farm on the Kenai Peninsula would be the largest in Alaska and meet over six percent of Homer Electric Association’s current energy needs. Jenn Miller, CEO of Renewable Independent Power Producers, LLC is familiar with energy generation. Her company completed the Willow Solar Farm Pilot Project and Expansion, currently the largest solar farm in the state, and plans to construct a larger farm in Houston next year. Read more

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