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Birch trees have begun to turn yellow in this view of the Maria Road area and across Kachemak Bay as seen on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, from Old East End Road near McNeil Canyon, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Peltola: Fisheries law and oil project are first priorities

Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola intends to prioritize the renewal of a federal fisheries law and wants to…

A banner at Homer City Hall identifies the building as a voting precinct. Early voting runs at city hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Friday and Monday in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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City elections: Candidates respond to questions

As part of its continuing coverage of Homer city elections, the Homer News asked candidates for mayor and…

Keith A. Iverson

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Keith A. Iverson obituary

Keith A. Iverson

Several robins feed on elderberries on Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, on Diamond Ridge near Homer, Alaska. They were part of a flock of about a dozen robins passing through. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Admiring the robin flitting from branch to branch, flirting with berries and plucking the abundance, one may sometimes…

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Ellyn Goodrich obituary.

Ellyn Joy Goodrich

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

George Trudeau.

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George Trudeau obituary.

George Trudeau

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Sept. 15, 2022.

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Write-in choice for Navarre is validated

A worker with Lakeshore Glass installs new windows in one of the South Peninsula Hospital labor and delivery rooms to create a negative-pressure environment for COVID-19 infected patients. "To date, the negative pressure rooms were only in Acute Care and ER, and any deliveries by a Covid positive mother happened in a negative pressure room in the inpatient section of the hospital," SPH Public Information Officer Derotha Ferraro said. (Photo by Derotha Ferrator/South Peninsula Hospital.)

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Bivalent boosters available

CDC raises alert level for peninsula

Lance Mackey sits with his lead dogs Larry, right, and Maple after crossing the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 18, 2009, in Nome, Alaska, to win his third Iditarod in a row. Mackey, a four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winner and one of mushing’s most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug issues, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, his father and kennel announced on Facebook. He was 52. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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Cancer claims 4-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey

Officials with the world’s most famous sled dog race said Iditarod Nation was in mourning

Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, accompanied by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., and family members, speaks to the media right after the ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Mary Peltola sworn in as 1st Alaska Native in Congress

“To have a seat at the table is different,” Peltola told The Associated Press in an interview Monday

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce campaigns for governor as he walks in the 65th annual Soldotna Progress Days Parade on Saturday, July 23, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. Pierce resigned as borough mayor effective Sept. 30, 2022, to focus on his gubernatorial campaign. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: ‘It has been an honor to serve’

Borough mayor gives send-off ahead of departure