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Point of View: Philanthropy and belonging in the time of COVID-19

In the era of COVID-19, we have all faced many changes and challenges that have confronted what it…

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Business

Hospital board elects officers, welcomes new member to team

The South Peninsula Hospital Board of Directors re-elected Kelly Cooper as President at the board’s Jan. 26 monthly…

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Community

School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin reacts as she leaves a courthouse in New York, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. Palin lost her libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, when a jury rejected her claim that the newspaper maliciously damaged her reputation by erroneously linking her campaign rhetoric to a mass shooting.

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Jury rejects Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against New York Times

“Of course we’re disappointed.”

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Cops and Courts

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

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Steven Downs leaves a courtroom following his arraignment, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. A jury in Alaska on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, found Downs guilty of the killing and rape of a woman at the University of Alaska Fairbanks that went unsolved for more than two decades.

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Man found guilty in 1993 Alaska university rape, murder

ANCHORAGE — A jury in Alaska found a man guilty on Thursday of the rape and murder of…

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Town Crier

HABA, the Homer Area Beekeepers Association, is holding its first in-person meeting in two years on Saturday, Feb.…

Sports

Sports in brief

Cross Country Ski

In this photo provided by Iditarod rookie musher Bridgett Watkins, a moose stands over her dog team on trails near Fairbanks, Alaska, Feb. 4, 2022. The moose attacked Watkins' dog team for over an hour during a training run, seriously injuring four before a friend shot and killed the moose. (Bridgett Watkins via AP)

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Moose attacks Iditarod rookie’s sled team, injures 4 dogs

ANCHORAGE — A large bull moose spent more than an hour stomping on the sled dog team of…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaksa, questions Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing on expanding broadband access, Tuesday Feb. 1, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

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Manchin endorses Murkowski’s Senate campaign

Democratic senator from W. Virginia endorses Alaska Republican colleague.

Moose Munchies (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Homer’s Best Bets

Alas, we won’t have the Winter Carnival Parade again this year, but there’s still lots to do this…

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Opinion

Point of View: HB 52 steals a recreational jewel from state parks

Comment by Friday on House Bill 52.