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Workers prepare mail-in ballots for counting, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at the convention center in Lancaster, Pa., following Tuesday’s election. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Election officials scramble to count ballots in key states

ATLANTA — Election officials in several key states furiously counted ballots Wednesday as the nation awaited the outcome…

This compilation image shows the first quarter winners of the Mariners on the Move awards from Homer High School. (Image courtesy Paul Story)

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Mariners on the Move announced

Celebration of student achievement continues, virtually

Aaron Fleenor, at top, uses a chute to distribute candy on Halloween night, Oct. 31, 2020, in downtown Homer, Alaska. Helping are Amber Fleenor, center, and Shade Fleenor, left. Because of COVID-19 safety concerns, some people created devices like this to give candy away while keeping social distance. Trick or treating was more subdued than usual, but still drew children in costume to neighborhood above Pioneer Avenue. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

It’s probably only a coincidence that Dias de los Muertos, the Days of the Dead, ended on Monday,…

"It's Your Life: Take a Day to Be Well" is the logo of the Rotary Health Fair

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Health Fair presentations will be online

Online talks include presentations on blood-draw results

Eivin Kilcher with his children and their flotsam treasures on Ushagat Island in August 2020. (Photo by Eve Kilcher)

Sports

Refuge Notebook: Flotsam ‘treasure’ harbors wealth of wildlife knowledge

This August, Eivin Kilcher was beachcombing on Ushagat Island when he saw something unusual.

Tom and Sue Klinker. (Photo courtesy Carla Klinker Cope)

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Tom and Sue Klinker

Tom and Sue Klinker celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Oct. 29, 2020. They were married on Oct.…

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.

Cathy Sandeen, UAA’s new Chancellor, photographed outside the Administration and Humanities Building at the University of Alaska Anchorage. (Photo courtesy University of Alaska Anchorage)

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Alaska university chancellor accepts new job in California

Her last day is early next year.

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Town Crier

It is that time of year again when we gear up for the Thanksgiving Basket Program. Applications are…

Billy. (Photo courtesy Homer Animal Shelter)

Community

Pet of the week: Billy

Billy is a 10-year-old male cat.

Alaska State Parks logo. (Image courtesy Alaska State Parks)

Sports

Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

Remember to be bear aware

Al Gross, right, an independent in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race, holds a document during a debate with Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan last Friday, in Anchorage. Sullivan participated remotely, as the Senate prepares to vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee in Washington. (Jeff Chen / Alaska Public Media)

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Sullivan, Gross trade barbs in broadcast debate

The race has drawn national attention as the parties vie for control of the Senate.

A sample ballot shows a hypothetical ranked-vote system for voting on senior issues. (Illustration by Peter Zuyus)

Opinion

Point of View: Seniors should vote ‘no’ on Ballot Measure 2

Ballot Measure 2 could work against interests of seniors