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    Articles by Erin Thompson
    The United States’ women’s 4x100-meter medley relay team, Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske and Abbey Weitzeil, celebrates at the podium after winning the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
    Jacoby earns silver in women’s medley relay
    By Erin Thompson • August 4, 2021 1:30 am

    Jacoby also took home a gold medal for Team USA in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Games on Monday.

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    A painting by the author. (Photo provided by Erin Thompson)
    Out of the Office: Painted blue
    By Erin Thompson • April 29, 2020 4:30 pm

    I went to Homer a few weeks ago to find blue.

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    Out of the Office: The waves, or places I belong
    Out of the Office: The waves, or places...
    By Erin Thompson • July 10, 2019 1:30 am

    On my days off I drive.

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    Surgeon general tours Dena’ina Wellness Center as part of statewide tour
    Surgeon general tours Dena’ina Wellness Center as part...
    By Erin Thompson • August 15, 2018 10:45 pm

    The federal official tasked with providing health advice to the nation last week lauded the Kenaitze Indian Tribe’s holistic approach…

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    Alaska opioid deaths increased by 77 percent in last decade, report says
    Alaska opioid deaths increased by 77 percent in...
    By Erin Thompson • August 15, 2018 8:19 pm

    The rate of Alaskans who died from opioid overdoses increased 77 percent over the last decade, with the highest overall…

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    Man indicted for third time in 2014 Christmas Day car crash
    Man indicted for third time in 2014 Christmas...
    By Erin Thompson • August 8, 2018 10:30 pm

    Kenai prosecutors are trying for a third time to convict a man involved in a 2014 Christmas Day car crash…

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    Burned trees are shown at the scene of a wildfire in Nikolaevsk, near Ninilchik, on May 15. Killed by invasive beetles, the heavy trees provide potent fuel for wildfires and provide challenges for fire crews. (Photo courtesy of the Alaska Division of Forestry)
    Wildfires sweep the southern Kenai Peninsula
    By Erin Thompson • May 15, 2018 4:54 pm

    Back-to-back wildfires kept emergency response teams busy on the southern peninsula Monday. Firefighters were called out to the scene of…

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    Borough launches new emergency alert system
    Borough launches new emergency alert system
    By Erin Thompson • May 3, 2018 1:30 pm

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough is rolling out a new emergency notification system months after a spotty tsunami response highlighted flaws…

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    Soldotna trooper accused of attempted sexual abuse of a minor
    Soldotna trooper accused of attempted sexual abuse of...
    By Erin Thompson • May 3, 2018 1:30 pm

    The Alaska State Trooper accused of trying to lure a 16-year-old he met at a traffic stop to a hotel…

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    Homer resident Lee John Henry listens during an omnibus hearing Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, in Kenai Superior Court in Kenai, Alaska. Henry was indicted Oct. 20 on murder and robbery charges for the 2013 death of Mark Matthews in Homer. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
    Defense seeks info on search dogs in Homer...
    By Erin Thompson • April 12, 2018 11:28 am

    Defense attorneys representing a man accused in a 2013 Homer murder are seeking information on search and rescue dogs used…

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    Mumps outbreak doesn’t hit the Kenai Peninsula
    Mumps outbreak doesn’t hit the Kenai Peninsula
    By Erin Thompson • January 11, 2018 11:29 am

    An outbreak of mumps that swept through Anchorage in late 2017 has so far not made its way down the…

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    • Point of View: ‘The best is yet to come’

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