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    Articles by Megan Pacer
    Homer’s Brenna McCarron (right) prepares to send the ball up the field under pressure from Soldotna’s Ryann Cannava during the girls championship game of the Peninsula Conference Soccer Tournament on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Spring sports seasons take shape
    By Megan Pacer • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    Wrestling will also take place this spring after being postponed

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    The Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 shortly after it arrived at the South Peninsula Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    More than a quarter of peninsula residents have...
    By Megan Pacer • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    South Peninsula Hospital expects more than 2,000 doses in April

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    Eric Pederson, principal of Paul Banks Elementary School, stands with his family outside the school in this undated photo in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Eric Pederson)
    Local principals promoted to school district leadership positions
    By Megan Pacer • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    Kari Dendurent will be the next assistant superintendent

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    Longtime Homer boys soccer coach Warren Waldorf (top right) celebrates a third place win at the soccer state championship in 2014. (Photo by Kim Greer/courtesy Warren Waldorf)
    Longtime boys soccer coach steps down
    By Megan Pacer • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    Former assistant coach Adam Diaz set to take over

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    Derotha Ferraro from the fishing vessel Big Game poses with the king salmon she caught at the Anchor Point King Salmon Calcutta on Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. Ferraro’s fish was one of the top ten fish caught in the tournament, weighing more than 20 pounds. (Photo courtesy of Bill Scott)
    New board reinvigorates Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce
    By Megan Pacer • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    Calcutta King Salmon Derby scheduled for May

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    State: 210 new COVID-19 cases
    By Megan Pacer • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    Two additional deaths were reported Tuesday

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    The author works at her former desk at the Peninsula Clarion in 2017 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Ben Boettger)
    Out of the Office: For good, for now
    By Megan Pacer • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    “Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes.” If that figure immediately transports you to the famous number from the musical…

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    Incoming Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a virtual budget forum Monday, March 22, 2021. (Screenshot by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Federal funds will help float school district through...
    By Megan Pacer • March 23, 2021 2:30 am

    District leadership will ask for $48 million from the borough level

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    Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce presents local advocate Nona Safra with an exemplary service award Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at the Homer Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Local senior advocate honored for her work
    By Megan Pacer • March 17, 2021 2:30 am

    A local advocate for seniors was recognized last week by the Office of the Borough Mayor for her work on…

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    A large tarp hangs in the Homer High School gymnasium to catch water leaking through the roof at the school in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Doug Waclawski)
    Assembly approves funding to design 1st phase of...
    By Megan Pacer • March 17, 2021 2:30 am

    The roof has been actively leaking and has ‘exceeded its useful life’

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    The Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 shortly after it arrived at the South Peninsula Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    More vaccines coming to Homer
    By Megan Pacer • March 17, 2021 2:30 am

    South Peninsula Hospital set to receive an additional 350 Pfizer doses

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    State: 1 new death and 177 new COVID-19...
    By Megan Pacer • March 17, 2021 2:30 am

    Peninsula remains at intermediate alert level

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council talks next budget cycle
    By Megan Pacer • March 10, 2021 2:30 am

    Members also mull possible property tax exemption for nonprofit

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    Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News 
The Homer Spit and Kachemak Bay, seen here in December 2020 in Homer, Alaska.
    Kachemak Bay Science Conference starts next week
    By Megan Pacer • March 10, 2021 2:30 am

    The chance to be immersed in the species, ecosystems and science of Kachemak Bay is back again in the form…

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    City of Homer Recreation Manager Mike Illg, who is in the planning section of Homer's Unified Command Mass Vaccination PODs, stands on the upper level of Homer High School overlooking the Commons during a vaccine clinic on Friday, March 5, 2021 in Homer, Alaska. Providing more than 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to local residents, it was the Unified Command's largest mass clinic to date. (Photo courtesy Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
    Vaccination efforts increasing locally
    By Megan Pacer • March 10, 2021 2:30 am

    Johnson and Johnson vaccine makes it way here; CDC updates recommendations

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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Friday, May 1, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)
    Alaska becomes first state to offer COVID-19 vaccines...
    By Megan Pacer • March 9, 2021 2:30 am

    Check this list of local providers and pharmacies for an appointment

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    • NLC softball: Kodiak clinches spot in final, awaits Homer-Kenai winner
    • Southcentral Conference baseball: Kodiak, Palmer advance to championship

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