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A short line forms outside of Homer City Hall as people wait to vote in the regular municipal election on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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City council certifies election results

Ken Castner, Caroline Venuti and Rachel Lord will continue serving the city

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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McNeil Canyon will go remote on Monday due to COVID-19 case

This is the 3rd COVID-19 case associated with a southern peninsula school

A row of footballs at the Homer-Seward game at Homer, Alaska, on Aug. 29, 2020. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Two Homer football coaches test positive for COVID-19

School remains open to in-person learners, football program quarantining

The author hikes up a ridge on the way to Lost Lake on Aug. 28, 2020 near Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Lauren Jerew)

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Out of the Office: Out of your bubble

People say that Alaska is their backyard, their playground — that they know this or that mountain like…

Homer's Gracie Gummer and Kenai's Erin Koziczkowski meet across the net during a Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 volleyball game in the Alice Witte Gymnasium in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Kenai netters defeat Homer

The Homer volleyball team fell to the visiting Kardinals on Tuesday night while Kenai continued their winning streak…

Homer’s Madison Story swims the breaststroke leg of the girls 200 yard medley relay Friday, Oct. 2, 2020 during a dual meet against Seward High School at the Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer’s Madison Story breaks school records in swim meet against Seward

Homer girls, Seward boys win dual meet

Registered Nurse Annie Garay puts the finishing touches on South Peninsula Hospital's new COVID-19 testing site, located at the lower level of the hospital's specialty clinic at 4201 Bartlett Street, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. It's a self-swab site where people register at one window, and collect a swab kit from a nurse at another window. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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3 new COVID-19 cases on Kenai Peninsula

South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing has moved

Homer’s Sly Gaona (No. 8) and Nestor Kalugin (No. 48) tackle Soldotna’s Austin Escott during a Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020 football game at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Soldotna football tops Homer on homecoming

The Homer football team fell to the Soldotna Stars 61-14 on homecoming night.

Residents cast their votes in the regular municipal election Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 at the Anchor Point Senior Center in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Voters turn down hybrid election system

Ballot measure to create service area for Ninilchik, Anchor Point is passing

Voting stations sit ready in Homer City Hall during the regular municipal election Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer mayoral, city council races too close to call

This story has been updated with comments from Homer City Council candidate George Hall.

Troopers search for Homer woman in connection with suspected homicide

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Troopers search for Homer woman in connection with suspected homicide

A Homer woman is being sought by the Alaska State Troopers in connection to a suspected homicide.

Signs on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the main entrance to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, warn visitors not to enter until they have been met by hospital staff. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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1 new COVID-19 case in Homer

Hospital to move testing location, further relax visitation rules

Moving day: Homer Police Department settles into new station

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Moving day: Homer Police Department settles into new station

New building includes more room, several upgrades