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    Articles by Megan Pacer
    COVID-19. (Image courtesy the CDC)
    Homer still has most COVID-19 cases on peninsula...
    By Megan Pacer • June 5, 2020 5:30 am

    Homer’s tally of COVID-19 cases grew to 17, the state announced Friday, as daily case increases continue. There have been…

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    First day of Homer Farmers Market looks a little different
    First day of Homer Farmers Market looks a...
    By Megan Pacer • June 3, 2020 5:30 am

    Homer’s annual Farmers Market inched ahead this summer with a cautious reopening amid the ongoing social distancing caused by the…

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    People hold signs at a protest on Sunday, May 30, 2020, at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska, in support of people of color who have been the subject of police violence, including George Floyd, a man who died May 25, 2020, in a police encounter in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Locals organize multiple demonstrations on racial injustice
    By Megan Pacer • June 3, 2020 5:30 am

    Three separate events to delve into the discussion of racial injustice in America have been organized in Homer as locals…

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    Nikiski Fire Station #2, seen here on July 15, 2019 in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Homer leads peninsula cities in number of COVID-19...
    By Megan Pacer • June 3, 2020 5:30 am

    Borough announces three Nikiski Fire personnel have tested positive, 11 crew members quarantined

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    Paul Banks Elementary School principal honored with statewide recognition
    Paul Banks Elementary School principal honored with statewide...
    By Megan Pacer • June 3, 2020 5:30 am

    Between advocating for his students to the local Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Directors and kissing pigs during…

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    Out of the Office: Trails that wind, hearts that find
    Out of the Office: Trails that wind, hearts...
    By Megan Pacer • June 3, 2020 5:30 am

    As with a lot of things, Alaska has been lucky to be far removed and largely untouched by the disastrous…

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    Registered Nurse Cathy Davis (left) and Chief Nursing Officer Dawn Johnson (right) work at a table to get COVID-19 tests ready for the public Friday, May 29, 2020 at the Boat House Pavilion on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Expanding testing available on southern peninsula
    By Megan Pacer • June 2, 2020 10:30 am

    Health care organizations on the southern Kenai Peninsula are taking part in the efforts to expand testing capabilities in Alaska.

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    Registered Nurse Cathy Davis (left) and Chief Nursing Officer Dawn Johnson (right) work at a table to get COVID-19 tests ready for the public Friday, May 29, 2020 at the Boat House Pavilion on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. South Peninsula Hospital is now offering free COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic people with no appointments necessary at the Boat House Pavilion through June 6. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    1 new COVID-19 case in Homer as hospital...
    By Megan Pacer • May 29, 2020 5:30 am

    Additional COVID-19 cases announced in Soldotna and in a nonresident visitor to the peninsula

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy the CDC)
    7 new cases of COVID-19 on Kenai Peninsula
    By Megan Pacer • May 28, 2020 5:30 am

    5 of the new cases are on the southern peninsula, and Nikiski has its first case

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    Ninilchik grads leave school in style
    Ninilchik grads leave school in style
    By Megan Pacer • May 27, 2020 5:30 am

    Restrictions placed on the economy and social movements due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has changed and interrupted a lot…

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    Salmonfest music festival canceled for 2020
    Salmonfest music festival canceled for 2020
    By Megan Pacer • May 27, 2020 5:30 am

    For the first time in its relatively short history, Salmonfest will not proceed with three days of fish, love and…

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council approves ordinance clarifying powers to close city-owned...
    By Megan Pacer • May 27, 2020 5:30 am

    The search for a new permanent city manager for Homer continues, with telephonic interviews scheduled for six candidates in early…

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    A sign on Friday, May 22, 2020, at the Homer Theatre in Homer, Alaska, advertises its reopening next month on June 5. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Homer businesses reopen cautiously under most recent plan...
    By Megan Pacer • May 27, 2020 5:30 am

    When Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced the third and fourth phases of his administration’s plan to reopen Alaska’s economy in the…

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