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    Articles by Megan Pacer
    Western Emergency Services logo. (Courtesy image)
    Deadline extended for transfer of assets for Western...
    By Megan Pacer • January 6, 2021 2:30 am

    Borough’s legal department says more time is needed for proper transfer

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    State reports 374 new COVID-19 cases, 2 new...
    By Megan Pacer • December 30, 2020 2:30 am

    Positivity rate statewide continues to drop

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    The statue of Brother Asaiah Bates that stands at Cosmic Kitchen is seen wearing a mask on Monday, April 6, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. The state of Alaska is currently advising people to wear protective cloth coverings when they have to go out in public for essentials. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    The year in review
    By Megan Pacer • December 30, 2020 2:30 am

    To paraphrase Charles Dickens, it was the worst of times, it was the worst of times. Those who endured what…

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    Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News
Pasty filling of beef, potatoes, onions, carrots and rutabaga wait to be baked on Christmas Day in Crystal Falls, Michigan.
    Kalifornsky Kitchen: Pasties two ways
    By Megan Pacer • December 30, 2020 2:30 am

    Peninsula Clarion columnist Victoria Petersen and Homer News reporter Megan Pacer team up to make the traditional hand pie.

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    The author looks across Eklutna Lake on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 near Eagle River, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey)
    Out of the Office: Good riddance
    By Megan Pacer • December 30, 2020 2:30 am

    When I first saw my turn in the rotating schedule for writing this column would fall on New Year’s Eve,…

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    From top to bottom: Bill Hague, Dave Brann and Robert Archibald hold up their Land at Heart awards during a ceremony held via Zoom by Kachemak Heritage Land Trust. (Photo courtesy Blake Gebhardt)
    Kachemak Heritage Land Trust honors 3 with Land...
    By Megan Pacer • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    Award ceremony for Robert Archibald, Bill Hague and Dave Brann held virtually

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    Anglers fish for steelhead in the Anchor River by the Anchor River Bridge on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    State seeks proposals for local campground management
    By Megan Pacer • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    State Parks extends deadline for bids to provide boat launch service at Deep Creek, Anchor River

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    Ben Blue, a graduate of Homer High School and a doctoral student at University of Washington, shows Homer High biology students the results of a research project they helped him with during their second quarter. (Image courtesy Vicki Lowe)
    Homer High students help alum with research remotely
    By Megan Pacer • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    With Kenai Peninsula Borough School District students learning remotely until January, teachers have had to get creative. Biology students at…

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    Family practice physician Christina Tuomi, D.O., (right) gets Homer's first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from Emergency Department nurse Steve Hughes (left) on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Tuomi has been the hospital's medical lead throughout the pandemic. (Photo courtesy Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
    First health care worker, long-term care resident get...
    By Megan Pacer • December 17, 2020 2:30 am

    South Peninsula Hospital started offering vaccines to residents and front-line staff on Thursday

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    City leases Homer Spit lot to Salmon Sisters
    By Megan Pacer • December 16, 2020 2:30 am

    Homer’s disaster declaration extended through March 9

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    This map shows the boundaries of Kachemak Bay State Park and Kachemak Bay State Wilderness Park. (Image courtesy Alaska Department of Natural Resources, KBSP and KBSWP management plan)
    DNR seeks comment on state parks management plan
    By Megan Pacer • December 16, 2020 2:30 am

    Proposal to phase out Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery draws ire

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    The former K-Bay Caffe building on Pioneer Avenue, seen here Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 in Homer, Alaska, now houses the Coffeesmith Cafe. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    The Coffeesmith expands to brick and mortar building
    By Megan Pacer • December 16, 2020 2:30 am

    Coffee stand owner opens cafe in former K-Bay Caffe location

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    South Peninsula Pharmacist Jill Kort holds up a vial of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 shortly after it arrived at the hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Homer
    By Megan Pacer • December 16, 2020 2:30 am

    Inoculation of hospital staff and long term care residents begins Thursday

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