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Firefighters and medics lines the steps to Homer High School before a memorial for Gary Thomas on Sunday, Jan.19, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. Thomas, a community advocate and volunteer firefighter for more than 40 years, was found dead this month after a water heater explosion at a home out East End Road. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Thomas family reaches settlement in wrongful death suit

Funds from settlement will go to area nonprofits in Thomas’s name.

Birdwatchers scan Mud Bay for birds on Friday, May 6, 2022, during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Shorebirds — and birders — return

Twenty-seven shorebird species seen at 30th Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Case rates steady on southern peninsula

One Alaskan reported dead of COVID-19.

Members of Breezy Berryman's dance troupe make an appearance for the Homer Brewing Company's bird calling contest during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival on Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The troupe performed "The Ballet of the Birds" earlier that day and later that evening at the Land's End Quarterdeck. From left to right are Christina Platter, Ireland Styvar, Reilly-Sue Baker and Natalia Sherwood. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Arts briefs

Bed of Roses performs Friday

A recent photo of Anesha "Duffy" Murnane, missing since Oct. 17, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided, Homer Police Department)

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Police arrest man in murder, kidnapping of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane.

Ogden, Utah, man knew Murnane when he lived in Homer in 2019.

May Fekete’s portrait by Sarah Lewis is one of the photographs in the exhibit, "Pandemic Portraits," on display through Sept. 19, 2021, at Land’s End Resort in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Sarah Lewis and Affinity Films)

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First Friday art exhibit openings feature bird-themed art

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival featured artist Stacy Studebaker is one of many artists showing bird-themed art.

Marco Ramirez. (Photo provided/Alaska State Troopers via Homer Police Department)

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Troopers arrest wanted Homer man

Citizen tips led to arrest of man wanted in theft of truck in Sterling.

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Case rates drop on southern peninsula

Four more Alaskans reported dead of COVID-19 while US total reaches 1 million.

A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Peninsula media win Alaska Press Club awards

Awards include sweep of COVID-19 reporting category.

Photo by Ellen Jakovich. Numerous bird tracks can be seen in this photo of a cast made of a rock slab containing ancient bird tracks discovered by Steve Friend on the Anchor Point beach east of the Anchor River.

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Ancient shorebird tracks on display for festival

Cast of shorebird tracks will be on display for Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival.

Writer Toni Jensen is part of the visiting faculty teaching at the 25th Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference. (Photo provided)

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It’s back: Writers’ Conference returns

20th Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference returns in new location in downtown Homer.

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council votes down resolution supporting Vance bill

Erickson’s resolution would have supported ‘No Patient Left Behind Act.’

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Case rates steady on southern peninsula

Thirteen more Alaskans reported dead of COVID-19.