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A pair of sandhill cranes feed Friday, May 8 at Green Timbers on the Homer Spit in Homer. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Earth Day is bird day

Celebrate Earth Day every day by growing close to nature.

Cooper Landing Fire and Emergency Medical Services respond to a trailer fire on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, near Mile 38 Seward Highway near Cooper Landing, Alaska. The fire destroyed the trailer carrying U.S. Mail from Anchorage to the Southern Kenai Peninsula. (Photo courtesy of Cooper Landing Fire and EMS)

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Trailer fire destroys some peninsula-bound mail

Fire in semi-tractor trailer destroys mail bound for some Southern Kenai Peninsula towns.

A trumpeter swan swims in open water on Beluga Lake on Thursday, April 14, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Part of a pair, the swan was first seen the day before. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Signs of spring

Swans return and flowers bloom.

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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Peninsula man dies of COVID-19

Southern Kenai Peninsula man 80 or older is one of seven new Alaska deaths.

Gregg Brelsford, an independent candidate for Alaska's U.S. House of Representatives seat, poses for a photo on Friday, April 15, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer New)

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‘No drama’ Brelsford running for Congress

Former Republican running as an undeclared candidate touts civic experience.

Weston Marley, second from left, holds up the 27.38-pound winter king salmon he caught to win the 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska. Marley, 15, fished on the Fly Dough with his father, Jay Marley, left, and brother, Andrew Marley, center. Joining them are Zach Marley, far right, and mom Erica Marley, second from right. It's the second year a Marley boy won the tournament, with Andrew taking first place for a 25.62-pound king in 2021. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Team Marley wins again

For the second year in a row, a Marley boy wins the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament.

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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COVID-19 cases rise slightly

Reporting error skews southern peninsula test results on state dashboard.

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council amends budget

Mid-biennium budget change would increase cost-of-living adjustment for city workers.

South Peninsula Haven House Woman of Wisdom Derotha Ferraro. (Photo provided)

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Honoring community leaders

Homer High student Olivia Glasman wins awards in both events.

The Cook Inlet Spill Prevention and Response Inc. barge Redoubt is aground on the Mud Bay beach in Kachemak Bay off Kachemak Drive at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday, March 31, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Barge runs aground in Mud Bay

Boat pulls CISPRI spill response vessel off beach; no spills reported.

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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Lower peninsula drops into substanial alert level

Six more Alaska deaths reported.

The third quarter Mariners on the Move are, from left to right, Melanie Morris, Jasmine Lurus, Mylan Johnson, Ainsley Boss-Harmon, Abbey Morgan, Heather Shea and Edward Gonzalez Anahonak. (Photo provided)

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Mariners on the Move announced

The third quarter Mariners on the Move have been announced.

McNeil Canyon Elementary School student Cedar Galbraith's watercolor and ink painting. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Community

Jubilee! art show highlights youth talent

The Homer Council on the Arts annual Jubilee! Youth Art show runs through the end of April at…