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Sherry and Don Stead, owners of Grace Ridge Brewing, celebrate one year in their new location on Smoky Bay Way, Friday, Feb 3, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Meet Your Neighbor: Grace Ridge Brewing

The local brewery celebrates one year in new location

Justin Ruffridge (Courtesy photo)

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Ruffridge bill would exempt veterinarians from opioid reporting program

The bill cleared the Alaska Senate last session

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Borough mayoral candidate forum speaks to southern peninsula

The four candidates for the upcoming Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral special election spoke on current issues during a…

Members of the club Krewe of Gambrinus march in the 2020 Homer Winter Carnival Parade on Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. They marched dressed as wild things from “Where the Wild Things Are.” (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Carnival comes out of hibernation this weekend

Homer’s 69th annual Winter Carnival Celebration will kick off Saturday with a parade down Pioneer Avenue.

Lliam Boss-Harmon outside of Physics class at Homer High School. (Photo courtesy Homer High School yearbook staff)

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Senior Portrait: Lliam Boss-Harmon

Homer News is spotlighting local high school students

Hugh Neff’s retired sled dog, Mojito, curls up in an old dogsled used during a presentation on reading and dog mushing at West Homer Elementary on Friday, Feb. 3 in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Barb Angaiak

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Iditarod top finisher visits West Homer Elementary

Musher Hugh Neff talks reading, dog mushing, perseverance

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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COVID-19: Cases slow statewide; hospitalizations rise

61 people are hospitalized with COVID-19 in Alaska

Atom Snedden, Homer Flex School Phoenix Award recipient. (Photo by Beth Schneider)

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Homer Flex School December Phoenix Award recipient: Atom Snedden

Each month, the school staff choose a student to receive the Homer Flex Phoenix Award based on their…

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Drama, Debate and Forensics tournament results

Twelve Alaska high schools participated in the Drama, Debate and Forensics tournament in Anchorage on Friday and Saturday,…

The northern fur seal rescued by Alaska SeaLife Center staff is seen on Jan. 31, 2023, at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kaiti Grant/Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Northern fur seal pup admitted to SeaLife Center rescue program

The pup was reported by Sitka residents using the center’s 24-hour stranding hotline

Wood is piled near the entrance to Centennial Park on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Federal grants for wood projects accepting applications

The Wood Innovations Grant Program seeks to fund expansion of wood use projects

Golden-yellow birch trees and spruce frame a view of Aurora Lagoon and Portlock Glacier from a trail in the Cottonwood-Eastland Unit of Kachemak Bay State Park off East End Road on Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong)

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State parks advisory boards accepting applications

Alaska State Park advisory boards provide state park managers with recommendations on management issues

The Kenai Public Health Center is seen on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Report: Alaska makes progress, falls short on 2030 health goals

Healthy Alaskans 2030 tracks 30 health objectives related to a variety of health factors