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Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters attack the East Bunnell Avenue fire at about 3 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The Compass Rose building at right had minor damage from heat exposure but otherwise did not burn. (Photo courtesy of Homer Voluntee Fire Department)

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Occupants, pets escape without injury fire on Bunnell Avenue.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters fought for almost 10 hours a fire on East Bunnell Avenue early Saturday…

At left are Roger and Kathy Hernsteen, "Mr. and Mrs. Crab," who lead onboard oceanography progrms. With them are Mitch Mitchell, Lisa Ellington and former CACS Director Janet Middleton. (Photo courtesy CACS)

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CACS’ second decade saw expansion

I arrived in Homer near the end of the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies second decade — in…

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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CDC alert level remains at yellow for peninsula

No new Alaska deaths reported for second week in a row.

Hope McKenney. (Photo courtesy of KBBI radio)

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KBBI hires new News Director

KBBI Public Radio has hired a News Director, Hope McKenney. She replaces former News Director Jay Barrett who…

Jeannette Aragones, left, and her daughter, Jessica Hahn, right, pose in their new food truck, Que Rico. (Photo provided)

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New food truck, Que Rico, opens

A new food truck, Que Rico, has opened in Homer. Run by mother-daughter team Jeannette Aragones and Jessica…

A portable sign on the Sterling Highway on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, reminds voters they can vote or turn in their special-election mail-in ballots at Homer City Hall through Friday, June 10, 2022. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Special election is June 11

Saturday is Alaska’s special primary congressional election; voters will cast their ballots to fill the state’s lone seat…

U.S. flags decorate graves of military veterans at Memorial Day Ceremonies on Monday, May 30, 2022, at Hickerson Memorial Cemetery near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Honoring the war dead

About 50 show up in Homer to honor the ‘valor of servicemen and women who made that supreme…

The south side of 397 E. Pioneer Avenue as seen on Friday, May 27, 2022. The barn door to the right was cut into the wall of the former Refuge Chapel, a modifcation other tenants of the building claimed had been done in violation of the business condominium association rules. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Old Refuge Chapel declared ‘unsafe to occupy’

Fire marshal said ‘commercial’ activity in old chapel did not have valid plan review.

Members of Homer Flex School's Marine Biology class on April 21, 2022, prepare to deploy a CTD, or conductivity, temperature, and depth, device in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. (Photo provided, Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies)

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Homer Flex students do research in Kachemak Bay

In April, Homer Flex High School’s Marine Biology class was given the exciting opportunity to partner with the…

The Alaska Grown logo.

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Homer Farmers Market: Sun shines on first market of the season

The unseasonably hot weather of this Memorial Day weekend was appreciated by everyone down at the Homer Farmers…

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

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Peninsula project funding, alcohol reform pass in Juneau

$3,200 PFD payments, education legislation also included

Demonstrators rally in support of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District teachers and staff outside of the George A. Navarre Admin Building on Thursday, May 26, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Overworked and underpaid’

Rally calls for support for KPBSD staff, teachers