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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.

Christina Burns, librarian for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, packs food for the day at her home in Anchorage, Alaska, around 4 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Starved for new listings’

Low inventory, local landscape fuel housing crisis in Seward

Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum, speaks at a news conference with Gov. Mike Dunleavy about the state's efforts to combat the increase in drug overdoses driven by the synthetic opioid fentanyl, on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. (Screenshot)

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Dunleavy announces efforts to combat fentanyl crisis

More avenues to get help.

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Seawatch: Halibut prices may drop soon

Halibut prices reached unprecedented levels this spring, but may be about to come down from the stratosphere soon…

Sophomore Diane Lemieux-Pietrowski, the April recipient of the Homer Flex High School Phoenix Award, poses with her award. (Photo by Beth Schneider)

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Lemieux-Pietrowski wins Phoenix award

Diane Lemieux-Pietrowski receives April Flex Phoenix Award for academic motivation and community involvement.

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

The logo for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is displayed inside the George A. Navarre Borough Admin Building on Thursday, July 22, 2021, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board OKs raises for more district admin

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s coordinators and assistant superintendent will get raises

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.

Teslas charge at Alaska’s first Tesla Supercharger station on Saturday, April 30, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tesla Supercharger brings high-speed EV charging to Soldotna

Teslas from around the state charged at the Soldotna station on Saturday

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.

Lisa Denny wears "Handmaid's Tale"-inspired garb while holding a sign stating "I stand with Planned Parenthood" during a protest held near the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, May 3, following a leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision that would overturn the landmark case Roe v. Wade. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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What would overturning Roe v. Wade mean for Alaska?

Abortion access would remain, but elections and appointments would be heated.

Birders check out shorebirds on the outgoing tide on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at Mud Bay on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Put on your boots and grab your binoculars — It’s Shorebird Festival

Correction: The date has been corrected for Ballet of the Birds, a dance performance by choreographer Breezy Berryman…