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Members of the House Republican Minority Caucus talk amongst themselves during an at ease on the floor of the Alaska House of Representatives on Monday, June 28, 2021. House members reached a deal on an operating budget and avoided a government shutdown but members of the minority said they had been repeatedly pushed out of the process. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Lawmakers pass budget again; send to Gov ahead of shutdown deadline

More work and a work group ahead.

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Then-Democratic presidential hopeful and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel speaks at the “Take Back America” political conference in Washington, in this June 2007 photo.

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Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91

He read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record.

Soldotna City Hall is seen on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna to end Zoom access for meetings

Soldotna Mayor Paul Whitney wrote in a June 23 memo to the council that the need for video…

Kenai Peninsula Borough Administration and Assembly meet for a joint work session with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.

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School district submits plan as part of 3rd round of COVID funding

The funds come with conditions.

Meilani Schijvens, owner of Rain Coast Data, shared the 2021 Business Climate Survey results with members of the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce Thursday. The data show that the pandemic-related tourism restrictions battered communities in Southeast Alaska. (Dana Zigmund/Juneau Empire)

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Business climate survey shows pandemic’s outsize local impact

Southeast Alaska one of the country’s hardest-hit areas

Community members participated in Corvus Design’s Discovery Days on June 9 to discuss ideas for the new wayfinding and streetscape project in Homer. (Photo provided by Corvus Design)

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Wayfinding, Streetscape plan to connect locations in Homer

The City of Homer is creating a wayfinding and streetscape plan to help people navigate town

A registered nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the pop-up clinic on the Spit on May 27. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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New data shows fully-vaccinated rate of about 74% for Homer, Diamond Ridge

Pop-up clinic is part of ‘Sleeves Up for Summer’ campaign

Shell Perretta, left, and David Boissonault, right, sit on a bench on Thursday, June 7, 2021, they donated in memory of Perretta's late mother, Hilary Adams. Homer Parks staff installed the bench on the Homer Spit Trail near the wreck of the Try Again II that day. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Memorial bench installed on Spit

More benches donated by Rotary will go in this summer

People march in a combined Pride and Juneteenth event on Saturday, June 19, 2021, along Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Juneteenth, Pride march held last Saturday

Combined Juneteenth, Pride march held, while a second Pride march is this Sunday.

Kenai Peninsula Borough IT Director Ben Hanson speaks with attendees at a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, at the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers in Soldotna, Alaska. The attendees were concerned about voting measures approved by the assembly aimed at improving borough election security. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Borough)

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Borough assembly approves election security measures

The new legislation only applies to borough elections. It does not apply to state or federal elections.

An aerial photo of the 102-acre Loon Lake Fire footprint taken at approximately 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Swan Lake is in the background to the right. (Kale Casey/Alaska DNR-Division of Forestry)

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What peninsula residents need to know about fire season

Bouschor said the peninsula is known both for experiencing fires more frequently and producing larger-scale fires.

Anglers gather along the banks of the Kenai River near Sportsman’s Landing in Cooper Landing in September 2018. (Peninsula Clarion file)

Sports

Sanctuary opens for sockeye sport fishing

The sanctuary opening is effective Thursday, June 24 through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday on July 14.

A boat is lifted out of the water at Northern Enterprises Boat Yard on Kachemak Drive. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

Business

Northern Enterprise Boat Yard expands business

Northern Enterprises Boat Yard, Inc., the largest privately owned dry dock marina in Alaska, is expanding its docks…