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Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Thursday, April 16, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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State eases restrictions on religious and social gatherings

Two more cases reported Friday for state total of 339

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Monday, April 20, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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State announces protocols for commercial fishermen and charters, loosens some in-state travel restrictions

Two more cases announced Thursday brings state total to 337

Oil tank train cars sit idle Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in East Chicago, Ind. The world is awash in oil, there’s little demand for it and we’re running out of places to put it. That in a nutshell explains this week’s strange and unprecedented action in the market for crude oil futures contracts, where traders essentially offered to pay someone else to deal with the oil they were due to have delivered next month. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Oil production continues in Alaska even with low prices

Still not free at the gas station.

Signs on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the main entrance to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, warn visitors not to enter until they have been met by hospital staff. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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South Peninsula Hospital continues testing, preparations for COVID-19

As the state of Alaska slowly reopens sections of its economic sector, Homer’s local hospital continues its work…

Homer Flex School announces Phoenix award winners

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Homer Flex School announces Phoenix award winners

With daily learning at local schools taking a different and more distant route, Homer Flex School is catching…

Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20

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Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20

The Homer area’s newest and second retail cannabis store opened Monday — April 20, or course, or 4/20,…

Mara the Steller Sea Lion is seen here at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Steller sea lion at SeaLife Center to give birth

The 17-year-old sea lion will be only the second of her species to give birth at the SeaLife…

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a press conference Thursday, March 26, 2020 in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Dunleavy announces first phase of reopening economy

Restaurants, retails and personal care services open at limited capacity.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during a Tuesday, April 14, 2020 press conference in the Atwood Building in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Office of the Governor)

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Dunleavy previews plan to reopen Alaska economy

Two new COVID-19 cases announced Monday bring state total to 321

COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)

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Five more COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday

5 new cases brings state total to 319

COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)

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Soldotna reports two more COVID-19 cases

5 new cases brings state total to 314

Homer group holds beach barbecue with social distancing mandate still in place

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Homer group holds beach barbecue with social distancing mandate still in place

Homer’s Sons of Liberty advocate right to assemble, while Alaska’s economy inches toward reopening

In this July 20, 2013 file photo, several thousand dipnetters converged onto the mouth of the Kenai River to catch a share of the late run of sockeye salmon headed into the river in Kenai, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file photo/Rashah McChesney)

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State eyes opening more of the economy

Dunleavy says retail sector is next; Crum talks commercial, sport fishing precautions