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Spruce trees are dusted with snow on Dec. 22, 2020, in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Soldotna, Alaska. Some areas of the refuge are open to harvest of holiday trees for non-commercial uses beginning Thanksgiving. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Know before you chop

Where to get holiday trees on the peninsula

Petit Nutcracker Ballet dancers Liam James, Aiyana Cline, Ireland Styvar and Kathy Brennan pose on Nov. 12, 2020, on the ice of Grewingk Glacier lake near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Bjørn Olson)

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Holiday events start this weekend

Tree lighting, Nutcracker Ballet, Faire start off season of events.

The old Homer intermediate school building, showing the Homer Boys & Girls Club and gym on the south side of the building at the corner of the Sterling Highway and Pioneer Avenue.

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Stantec begins HERC scoping process

Stantec is the engineering firm responsible for constructing the new police station.

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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Anchor Point house fire still under investigation

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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Anchor Point house fire leaves one dead, one in serious condition

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A reader board sign on the Sterling Highway announces COVID-19 testing and vaccines at the South

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No current COVID-19 patients at South Peninsula Hospital

Test rates, ER visits and admissions are dropping for Homer

Family practice physician Christina Tuomi, D.O., (right) gets Homer’s first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine from Emergency Department nurse Steve Hughes (left) on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Tuomi has been the hospital’s medical lead throughout the pandemic. (Photo courtesy Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)

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Feds issue vaccine mandate to health care workers; Dunleavy joins lawsuit against the rule

Rule by CMS applies to hospitals, rural health clinics, community mental health centers.

Tim Navarre, president of the Kenai Peninsula Foundation, stands in a bedroom at a cold weather shelter set to open next month on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021 in Nikiski, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Shelter prepares to open doors

Efforts to establish a cold weather shelter on the peninsula have been in the works for years.

Bench creator, Brad Hughes, pours the molding material over the clay while Rob Wiard and Matt brush the liquid rubber over each character on the bench to ensure it is covered evenly. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Molds for the Loved & Lost bench are underway

Construction for the memorial bench continues as the rubber molds to shape the concrete are made.

Dave Brann and Robert Archibald present Barb Seaman with the Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Land at Heart Award on Nov. 9 at the Calvin & Coyle Trail in Homer. (Photo provided by Kachemak Heritage Land Trust)

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Kachemak Heritage Land Trust honors former executive director

Barb Seaman was awarded the KHLT Land at Heart Award

Commercial fishing vessels are seen here on the Kenai River on July 10, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fishing industry takes a hit during pandemic

Overall fish harvesting jobs in Alaska dropped by the widest margin since 2000 — 14.1% — in 2020.

The Homer News sign.

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Kenai power outage delays printing of Homer News

A power outage in Kenai that affected the printer has delayed printing of the Nov. 18 edition.

The color guard lowers the flags in honor of the veterans who have passed as Christie Hill plays “Taps” during the Veterans Day ceremony at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Veterans honored during Veterans Day parade, ceremony

In honor of Veterans Day, dozens of veterans and supportive organizations gathered to march down Pioneer Avenue to…