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Public can now access services in person at both lobbies of Homer City Hall

Alert level remains high for state, Kenai Peninsula

Data from the Alaska State Department of Epidemiology on Thursday, May 6, 2021 show the media usage of respondents in a survey about COVID-19 information. The report notes that this is about general media usage, not just as it pertains to COVID-19. (Photo provided by the Alaska State Department of Epidemiology)

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Survey: Friends, family most trusted among vaccine hesitant

The study analyzed the subset group of those surveyed who were not planning to get vaccinated, but who…

Dr. Anne Zink, state of Alaska chief medical officer, served as the Kenai Peninsula College 51st annual commencement speaker during the virtual ceremony May 6.

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Kenai Peninsula College honors graduates during virtual commencement

Kenai Peninsula College honored 142 graduates during a virtual commencement held May 6.

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Public can now access services in person at both lobbies of Homer City Hall

Alert level remains high for state, Kenai Peninsula

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The site of the Sterling Highway MP 45-60 Project is seen near Cooper Landing.

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Bypass project pushes ahead

People should expect traffic delays and construction noise when traveling through Cooper Landing this summer.

A screenshot from the FBI's Most Wanted page showing a photo the FBI said was taken on Jan. 6, 2021, inside the U.S.Capitol. Marilyn Hueper said FBI agents showed her this image and claimed it was of her. (Screenshot)

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Homer residents said home was searched by FBI in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots

Couple said agents seized computers, cell phones

Screenshot from Paul Hueper’s original Facebook post about the FBI search at their residence on April 28, 2021, of Marilyn and the woman in photograph #225a-b on the FBI’s Most Wanted for Capitol Violence list.

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Federal agents searched Homer residence in connection to the Jan. 6 Capitol riots

FBI affidavit provides more information on search

Mark Spano and Bob Loeffler hike in Chugach National Forest in this undated photo. (Photo courtesy Chris Beck/Alaska Trails Initiative)

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Funding for 500-mile trail awaits lawmaker action

The proposed trail would run from Seward to Fairbanks.

A sign on Friday, April 1, 2021, points the way to COVID-19 vaccines and testing at the South Peninsula Hospital testing and vaccine site on Bartlett Street in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Anyone working or living in Alaska can get free vaccines at Spit or in town clinics

Vaccine effort is part of state’s ‘Sleeve’s Up for Summer’ campaign

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Five new COVID-19 deaths reported for Wasilla

Mat-Su Valley is at highest alert level for state

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The Homer City Council participates in a remote meeting on Monday, April 26 in Homer, Alaska.

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Homer council puts brakes on some Jet Ski action

The Homer City Council this week took further action to limit the way personal watercraft can be used…

A sign on Friday, April 1, 2021, points the way to COVID-19 vaccines and testing at the South Peninsula Hospital testing and vaccine site on Bartlett Street in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Bartlett Street clinic offers walk-in vaccinations

South Peninsula Hospital now offers walk-in vaccinations at Bartlett Street clinic

Andrew Marley, the 2021 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner, at left, holds his prize winning 25.62-pound white king salmon on Saturday, April 17, 2021, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. Helping him are his father, Jay Marley, center, and older brother Weston Marley, right. The family team included Erica Marley, not shown, all fishing on the Fly Dough. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Andrew Marley, 10, wins Homer Winter King Tournament

‘Quite a bit of that is going to go to college tuition,’ dad says of son’s $87,000 earnings