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Eric Pederson, principal of Paul Banks Elementary School, stands with his family outside the school in this undated photo in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Eric Pederson)

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Local principals promoted to school district leadership positions

Kari Dendurent will be the next assistant superintendent

Incoming Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Clayton Holland speaks during a virtual budget forum Monday, March 22, 2021. (Screenshot by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Federal funds will help float school district through FY23

District leadership will ask for $48 million from the borough level

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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State: 1 new death and 177 new COVID-19 cases

Peninsula remains at intermediate alert level

Members of the community give public testimony about a Homer City Council resolution dealing with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s proposal to repeal the ban on personal watercraft in critical habitat areas of Kachemak Bay during the Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 council meeting at Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Conservation groups question Jet Ski regulation process in letter

Environmentalists allege Jet Ski ban repeal was tarnished, ask do over

Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce presents local advocate Nona Safra with an exemplary service award Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at the Homer Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Local senior advocate honored for her work

A local advocate for seniors was recognized last week by the Office of the Borough Mayor for her…

The Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 shortly after it arrived at the South Peninsula Hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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More vaccines coming to Homer

South Peninsula Hospital set to receive an additional 350 Pfizer doses

The Homer office of the Division of Motor Vehicles is seen after hours on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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House subcommittee grills officials on plan to close DMV offices

‘I really doubt it’s going to pass,’ Vance said of governor’s idea to close rural locations

A large tarp hangs in the Homer High School gymnasium to catch water leaking through the roof at the school in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Doug Waclawski)

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Assembly approves funding to design 1st phase of Homer High roof replacement

The roof has been actively leaking and has ‘exceeded its useful life’

Gov. Mike Dunleavy addresses Alaskans during a remote press conference on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Dunleavy announced that the COVID-19 vaccine is now available to all Alaskans who want it. (Screenshot)

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‘A gigantic milestone’: Alaska becomes 1st state to open vaccines to everyone

The state announced the change Tuesday

City of Homer Recreation Manager Mike Illg, who is in the planning section of Homer's Unified Command Mass Vaccination PODs, stands on the upper level of Homer High School overlooking the Commons during a vaccine clinic on Friday, March 5, 2021 in Homer, Alaska. Providing more than 500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to local residents, it was the Unified Command's largest mass clinic to date. (Photo courtesy Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)

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Vaccination efforts increasing locally

Johnson and Johnson vaccine makes it way here; CDC updates recommendations

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council talks next budget cycle

Members also mull possible property tax exemption for nonprofit

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The Homer Spit and Kachemak Bay, seen here in December 2020 in Homer, Alaska.

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Kachemak Bay Science Conference starts next week

The chance to be immersed in the species, ecosystems and science of Kachemak Bay is back again in…

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Homer High School.

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events