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A map of Kachemak Bay State Park shows proposed land additions A, B and C in House Bill 52 and the Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery. (Map courtesy of Alaska State Parks)

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HB 52 ‘cures’ land disposal issue of Tutka Bay Lagoon Hatchery

HB 52 would take hatchery out of Kachemak State Park and add also lands to park.

The 2021 Board Proclamation for the Kenai Peninsula shows the redistricting plan adopted by the Alaska Redistricting Board on Nov. 10, 2021. (akredistrict.org)

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New boundaries, shortened terms for local senators after redistricting

The board paired new Alaska State House Districts with Senate districts Wednesday.

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

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Test rate drops in Homer area

No new deaths reported for Kenai Peninsula.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly President Brent Johnson presides over a meeting of the assembly on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Assembly considers nixing in-person meetings in Homer, Seward

Members discussed if the meetings were necessary with public Zoom access available.

Upper Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone can be seen on this map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image via fisheries.noaa.gov)

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Fisherman challenge EEZ closure

The closure affects an area of Cook Inlet from south of Kalgin Island to about Anchor Point.

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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski attends a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber of Commerce Luncheon on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. Murkowski held a press conference Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021 to promote the provisions related to Alaska included the infrastructure bill recently passed by Congress.

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‘A win for Alaska’

Murkowski celebrates passage of federal infrastructure bill

The George A. Navarre Kenai Peninsula Borough building. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)

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Borough looks to tap rescue funds for projects

About $3.4 million of American Rescue Plan Act was allocated for “pay-go” infrastructure projects.

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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State Trooper arrested on charges of domestic violence

The Wasilla and Kenai police departments investigated the allegations.

Leroy Keene (left) is welcomed home from Desert Storm by his wife and daughter in 1990. Gary Squires (right) kneels next to a young Vietnamese girl he helped rescue and the doctor who bandaged her wounds.

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Veterans to receive Quilts of Valor on Veterans Day

War affects veterans who make it home differently.

Derotha Ferraro, South Peninsula Hospital public information officer, presents the latest COVID-19 statistics for South Peninsula Hospital. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Aderhold appointed mayor pro tem

After the appointment was postponed during the Oct. 25 Homer City Council meeting due to a split vote…

Derotha Ferraro, Dr. Christy Tuomi, Ryan Smith and Ken Castner pose for a photo with South Peninsula Hospital’s mayoral recognition plaque. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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City honors hospital, former council member for community service

South Peninsula Hospital and former council member Heath Smith were recognized for their dedication to the community during…

More than 30 boats and 300 people gathered Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021, at Homer’s Seafarer’s Memorial to give a fisherman’s send off for local charter captain Josh Brooks. Brooks, 45, died of a sudden heart attack in Mexico on Oct. 11, 2021, while on vacation at a fishing tournament there. A long-time charter captain and commercial fisherman, Brooks ran his boat, the Huntress, year-round, targeting halibut and salmon. Boat captains fired off expired distress flares and radioed Josh as “missing” in the community’s farewell to a well-loved son. (Photo by Jim Lavrakas)

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A fisherman’s farewell

More than 30 boats gathered off the Seafarer’s Memorial to bid farewell to Josh Brooks.

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

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Homer man dies of COVID-19

Latest death is part of a report of 78 new Alaska deaths reported this week.