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In this Zoom meeting screenshot, Homer City Council member Heath Smith, upper left, speaks on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at the Cowles Council Chambers at Homer City Hall, Homer, Alaska, while other council members attend remotely. Under the city's hybrid model, council members and the public can participate in meetings either remotely or in person. (Screenshot)

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Council meets with a full body again

For the first time since Evensen resignation, council has six members present

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KPBSD pauses weekly antigen tests for athletes

The district is experiencing “supply chain challenges”

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce attends the March 2, 2021, borough assembly meeting at the Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers at the Borough Administration Building in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough mayor promotes debunked COVID treatments

Pierce defends ivermectin as potential virus med, proposes local clinical trials

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COVID-19 causes Homer News office closure

Close contact to employee causes building to be closed to the public.

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will offer a districtwide 100% Remote Learning option during the 2021-2022 school year. (Image via the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District communications blog)

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School district offers updated remote learning options

Students learning 100% remotely will not be allowed to return to in-person learning outside of the transfer dates…

Healthcare workers with Capstone Clinic staff a pop-up COVID-19 testing clinic on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska. The clinic offers same-day testing from noon-7:30 p.m. today and noon-4 p.m. Friday. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News).

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Businesses shut down out of COVID-19 concerns

Numerous businesses close for a day or longer for testing of staff as 400th Alaskan dies of COVID-19.

Assembly Member Willy Dunne (second from left) speaks during a meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Candidates file for borough elections

The candidate filing period for people interested in running for seats open in the Oct. 5 municipal election…

A row of footballs iat the Homer-Seward game at Homer, Alaska, on Aug. 29, 2020. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer High athletes test positive for COVID-19

Volleyball, football programs affected, with some team members quarantining. Saturday football game in Eagle River is still on.

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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‘Back to school, ring the bell’

The 2021-22 school year begins Aug. 17 for all KPBSD schools.

A young volunteer chases three piglets named Mary Hamkins, Petunia and Sir Oinks-a-lot through the race Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds during the pig races on Friday, Aug. 16, 2019 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Spectators place bets on their favorite swine to win and the proceeds go to support the fair. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Kenai Peninsula Fair celebrates 70 years of fun

The Kenai Peninsula Fair is celebrating its 70th anniversary Aug. 13-15 at the fairgrounds in Ninilchik by “cruisin’…

The logo for South Peninsula Hospital.

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About 70 hospital staff affected by food poisoning

State identifies pork in sandwiches as likely cause of food poisoning.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy outlines new measures the state will undertake to tackle sexual assault during a press conference streamed live from the Alaska Department of Public Safety Crime Lab in Anchorage on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. (Screenshot)

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‘The days of getting away with it are over’

Dunleavy announces new process for tracking sexual assault cases, renewed effort to collect DNA from offenders.

Mayor Charlie Pierce speaks at a Kenai Peninsula Borough meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough seeks to change planning commission selection process

Traditionally, cities have advertised for their vacant seat on the commission, with applications forwarded to the city council…