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    Trash trailer catches fire at Homer Transfer Station
    Trash trailer catches fire at Homer Transfer Station
    By Michael Armstrong • May 6, 2020 5:30 am

    Homer Transfer Station workers pulled a burning trash container out of the station building this past Friday and kept the…

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    1 new COVID-19 case announced Tuesday
    By Megan Pacer • May 5, 2020 5:30 am

    The latest person to contract COVID-19 in Alaska is an Anchorage man, and he brings the state total to 371…

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    COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)                                COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)
    Peninsula COVID-19 cases grow over weekend
    By Michael Armstrong • May 4, 2020 5:30 am

    Two more COVID-19 cases were reported Monday, bringing the total number of cases in Alaska to 370. This includes nine…

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    COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)                                COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)
    Another Homer person tests positive for COVID-19
    By Michael Armstrong • May 3, 2020 5:30 am

    Another Homer person has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Sunday’s update from the Alaska Department of Health and Social…

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    COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)
    One new COVID-19 case reported for Alaska
    By Brian Mazurek • May 1, 2020 2:30 am

    Update: This story has been updated to include one new case reported on Saturday and a clarification by the state…

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    Signs on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the main entrance to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, warn visitors not to enter until they have been met by hospital staff. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    New cases announced in Homer, Anchor Point
    By Megan Pacer • April 30, 2020 3:30 pm

    One case is from community transmission, the other still under investigation

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    The sign at the Homer Farmers Market on Ocean Drive, as seen on April 24, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Homer Farmers Market, Alaska Food Hub set to...
    By Megan Pacer • April 29, 2020 5:30 am

    Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic brought businesses and much of society to a screeching halt in March, life has looked…

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    A recent photo of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, missing since Oct. 17, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided, Homer Police Department)
    Trauma meeting to be held in case of...
    By Michael Armstrong • April 29, 2020 5:30 am

    As part of an ongoing effort to keep interest in the search for missing Homer woman Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, her…

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    Homer health worker heads to New York to help during pandemic
    Homer health worker heads to New York to...
    By Michael Armstrong • April 29, 2020 5:30 am

    Correction: This story has been changed to remove a reference that Lenox Hill Hospital treats only COVID-19 patients at this…

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    Commercial fishing boats are rafted together in May 2016 in the harbor in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Assembly urges funding of Homer harbor study
    By Michael Armstrong • April 29, 2020 5:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted unanimously at its April 21 meeting to approve a resolution asking the U.S. Economic…

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    Council postpones measure clarifying power to close city-owned...
    By Megan Pacer • April 29, 2020 5:30 am

    The Homer City Council postponed an ordinance to a later date that deals with clarifying how and when the city…

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    The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from above on Monday, Aug. 26 on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Alaska Wildland Fire Information)
    Reminder: Burn permits are suspended starting May 1
    By Megan Pacer • April 29, 2020 5:30 am

    Starting Friday, May 1, all burn permits are suspended by the Alaska Division of Forestry, and burning both large and…

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    The Little Mermaid restaurant basks in a fresh coat of paint Tuesday, April 28, 2020 on Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. The restaurant is set to open in its new in-town location on May 1. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Little Mermaid opens in town
    By Megan Pacer • April 29, 2020 5:30 am

    Restaurant will do take out service as state economy slowly reopens

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