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    Kachemak Emergency Services Chief Bob Cicciarella provides an update on the North Fork and Caribou Lake fires on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, at a community meeting at McNeil Canyon Elementary School near Fritz Creek, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Officials brief community on Caribou Lake, North Fork...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 24, 2019 4:30 am

    Fire officials delivered some positive news about two lower Kenai Peninsula wildfires at a community meeting Saturday at McNeil Canyon…

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    North Fork Fire nears containment; Ready alert canceled
    North Fork Fire nears containment; Ready alert canceled
    By Megan Pacer • August 23, 2019 5:30 am

    Caribou Lake Fire continues to grow slowly

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    This map provided by the Great Basin National Incident Management Team 1 shows the perimeter of the Caribou Lake Fire, burning about 25 miles northeast of Homer, Alaska. (Image courtesy Great Basin National Incident Management Team 1)
    Community meeting for Caribou Lake Fire to be...
    By Megan Pacer • August 23, 2019 4:30 am

    Ground crews, aircraft continue work to contain the blaze

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    This photo of the Caribou Lake fire was taken about 4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, northeast of Homer, Alaska, about two hours after Ian Pitzman texted a message reporting the fire to his wife, Stephanie Pitzman, via an inReach satellite communication device. (Photo by Ian Pitzman)
    Swan Lake Fire team will take over Caribou...
    By Megan Pacer • August 21, 2019 5:30 am

    One fire is nearly contained and another is still growing in size in the wildlands outside of Homer.

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    Homer bikers ride for suicide prevention, awareness
    Homer bikers ride for suicide prevention, awareness
    By Megan Pacer • August 21, 2019 5:30 am

    What started in the central peninsula when a small group of community members got together and decided to do something…

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    Diamond Ridge resident Parick Buongiorne watches the North Fork fire as it burns near the south end of the North Fork Road on Sunday evening, Aug. 18, 2019, near Homer, Alaska, as seen from Diamond Ridge Road. Buongiorne had previously worked as a wildlife firefighter with the Pioneer Peak crew. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Caribou Lake Fire now at 700 acres; North...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 21, 2019 5:30 am

    As firefighters mopped up an almost 60-acre wildland fire on the south end of North Fork Road, attention shifted on…

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    Students, teachers head back to school
    Students, teachers head back to school
    By Michael Armstrong • August 21, 2019 5:30 am

    Fireweeed Academy teacher Diane Ditton and her fifth- and sixth-grade students pose for a photo at the end of the…

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    The 4-H kids of the Kenai Peninsula smile for a group photo at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 at the fairgrounds in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Living the fair life
    By Brian Mazurek • August 21, 2019 5:30 am

    Residents enjoy weekend of pig races, fish throwing, and livestock auctions in Ninilchik

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    Fire information is posted outside of Wildmans in Cooper Landing on Aug. 19, 2019. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Fire crews battle Swan Lake Fire after weekend...
    By Brian Mazurek • August 21, 2019 1:30 am

    Crews are working to create new control lines and keep the fire away from the highway

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    Candidates announced for Oct. 1 municipal elections
    Candidates announced for Oct. 1 municipal elections
    By Brian Mazurek • August 21, 2019 1:30 am

    There are a number of open seats on the Borough Assembly, the School Board and Service Area boards.

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    This photo of the Caribou Lake fire was taken about 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, northeast of Homer, Alaska, about two hours after Ian Pitzman texted a message reporting the fire to his wife, Stephanie Pitzman, via an inReach satellite communication device. (Photo by Ian Pitzman)
    New fire flares up near Caribou Lake
    By Michael Armstrong • August 20, 2019 5:30 am

    In the midst of wildland fires at the south North Fork Road and along the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing,…

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    Diamond Ridge resident Parick Buongiorne watches the North Fork fire as it burns near the south end of the North Fork Road on Sunday evening, Aug. 18, 2019, near Homer, Alaska, as seen from Diamond Ridge Road. Buongiorne had previously worked as a wildlife firefighter with the Pioneer Peak crew. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Crews get dozer line around North Fork Fire;...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 19, 2019 5:30 am

    Update at 1:40 p.m.:

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    Country singer Zac Brown’s lawyer Blaine Gillam speaks for his client at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission meeting, Aug. 12, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Effort by Homer neighbors to vacate easement fails...
    By Victoria Petersen • August 16, 2019 4:30 am

    An effort by a group of Homer residents to close off a pedestrian easement running by their properties was shot…

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