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    Sixth-grade Fireweed Academy students on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 spend the day working and playing with Little Fireweed students at Little Fireweed Academy in Homer, Alaska. As part of their day, they created a new sign for Big Fireweed with the help of artists Margie Scholl and Sharlyn Young.
Posing with the sign are, back row, from left to right, Paul Person, Asher Faucher, Ayda Henry, Mayzie Kee, Ilsa Golden, Olin Braund, and Pearl Sethi. In the front row, from left to right, are 
Ames Kincaid, Cecily Shavelson, For Strobel, Stella Condon, Izzy Clarke and Ani Cook. (Photo courtesy of Fireweed Academy)

 


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    School announcements
    By Staff report Homer News • May 18, 2022 2:30 am

    School district risk level update and upcoming events

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    The Homer High School Mariner Logbook staff pose with the 2022 edition at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. In the back row from left to right are Courtney Rider, Kamdyn Doughty, Bethany Engebretsen, Tyson Walker, Ally High and Charlotte Fraley. In the front row from left to right are  Kapitolina Reutov, Mariah McGuire (editor), Suzanne Bishop (advisor) and Damon Weisser. (Photo provided)
    Mariner Logbook wins award
    By Staff report Homer News • May 18, 2022 2:30 am

    Yearbook publisher Jostens awards gold level Program of Excellence to Homer High yearbook.

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    A black bear gets into a bird feeder in Apri 2005 at Long Lake, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
    Watch out for bears, moose
    By Michael Armstrong • May 18, 2022 2:30 am

    Take precautions to keep attractants away from bears and give moose and calves space.

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska.
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Case rates doubles for southern peninsula
    By Michael Armstrong • May 18, 2022 2:30 am

    Fifteen Alaskans reported dead of COVID-19.

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    Only months before his death in 1941, Miriam Mathers’ son Charles registered for the military draft.
    Tragedy and triumph of the Goat Woman —...
    By Clark Fair • May 18, 2022 2:30 am

    Her quest for Alaska had begun, but another date with tragedy lay just around the corner

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    Former Alaska governor and current congressional hopeful Sarah Palin speaks with attendees at a meet-and-greet event outside Ginger’s Restaurant on Saturday, May 14, 2022, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Palin brings congressional bid to Soldotna
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 16, 2022 2:30 am

    The former governor took time Saturday to sign autographs and take pictures with attendees

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    Graphic by Ashlyn O'Hara
    Borough, school district finalizing $65M bond package
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • May 13, 2022 2:30 am

    Efforts to fund maintenance and repairs at school district facilities have been years in the making

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    The Alaska Division of Forestry’s White Mountain crew responds to a fire burning near Milepost 46.5 of the Sterling Highway on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Cooper Landing Emergency Services)
    Officials encourage residents to firewise homes
    By Camille Botello • May 13, 2022 1:30 am

    The central peninsula has already had its first reported fires of the season

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    Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships. (logo provided)
    Point of View: A few ideas for Mental...
    By Jay Bechtol For the Homer News • May 11, 2022 5:30 am

    May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And at some point in the future I hope it is irrelevant. Not that…

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    Firefighters and medics lines the steps to Homer High School before a memorial for Gary Thomas on Sunday, Jan.19, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. Thomas, a community advocate and volunteer firefighter for more than 40 years, was found dead this month after a water heater explosion at a home out East End Road. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Thomas family reaches settlement in wrongful death suit
    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    Funds from settlement will go to area nonprofits in Thomas’s name.

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    Birdwatchers scan Mud Bay for birds on Friday, May 6, 2022, during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Shorebirds — and birders — return
    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    Twenty-seven shorebird species seen at 30th Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska.
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Case rates steady on southern peninsula
    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    One Alaskan reported dead of COVID-19.

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    Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)
    School announcements
    By Staff report Homer News • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    School district risk level update and upcoming events

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