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    South Peninsula Hospital employees remove COVID-19 testing signs from South Peninsula Hospital test site Friday Jan. 13, 2023. (Photo from Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
    South Peninsula Hospital closes COVID test and vaccine...
    By Emilie Springer • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    In its peak, the test and vaccine site employed 15 people, and was averaging 100-150 swabs a day.

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    Reba and Lynn Temple pose on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Community to host Himalayan dinner to support cancer...
    By Emilie Springer • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    Next week’s event is a prelude to a larger awareness effort slated for April.

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    Motorists travel through the Swan Lake fire burn on the Sterling Highway on Sunday, May 22, 2022. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Prescribed fires along Sterling Highway to start this...
    By Jacob Dye • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    Areas most likely areas to experience smoke include Sterling Highway Mileposts 43, 45 and 53

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    COVID-19: 2nd week of statewide case increase; hospitalizations...
    By Jacob Dye • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    In the Gulf Coast region one patient was reported hospitalized with COVID-19

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    Spencer Co, Thea Person and Zach Marley participate in the Homer High School Drama, Debate and Forensics Tournament, Saturday, Jan. 14. (Photo courtesy Kammi Matson)
    Homer High School Drama, Debate and Forensics results
    By Emilie Springer • January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    The Homer High School Drama, Debate and Forensics Invite, Jan. 13-14, included teams from Homer, Soldotna and Nikiski. The event…

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    Homer High School senior Leah Dunn. (Photo provided by Homer High School 2022-2023 Yearbook students)
    Senior Portrait: Leah Dunn
    January 18, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer News is spotlighting local high school students

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    Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Seawatch: Fisheries bills filed ahead of legislative session
    By Cristy Fry • January 11, 2023 2:30 am

    Topics include development of regional fisheries associations and laying out what constitutes a conflict of interest for Board of Fisheries members.

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    A resident casts their vote in the regular municipal election Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020, at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Register by Sunday to vote in special mayoral...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • January 11, 2023 2:30 am

    The special election was necessitated by the resignation of former Mayor Charlie Pierce

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    Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)
    ‘A big year for big projects’
    By Emilie Springer • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer City Council discusses what’s on tap for 2023

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    Michaya Boone, Homer’s first baby of the year, with her parents, Fractal Mic and Tenaya Boone, at South Peninsula Hospital, Jan. 4, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy South Peninsula Hospital)
    Homer’s 1st baby of 2023: Michaya Boone
    By Emilie Springer • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Boone was born at 8:01 p.m. on Jan. 4, earning the honor of first Homer baby of 2023.

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    Jake McLay and his wife, Norma, celebrate his 100th birthday with relatives at Land's End in Homer, Jan. 7, 2023. (Photo courtesy McLay family)
    Long-time Homer resident Jake McLay turns 100
    By Emilie Springer • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

    McLay, who was born on Jan. 25, 1923, moved to Homer from Oregon in 1945.

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    Drama, Debate and Forensics Club members pose at Homer High School on Jan. 9, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. ( Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Drama, debate and forensics tourney returns to Homer
    By Emilie Springer • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

    On Jan. 13 and 14, the Homer High School Drama, Debate and Forensics team will host an invitational tournament for…

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    COVID-19: Statewide cases and hospitalizations up
    COVID-19: Statewide cases and hospitalizations up
    By Jacob Dye • January 11, 2023 1:30 am

    That makes the largest increase reported since Sept. 14

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