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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: Cod season in federal waters is back
    By Cristy Fry • December 23, 2020 5:30 am

    After no season this year, cod season returns in federal waters for 2021.

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    State health officials brief members of the media on new COVID-19 vaccine developments in Alaska on Monday, Dec. 2021. (Screenshot)
    Moderna vaccine doses arrive in Alaska
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    DHSS has anticipated that Moderna’s vaccine will be logistically easier to handle and to distribute

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    From top to bottom: Bill Hague, Dave Brann and Robert Archibald hold up their Land at Heart awards during a ceremony held via Zoom by Kachemak Heritage Land Trust. (Photo courtesy Blake Gebhardt)
    Kachemak Heritage Land Trust honors 3 with Land...
    By Megan Pacer • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    Award ceremony for Robert Archibald, Bill Hague and Dave Brann held virtually

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    Anglers fish for steelhead in the Anchor River by the Anchor River Bridge on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    State seeks proposals for local campground management
    By Megan Pacer • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    State Parks extends deadline for bids to provide boat launch service at Deep Creek, Anchor River

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Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum speaks in a Zoom meeting on Monday, Nov. 16, in Anchorage.
    Governor proposes big change for Alaska Department of...
    By Ben Hohenstatt • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    And then there were two?

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    Homer Flex School junior Kaitlynn Dawsey, the October winner of the school's Flex Phoenix Award. (Photo courtesy Beth Schneider)
    Homer Flex Phoenix Award winner: Kaitlynn Dawsey
    By Staff report Homer News • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    Each month, Homer Flex School awards one standout student based on the school’s guiding principals and values. This month, that’s…

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    Ben Blue, a graduate of Homer High School and a doctoral student at University of Washington, shows Homer High biology students the results of a research project they helped him with during their second quarter. (Image courtesy Vicki Lowe)
    Homer High students help alum with research remotely
    By Megan Pacer • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    With Kenai Peninsula Borough School District students learning remotely until January, teachers have had to get creative. Biology students at…

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    This compilation shows the recipients of this quarter’s Mariners on the Move awards. (Photo courtesy Paul Story)
    Mariners on the Move recipients awarded
    December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    Homer High School continued its tradition of honoring students who exhibit good academic work and character this quarter, with a…

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Homer High School.
    School announcements
    By Staff report Homer News • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    School district risk level update and upcoming events

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    The new sign for Homer Marine is waiting to be installed on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at the store in the Northern Enterprises Boatyard in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Homer Marine brick-and-mortar store postponed grand opening because...
    By Michael Armstrong • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    Located in the heart of Northern Enterprises Boatyard, Homer Marine is go-to place for boat repairs, building.

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    COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)
    COVID-19 cases dropping on southern Kenai Peninsula
    By Michael Armstrong • December 23, 2020 2:30 am

    Cases dropped from 92 to 74 in 14-day average reports.

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    Curtis Jackson, second from right, poses on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, with SVT Health & Wellness Center health care workers in Jakolof Bay, Alaska, after making a trip across Kachemak Bay from Homer to deliver the medical team and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. From left to right are nurse Candice Kreger, family nurse practitioner Kourtney Holder, Jackson, and family nurse practitioner Julie Drude. The health care workers then went by road to Seldovia. (Photo by Janel Harris courtesy of Mako’s Water Taxi)
    ‘Capt. Balto’ drives boat in rough seas to...
    By Michael Armstrong • December 21, 2020 2:30 am

    In the spirit of the 1925 Nome Serum Run, Capt. Curtis Jackson helps deliver medical team, vaccine to remote Alaska village.

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    Family practice physician Christina Tuomi, D.O., (right) gets Homer's first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine from Emergency Department nurse Steve Hughes (left) on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Tuomi has been the hospital's medical lead throughout the pandemic. (Photo courtesy Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)
    First health care worker, long-term care resident get...
    By Megan Pacer • December 17, 2020 2:30 am

    South Peninsula Hospital started offering vaccines to residents and front-line staff on Thursday

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