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New Homer News reporter Charlie Menke poses for a photo on Friday, July 8, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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News hires Homer local for reporter position

The Homer News has hired a new reporter to join the staff of Homer’s oldest news source. Born…

An arch of balloons decorates the entrance to Wagon Wheel Garden & Pet on its 50th anniversary celebration on Friday, June 10, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Wagon Wheel celebrates golden anniversary

Wagon Wheel Garden &Pet, the iconic store known for its playful “Pick Up Chicks Here” sign on the…

Jeannette Aragones, left, and her daughter, Jessica Hahn, right, pose in their new food truck, Que Rico. (Photo provided)

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New food truck, Que Rico, opens

A new food truck, Que Rico, has opened in Homer. Run by mother-daughter team Jeannette Aragones and Jessica…

The new location of Classic Cook on Pioneer Avenue in the former Orca Plumbing and K-Bay Caffe building on May 5, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Classic Cook sets an easterly course to new location

The Classic Cook

Sweetgale Meadworks & Cider House owner Jason Davis received these awards for “Best in Show” at the 9th annual Texas Mead Cup, held in February. The Alpine Blueberry Mead from Sweetgale also took first place in the “berry melomel” category. (Photo by Jason Davis)

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Sweetgale Meadery wins medals

Homer meadery wins first-place, best of show awards in Texas Mead Cup.

South Peninsula Hospital Laboratory Director Laura Miller, second from left, and SPH Director of Marketing and Public Relations Derotha Ferraro, second from right, were honored by the Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak Bay on Thursday, Feb. 17, at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, for their contributions to the health of southern Kenai Peninsula communities. Presenting the awards were Bernie Griffard, club president, far right, and Van Hawkins, co-chair of the annual Rotary Health Fair. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Rotary honors SPH’s Laura Miller, Derotha Ferraro

Hospital employees honored for work during COVID-19 pandemic.

Grace Ridge Brewing co-owner Sherry Stead draws a pint at the brewery’s reopening last Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at the new location on Smoky Bay Way in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Grace Ridge Brewing reopens at new Smoky Bay Way location

Started in 2016, Grace Ridge has expanded its brewing capacity and cold storage area.

The logo for South Peninsula Hospital.

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Hospital board elects officers, welcomes new member to team

The South Peninsula Hospital Board of Directors re-elected Kelly Cooper as President at the board’s Jan. 26 monthly…

Ketchikan resident Jack Finnegan, left, owner of Fishability, and Bonnie, center, and Stormy Hamar, who own Kasaan Arts, Museum, and Canoes stand outside the Sealaska Heritage Building on Feb. 8. Earlier Tuesday, each business owner was named a winner of the Path to Prosperity contest, put on by nonprofit Spruce Root. (Dana Zigmund/Juneau Empire)

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Entrepreneurs get a boost on the Path to Prosperity

Spruce Root awards $50,000 in prizes

South Peninsula Hospital Foundation Executive Director Jeffrey Eide. (Photo provided)

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SPH Foundation welcomes Jeffrey Eide as director

South Peninsula Hospital Foundation recently added to its leadership team with the appointment of Jeffrey Eide as Executive…

A graphic shows employment by Alaska region and features the percent change in jobs from December 2020 to December 2021. (Graphic via February 2022 Alaska Economic Trends reports from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development)

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Report: Alaska economy rebounding; inflation up

Prices in Alaska increased by 4.9% in 2021

Vicki Jackson. (Photo provided)

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South Peninsula Hospital Behavioral Health adds new provider

Vicki Jackson, Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), has joined the team at South Peninsula Hospital Behavioral Health Clinic.…

The entrance to the Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area in the Tongass National Forest was covered in snow on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, a day after federal authorities announced the next step in restoring the 2001 Roadless Rule on the forest. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Feds put freeze on Roadless Rule rollback

On the Roadless Rule again.