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    Meilani Schijvens, owner of Rain Coast Data, shared the 2021 Business Climate Survey results with members of the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce Thursday. The data show that the pandemic-related tourism restrictions battered communities in Southeast Alaska. (Dana Zigmund/Juneau Empire)
    Business climate survey shows pandemic’s outsize local impact
    By Dana Zigmund • June 30, 2021 2:30 am

    Southeast Alaska one of the country’s hardest-hit areas

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    Sherry Stead, left, and Don Stead, right, pose on Sunday, June 6, 2021, at the groundbreaking of the new building for Grace Ridge Brewery at 870 Smoky Bay Way. Jay-Brant Contractors has started construction of the brewery, tasting room and beer garden to be completed by next fall. (Photo courtesy of Grace Ridge Brewery)
    Construction starts on new Grace Ridge Brewing building
    By Michael Armstrong • June 23, 2021 2:30 am

    New brewery site is on Smoky Bay Way.

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    A boat is lifted out of the water at Northern Enterprises Boat Yard on Kachemak Drive. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Northern Enterprise Boat Yard expands business
    By Sarah Knapp • June 17, 2021 10:30 am

    Northern Enterprises Boat Yard, Inc., the largest privately owned dry dock marina in Alaska, is expanding its docks and boat-lifting…

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    Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News 
Ana Rosa Polit stands in front of Espresso Waves, her new coffee drive-through. Espresso Waves is located in front of the Ocean Shores RV Park.
    Polit runs on coffee and the American dream
    By Sarah Knapp • June 2, 2021 1:30 am

    Ana Rosa Polit opened Espresso Waves on May 1

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    The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center hosted a grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 21 for the Plantman store located on Pioneer Avenue. The “Plant Man” and owner, Darren Williams, said he is thankful for the opportunity to expand his store and for the support shown by the Homer community. “I just want to thank Homer and the Wildberry products for hosting us here,” Williams said. “It’s been a great experience doing business in Homer. I just really appreciate the community of Homer.” Plantman now has an outdoor and indoor space for customers to purchase and learn how to care for plants. For more information, visit plantmanak.com. Pictured left to right: Brad Anderson, Homer Chamber of Commerce executive director; Tom Soderholm, Homer Chamber of Commerce president; Williams; Christina Cooper, Plantman manager; Andrea Vargas; and Jan Knutson, Homer Visitor Center director. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Plantman holds grand opening
    By Sarah Knapp • May 22, 2021 1:30 am

    New Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center member honored with ceremony.

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    Homer News editor Michael Armstrong, left, and former reporter Megan Pacer, right, hold Alaska Press Club awards the Homer News received at the Alaska Press Club Awards banquet on April 27, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. Armstrong and Pacer also won awards for the 2020 contest year. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)
    Awards were presented in virtural ceremony last Saturday
    By Michael Armstrong • May 5, 2021 2:30 am

    The Homer News, and its sister publications the Peninsula Clarion and Juneau Empire, won a batch of awards, including second-place,…

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    Homer News reporter Sarah Knapp poses for a photo on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at the newspaper offices in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstong/Homer News)
    Knapp started this week at Homer News
    By Michael Armstrong • April 28, 2021 2:30 am

    Knapps brings Tennessee writing experience to Alaska

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    Darren Williams, owner of the Plant Man, plays a drum in his newly expanded space in the Wildberry Building on Pioneer Avenue on Feb. 19, 2021 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Owner Williams seeks to create quiet space along...
    By Megan Pacer Homer News • March 31, 2021 2:30 am

    A plant store, and more. That’s what’s brewing inside the walls of the Wild Berry building on Pioneer Avenue.

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    Long Term Care staff celebrate receiving the five-star rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Feb. 19, 2021, at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. From left to right are Cathy Myers, Director of Nursing; Bella the dog, Nanet Minke, Certified Nursing Assistant; Nicole McKinney,CNA; Bonnie Betley, Registered Nurse; Susan Hubbard, CNA, Ana Jones, CNA; Leone Morra RN; and Melissa Dunkle CNA, in the front kneeling. (Photo courtesy South Peninsula Hospital)
    Hospital’s Long Term Care home gets 5-star rating
    By Michael Armstrong • March 24, 2021 2:30 am

    The Centers for Medicare &Medicaid Services recently granted a Five-Star rating in its Care Compare quality program to South Peninsula…

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    Kenai Peninsula Tourism and Marketing Council Executive Director Debbie Speakman presents to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly on Tuesday, March 2 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Trends 2021: Peninsula tourism targeted Alaskans in 2020
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • March 17, 2021 2:30 am

    It was the year that almost wasn’t for peninsula tourism.

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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: IFQ permits go by mail only on...
    By Cristy Fry • March 3, 2021 5:30 am

    Pandemic work conditions prevented mass mailings of IFQ permits

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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: International Pacific Halibut Commission studying COVID-19 impacts...
    By Cristy Fry • February 24, 2021 5:30 am

    Three surveys will look at financial impacts before and during the pandemic

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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: Pandemic continues to hurt fishing industry
    By Cristy Fry • February 17, 2021 5:30 am

    Pandemic impact in Bristol Bay alone estimated at $30-40 million

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