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    A spruce bark beetle is seen on the underside of a piece of bark taken from logs stacked near Central Peninsula Landfill on Thursday, July 1, 2021, near Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Prescribed burns will produce visible smoke near highways
    By Jacob Dye • October 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Burns are part of ongoing spruce beetle mitigation efforts

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche speaks during a meeting of the Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Small fire at Homer Monofill, contained since April,...
    By Jacob Dye • May 21, 2024 1:30 am

    The fire began April 18

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    The Sterling Highway cuts through areas of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge where burns from the Swan Lake can be seen, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Prescribed burns will produce visible smoke near highways
    By Jacob Dye • September 6, 2023 1:30 am

    The burns are part of ongoing spruce beetle mitigation efforts

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    Fritz Creek general store burns
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 12, 2023 1:30 am

    Fire damage causes loss of a long-time community hub to East End residents

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    Kachemak Emergency Services and Homer Volunteer Fire Department personnel respond to a fire at the Fritz Creek General Store early Thursday morning on July 6, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Mark Kirko
    Fritz Creek general store burns
    By Delcenia Cosman • July 6, 2023 3:00 pm

    Fire damage causes loss of a long-time community hub to East End residents

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    The aftermath of a small grass fire off East Hill Road near Homer, Alaska is seen here on April 8, 2020. The fire was started by a discarded cigarette. (Photo by Matt James/Alaska Division of Forestry)
    Wildland fire season starts; burn permits now required
    By Jacob Dye • April 6, 2023 1:30 am

    Burn permits are available from the Division of Forestry Fire Prevention

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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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    A map shows the location of the Loon Lake Fire. (Photo from AK Fire Info).
    Flight restriction issued over Loon Lake Fire, now...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • June 16, 2021 2:30 am

    The fire was first reported on Saturday evening.

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    Haze from the Sockeye Fire near Willow obscures the sun as it sets over Cook Inlet on Monday night as seen from Diamond Ridge. By Wednesday morning, the Sockeye Fire had burned 7,500 acres. On the central Kenai Peninsula, firefighters are working to contain the 2,000-acre Card Street fire.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Red flag warning lifted for peninsula
    By Michael Armstrong • June 18, 2015 9:18 am

    Updated 10:40 a.m. June 18 to add that campfires are now prohibited. Lessening winds and higher humidity caused the National…

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    The time and temperature sign reads 44 degrees on Feb. 18 at Alaska USA Federal Credit Union on the Sterling Highway. The average temperature for that day is 31 degrees.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Warm winter effects mixed
    By Shana Loshbaugh • April 1, 2015 2:20 pm

    Warm thaws are common during coastal winters, but the season was unusual not only for record warmth but also for…

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    Small wildfire contained in Nikolaevsk
    Small wildfire contained in Nikolaevsk
    By DAN BALMER • June 12, 2014 3:12 pm

    Fire crews in about an hour contained a 1-acre wildfire that started Wednesday in a yard close to a home…

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    Funny River Fire’s growth minimal
    Funny River Fire’s growth minimal
    June 12, 2014 11:10 am

    The Alaska Division of Forestry reported that as of noon Tuesday, the Funny River Fire’s growth remains minimal with smoldering…

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    Firefighters attack a fire at Alan Parks’ house on Diamond Ridge early last Thursday morning.-Photo by Sandra Cronland
    Early morning blaze June 5 destroys home
    By Michael Armstrong • June 11, 2014 5:53 pm

    A fund has been set up for a Homer fisherman and photographer who lost his home and belongings in a…

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