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Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council gets down to the nitty gritty

In most civic budgets, seasoned city officials and council members like to keep an eye on maintenance reserves…

A sign points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COIVD-19 testing and vaccine clinic at 4201 Bartlett Street on Flag Day, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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CDC alert level remains at yellow for peninsula

No new Alaska deaths reported for third week in a row.

Democratic Party candidate for lieutenant governor Jessica Cook, left, listens while candidate for governor Les Gara, right, speaks at a meet-and-greet event on Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Gara, Cook pitch platform

Lt. governor candidate brings education experience to campaign

An area cleared to make way for the Cooper Landing Bypass project can be seen above the intersection of the Kenai River and Kenai Lake in Cooper Landing, Alaska, on Sept. 6, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Preservation efforts advance along Cooper Landing highway project

67 acres of wetland habitat was conserved around the Sterling Highway Milepost 45-60 project

Graduates of a multi-agency EMT class pose at the training site on the Homer Spit. (Photo provided)

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16 students finish EMT class

Sixteen personnel from Kachemak Emergency Services Area, Western Emergency Services Area, Cooper Landing Emergency Services and Seldovia Volunteer…

People visit at the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, for a memorial for Anesha "Duffy" Murnane and the dedication of the bench. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Memorial honors Murnane, other missing and murdered people

Under a sky smudged by smoke from fires in Southwest Alaska, about 250 people gathered Sunday at the…

A sign points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COIVD-19 testing and vaccine clinic at 4201 Bartlett Street on Flag Day, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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CDC alert level remains at yellow for peninsula

No new Alaska deaths reported for third week in a row.

A sign describing bluff erosion is seen on Kenai North Beach in Kenai, Alaska, on Aug. 6, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai, borough look to extract rock for bluff stabilization

In moving hard rock out of Seldovia, the borough could kill a few birds with one stone

A spruce bark beetle rests on the photographer’s thumb on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, in Cantwell, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Division of Forestry: Spruce bark beetles are on the move in Southcentral

People are urged not to harvest live spruce or create fresh spruce slash

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Cops arrest man in sexual assault case

Case prompts police to offer self-defense class for women.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters attack the East Bunnell Avenue fire at about 3 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The Compass Rose building at right had minor damage from heat exposure but otherwise did not burn. (Photo courtesy of Homer Voluntee Fire Department)

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Occupants, pets escape without injury fire on Bunnell Avenue.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters fought for almost 10 hours a fire on East Bunnell Avenue early Saturday…

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A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska.
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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CDC alert level remains at yellow for peninsula

No new Alaska deaths reported for second week in a row.

Hope McKenney. (Photo courtesy of KBBI radio)

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KBBI hires new News Director

KBBI Public Radio has hired a News Director, Hope McKenney. She replaces former News Director Jay Barrett who…