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Peter Zuyus receives his first dose of the Moderna vaccine Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 at a large-scale clinic put on by South Peninsula Hospital and the City of Homer at Christian Community Church in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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2021: The year in review

COVID-19 pandemic continued to dominate news as Homer looked for way forward.

Upper Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone can be seen on this map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image via fisheries.noaa.gov)

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Municipalities still working to oppose EEZ closure

The waters in question run from south of Kalgin Island to about Anchor Point

Alaska Lt. Gov. Kevin Meyer speaks during a press conference announcing the administration’s push for changes to the state’s election system on Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2021 in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Kevin Goodman, State of Alaska)

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Governor proposes sweeping changes to election system

Dunleavy plans to put the “election integrity” bill before the Alaska Legislature next session.

A sign in downtown Seldovia is photographed on Sept. 27, 2021. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Seldovia looks to revamp community building

The stated goal of the project is to improve the quality of life for “low and moderate-income residents.”

A man fishes in the Kenai River on July 16, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion/file)

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Soldotna to receive funds from state fish tax program

The amount of money received this fiscal year will be determined, in part, by population.

Certified nursing assistant KaDaisjah Roberts, left, and nurse Debbie Aubin, right, work at the “Y” vaccine clinic in Soldotna on Dec. 22, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘An enormous help’

Alaska’s temporary health care workers head home after COVID surge

A beach on the eastern side of Cook Inlet is photographed at Clam Gulch, Alaska, in June 2019. (Photo Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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High clam mortality rate forces closure on east Cook Inlet next year

The closure prohibits harvesting any clam species from the mouth of the Kenai River to the southernmost tip…

Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters respond to a natural gasline break on Lake Street at the Beluga Lake causeway at about 12:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 20, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Gasline break shuts down Lake Street at Beluga Lake causeway

Road over lake was closed in both directions.

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Man killed in Tuesday crash

Single-vehicle crash on Sterling Highway killed Drew Brown, 25, after he was thrown from truck.

This chart in the Dec. 13, 2021, Homer City Manager's Report shows a general increasing trend for third-quarter sales tax revenues. Revenues declined for 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but set a record for 20201. (Chart by City of Homer Finance Department)

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City sets record for sales tax revenues

Third-quarter sales taxes are 85% of projected revenues for budget.

People look at memorial luminarias on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, for Hospice of Homer's "LIght Up a Life" event at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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‘Light Up a Life’ honors lost loved ones

Annual event fills WKFL Park with luminarias honoring lost family and friends.

A sign hangs over the entrance to the Homer Education and Recreation Complex on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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City seeks input on community center

City of Homer asks people to fill out survey on multipurpose community center.

Snow covers the sign on Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, at the Bartlett Street COVID-19 testing and vaccination clinic. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Three die of COVID-19 on southern peninsula

Recent death reports include one Homer man and two other Kenai Peninsula men.