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At left Bonita Banks, RN, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) nurse at Homer Medical Center, and at right, Annie Garay, RN, Community Health Educator, pose for a photo at South Peninsula Hospital on Sept. 27, 2021, at Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Derotha Ferraro/South Peninsula Hospital)

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New hospital community health educator starts

Garay, a Homer raised nurse, came home to ride out COVID-19, wound up doing pandemic nursing.

Thunder Mountain High School on April 18. Earlier this fall, vandalism including stolen soap dispensers and toilets clogged with foreign objects such as paper towel rolls were a problem at schools nationwide and in Juneau. But, principals say the local situation is improving. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

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After brief surge, vandalism subsiding at local high schools

Principals say internet trends, stress likely behind incidents.

Runners participate in boys varsity race at the Ted McKenney XC Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2021, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. The trails recently reported incidents of vandalism and theft. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Vandalism and theft reported at Tsalteshi Trails

One trail user reported stolen skis recently and multiple signs have been defaced.

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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Soldotna Trooper arrested for multiple charges of child sex abuse

He has been a State Trooper in Soldotna since June 2020.

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

Homer community members join together to march from the HERC Campus to WKFL Park in support of women’s reproductive rights. More than 100 people joined in on the march. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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‘This is our battle’

Homer Women’s March draws almost 130 participants

James Varsos, also known as “Hobo Jim,” poses for a photo during the August, 2016, Funny River Festival in Funny River, Alaska, in August 2016. (Peninsula Clarion file)

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Hobo Jim, beloved Alaska balladeer, dies after battle with cancer

Just over two weeks ago Varsos went public with his terminal cancer diagnosis.

A voter at city hall reviews their ballot before submitting it on Oct. 5. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Preliminary Oct. 5 municipal election results

Erickson, Aderhold win council; third race too close to call. Daugharty, Tupper win borough races.

From left to right: Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives Louise Stutes, R-Kodiak, House Majority Leader Chris Tuck, D-Anchorage, and House Minority Leader Cathy Tilton, R-Wasilla, discuss messages from the Senate in the hall of the Alaska State Capitol on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. A plan to hold the special session mostly from afar was hampered by demands from Republican Senators. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire)

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Plan for remote session stalled by lawmakers

Next meeting is Friday.

Screenshot from Paul Hueper’s original Facebook post about the FBI search at their residence on April 28, 2021, of Marilyn and the woman in photograph #225a-b on the FBI’s Most Wanted for Capitol Violence list.

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NY mother, son arrested in theft of Pelosi’s laptop

FBI had previously alleged Homer woman was suspect in laptop theft, Capitol incursion.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education President Zen Kelly (left) speaks at a board meeting on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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District to give extra emergency leave due to COVID-19

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is giving staff 10 extra days of emergency leave in response to…

(Black Press file image)

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COVID-19 cases decline slightly

No new southern Kenai Peninsula deaths reported.

Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire The Juneau Electric Vehicle Association held its eighth annual meet-up for National Drive Electric Week on Saturday.

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Leafs of autumn: Juneau Electric Vehicle Association holds meet-up

Owners and enthusiasts had the event as the skies briefly cleared.