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The United States’ women’s 4x100-meter medley relay team, Regan Smith, Lydia Jacoby, Torri Huske and Abbey Weitzeil, celebrates at the podium after winning the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Jacoby earns silver in women’s medley relay

Jacoby also took home a gold medal for Team USA in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the Tokyo…

Jan Keiser, Homer Public Works director, testifies during the Homer City Council Committee of the Whole meeting on July 26 in the Cowles Council Chamber. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Cowles Council Chambers ready for use

After 10 months of renovation work, the Cowles Council Chambers are ready for use.

The Homer Spit is evacuated during the July 28 tsunami warning at about 10:50 p.m. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Mag 8.2 earthquake rattles Gulf Coast, triggers tsunami warning

Lara Hildreth and Cindy Buchanan never expected their vacation would end in an emergency evacuation from their hotel…

The Homer Spit is evacuated during the July 28 tsunami warning at about 10:50 p.m. (Photo by Sarah Knapp)

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Tsunami warning downgraded to advisory for Homer, Anchor Point, Seward

Earthquake of 8.1 near Perryville prompted initial warning.

The Serenade of the Seas arrived in Juneau early Friday morning, seen here moored downtown. The Royal Caribbean cruise ship is the first large cruise ship to come to Juneau since the pandemic caused the cancellation of the 2020 cruise ship season and delayed the 2021 season. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)

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They’re back: Large cruise ships return to Southeast Alaska

Juneau’s first large cruise ship since start of the pandemic arrived today.

The Homer City Council met in person for the first time in the newly renovated Cowles Council Chamber on July 26. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Council returns to chambers, gets to work

Council overrides mayor’s vetoes in budget, votes down term-limit proposal.

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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Police arrest for DUI Homer woman involved in FBI search

Hueper claims police harrassed her in drunk driving stop.

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There were 39 cases of COVID-19 reported in the past two weeks for the southern Kenai Peninsula.

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All regions of the Kenai Peninsula are now in the highest alert level for positive COVID-19 cases.

Southern Kenai Peninsula had 39 positive cases in the past 45 days, with 22 in the past two…

Concert on the Green

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Concert on the Green supports local organizations

The Lisa Halverson Foundation, Fireweed Meadows Vacation Rentals and Coastal Realty Alaska are partnering to host “Concert on…

A registered nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine at the pop-up clinic on the Spit on May 27. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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New data: 45% of southern peninsula fully vaxxed

Latest information now includes vaccination rate for “other south” region of Kenai Peninsula.

Dave Collette-Paule, left, Dave Seaman, center, and Mike Kennedy, right ready No. 76 for Homer's Fourth of July Parade on Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)

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Back to the Bay trip gets closer to launch

Pandemic postponed Back to the Bay trip to 2022.

Hannah Lafleur, 32, of Seward defends her title in the women's Mount Marathon Race in Seward, Alaska, on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Lafleur, Norris rack up more MMR crowns

The 3.1-mile scramble up and scream down the mountain of about 3,000 feet returned to Seward after a…

Barnadine Atchison speaks during a business luncheon at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenaitze educational hub slated for completion next spring

The Kahtnuht’ana Duhdeldiht Campus, meaning “the learning place,” has been in the works for more than 20 years.