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Staff with the Seldovia Village Tribe Health and Wellness Center and the Seldovia Village Tribal Administration conduct free COVID-19 testing Wednesday, April 29, 2020 in Seldovia, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Seldovia Village Tribe)

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Following community testing event, Seldovia Village Tribe finds no positive cases

The remote community of Seldovia across Kachemak Bay can breathe a bit easier for now in the wake…

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival goes virtual

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Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival goes virtual

Though the annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival was canceled along with so many other events in light of…

The Homer Public Library is closed on March 16, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer Library offers pickup service

The Homer Public Library now offers limited service where people can check out materials and pick them up…

This quarter’s group of Mariners on the Move award recipients pose in their homes with their awards in this undated compilation. (Image courtesy Paul Story)

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Mariners on the Move award winners celebrated via video conference

In awarding the quarterly Mariners on the Move awards, Homer High School had to get a little creative,…

Esther Lowe poses for a photo at a reception for the Kachemak Bay Campus commencement last Wednesday, May 8, 2019, at the Mariner Theatre in Homer, Alaska. Lowe received an associate of arts degree. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News.)

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Kachemak Bay Campus commencement goes virtual

Like many other schools across the country, Kachemak Bay Campus had to get creative to honor this spring’s…

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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Homer High School to provide drive-through graduation

The public is invited to a procession through town following the ceremony

Trash trailer catches fire at Homer Transfer Station

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Trash trailer catches fire at Homer Transfer Station

Homer Transfer Station workers pulled a burning trash container out of the station building this past Friday and…

Swains join South Peninsula Hospital health care team

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Swains join South Peninsula Hospital health care team

A husband and wife team have joined the South Peninsula Hospital health care team.

At left, Tom McDonough, President of the Homer Community Food Pantry, holds a check for a $2,500 donation to the food pantry from the Homer Elks Lodge #2127 given to the pantry on April 20, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. At center is Tom Stroozas, Homer Elks Grant Coordinator, and at right is Steve Mueller, President of Homer Elks Lodge. (Photo courtesy Homer Elks Lodge)

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Elks gives $2,500 to Homer Community Food Pantry

Using a 2020 Gratitude Grant from the Elks National Foundation, the Homer Elks Lodge #2127 donated $2,500 to…

Signs on Saturday, March 28, 2020, at the main entrance to South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, warn visitors not to enter until they have been met by hospital staff. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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New cases announced in Homer, Anchor Point

One case is from community transmission, the other still under investigation

The sign at the Homer Farmers Market on Ocean Drive, as seen on April 24, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer Farmers Market, Alaska Food Hub set to start this month with safety precautions

Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic brought businesses and much of society to a screeching halt in March, life…

A recent photo of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, missing since Oct. 17, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided, Homer Police Department)

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Trauma meeting to be held in case of missing Homer woman

As part of an ongoing effort to keep interest in the search for missing Homer woman Anesha “Duffy”…

Homer health worker heads to New York to help during pandemic

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Homer health worker heads to New York to help during pandemic

Correction: This story has been changed to remove a reference that Lenox Hill Hospital treats only COVID-19 patients…