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Homer City Council extends emergency declaration through end of the year

State emergency declaration set to expire on Nov. 15

Rep. Don Young speaks during a campaign event Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 at Land’s End Resort in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Rep. Don Young visits Homer on campaign trail

In a small campaign event with supporters in Homer, Rep. Don Young touted his years of experience and…

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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State reports 204 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday

15 of them are on Kenai Peninsula, 2 in Homer

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3 new COVID-19 cases reported on southern Kenai Peninsula on Wednesday

There is 1 new case each in Homer, Fritz Creek and the ‘Other South’ category

Alaska House District 31 candidate Kelly Cooper. (Photo by Tim Steinberg)

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Candidate Q&A: Kelly Cooper

Assembly President and business owner seeks first term in Alaska House

Rep. Sarah Vance (R-Homer) poses for a photo on June 12, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Hannah Vance)

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Candidate Q&A: Sarah Vance

Vance looks for another term in the Alaska House of Representatives

Registered Nurse Annie Garay puts the finishing touches on South Peninsula Hospital's new COVID-19 testing site, located at the lower level of the hospital's specialty clinic at 4201 Bartlett Street, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. It's a self-swab site where people register at one window, and collect a swab kit from a nurse at another window. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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3 new COVID-19 cases on Kenai Peninsula

South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing has moved

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State has sent more than 97,000 absentee ballots for 2020 general election

2,965 ballots have already returned.

Associated Press In this March 2017 photo, volunteer handlers guide teams out of the dog yard and down the chute to the starting line of the 45th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Fairbanks, Alaska. The world’s most famous sled dog race will go forward in 2021, and officials are preparing for every potential contingency now for what the coronavirus and the world might look like in March when the Iditarod starts.

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Iditarod preps for any scenario as 2021 race plans proceed

The world’s most famous sled dog race will go forward in 2021.

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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1 new COVID-19 case in Homer

Hospital to move testing location, further relax visitation rules

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State reports 5 new COVID-19 cases on central peninsula Wednesday

The tally includes a case associated with Soldotna High School.

In this Nov. 12, 2018 file photo, ballots are prepared to be tabulated in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District election in Augusta, Maine. Alaska’s Measure 2 would change the state’s voting system to a ranked-choice voting system like the one used in Maine, among other election reforms. (Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press)

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Election reform measure goes beyond party lines

Success or horror story?

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50 new COVID-19 cases reported Tuesday

None on the Kenai Peninsula