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A row of footballs at the Homer-Seward game at Homer, Alaska, on Aug. 29, 2020. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer football program quarantined after positive COVID-19 case

Homer High School remains open to in-person learners

Supporters hold campaign signs at the intersection of Main St. Loop and Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 6. (Photo by Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Live municipal election results

Kenai Peninsula voters went to the polls today

Marcia Heinrich casts her ballot for the municipal elections in Kenai, Alaska on Oct. 6, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Pierce leads in early mayor’s race results

9,864 residents cast their ballot, with another 3,538 ballots cast absentee by-mail or in-person

Residents cast their votes in the regular municipal election Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 at the Anchor Point Senior Center in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Voters turn down hybrid election system

Ballot measure to create service area for Ninilchik, Anchor Point passes

COVID-19. (Image via CDC)

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Central peninsula schools enter ‘medium’ risk level

DHSS announced 143 new COVID-19 cases in Alaska on Tuesday.

COVID-19. (Image via CDC)

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State records largest single-day case increase

DHSS announced 197 new COVID-19 cases in Alaska on Monday

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

2,965 ballots have already returned.

Blotter bug

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Borough appropriates funds to replace state police dispatch position

The borough expects the state to issue a full reimbursement for the cost of the dispatcher.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education candidate Katie Hamilton (courtesy)

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District 6: Katie Hamilton

Election 2020: Kenai Peninsula School District Board of Education

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education board member Virginia Morgan (courtesy photo)

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District 6: Virginia Morgan

Election 2020: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education member Debbie Cary                                Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education member Debbie Cary

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District 7: Debbie Cary

Election 2020: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education

COVID-19. (Image via CDC)

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850 new cases, 6 deaths

COVID week in review

Longtime Twins coach Coz dies at 73

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Longtime Twins coach Coz dies at 73

Alaska baseball giant led local 9 to state in 43 of 45 years

Heavy equipment operators attempt to mitigate flooding in Kwechak Creek in Seward on Saturday. (Photo courtesy KPB Incident Management Team)

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Seward area experiences flooding after heavy rain

Heavy equipment operators spent Friday and Saturday repairing berms

Jason Tauriainen (courtesy photo)

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District 3: Jason Tauriainen

Election 2020: Kenai Peninsula School District Board of Education

School Board President Penny Vadla

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District 4: Penny Vadla

Election 2020: Kenai Peninsula School District Board of Education

An at-home COVID-19 test is seen. (Courtesy photo)

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At-home COVID-19 test kits for sale at Safeway pharmacies

At-home COVID-19 saliva test kits are now available for purchase at Safeway pharmacies.

Sarah Dayan. (Photo courtesy Alaska State Troopers)

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Homer woman charged in murder of Soldotna man

The victim, Keith Huss, 57, was found in Turnagain Pass

(City of Seward)

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Flood, high wind watches issued for Seward

The flood watch is in effect for Seward and Bear Creek through Sunday afternoon.

Noah Procter, center, and Brad Carver, right, of Solid Rock Bible Camp, pick up a set of newly repaired mountain boards from Beemuns Variety Ski and Bike Loft as Gaile Sutton, left, rings up the transaction in Soldotna, Alaska on Sept. 17, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘How long will it be before things get back to normal?’

Businesses across the peninsula feel effects of COVID summer