While 2023 saw the closest thing to a “return to normalcy” since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, actual COVID numbers and hospitalizations were reported to be rising for the first few months of the year before dropping to unprecedented lows. With a drastic decrease in demand for on-site tests and vaccines, the South Peninsula COVID-19 testing and vaccine site closed its doors, giving way to at-home testing and treatment at the regular hospital facilities.
Correction, Nov. 23, 2022: These letters include a note on a letter that the Homer News incorrectly identified the person who started a petition in support of Homer Library Director Dave Berry’s decision to leave challenged children’s books in the children’s section. Lisa “Red” Asselin started that petition.