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.
After more than a year of groundwork and debate by the City of Homer, the city council took a concrete step toward the development of a new comprehensive plan and update of the city’s Title 21 zoning and planning code by passing Resolution 23-119 during their last regular meeting on Monday, Oct. 23.