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Martine Cyriacks Sorensen poses in her store, Faux Ever Green, on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, on East End Road in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Faux Ever Green finds seasonal home

Mission: to keep items out of landfills.

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police, and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Dec. 8, 2022.

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

On ranked choice voting

The artists who created the Mother exhibit pose for a group photo on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer. From left to right are Myesha Callahan Freet, Lily Wooshkindein Da.Aat Hope, Brianna Allen, Amy Meissner, Somer Hahm, Amy Komar and Carla Kilnker Cope. (Photo by Adele Person.)

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Artists collaborate on exhibit exploring the challenges of being mothers and makers

On display through the end of December at Bunnell Street Arts Center is “Mother,” featuring work by seven…

U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo

Two crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Naushon and a member from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement (NOAA OLE) pose for a picture with allegedly illegally-retained halibut in Homer, Alaska, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. While conducting a boarding of a commercial fishing vessel, a Cutter Naushon boarding team member discovered a total of 117 pounds of illegally-retained halibut aboard the vessel and handed them over to NOAA OLE representatives in Homer.

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USCG, NOAA seize illegal halibut

Naushon boarding crew discovers unlogged halibut.

Town Crier teaser.

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Town Crier

The South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area Board will hold its regular monthly meeting via ZOOM at 6:30…

Andy Haas

Opinion

Point of View:

We all know about the recent Supreme Court decision (Dobbs v. Jackson) that found that the U.S. Constitution…

In this July 13, 2007, photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)

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EPA proposes restrictions to block Pebble Mine

Mine developer Pebble Limited Partnershi called the EPA’s decision a preemptive veto

Anusorn "Nuson" Smith.

Obituaries

Anusorn “Nuson” Smith obituary.

Anusorn “Nuson” Smith

Sugar.

Community

Pet of the Week: Sugar

Sugar, an 8-year-old female feline, lives up to her name — she is a very sweet ol’ gal.…

People shop at the 2021 Nutcracker Faire booths on Dec. 4, 2021, in the Alice Witte Gymnasium at Homer High School. (Photo provided)

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First Friday: Nutcracker Faire caps a weekend of art events

‘Tis the season to enjoy holiday traditions, like skating on Beluga Lake, taking in the Christmas tree lighting…

The masthead for the Homer Weekly News as sketched by Alathea Clymer of Fritz Creek Studios.

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police, and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.