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Louie Flora (courtesy photo)

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House District 6: Louie Flora

This week we are featuring House District 6 candidates’ answers to a group of questions

Sarah Vance (Photo provided)

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House District 6: Sarah Vance

This week we are featuring House District 6 candidates’ answers to a group of questions

Elizabeth Chilson of Soldotna reads an excerpt of her first place fiction piece, “Signe and the Snow,” om October 2021 at Homer Council on the Arts as part of 24th Kenai Peninsula Writer’s Contest. (Photo provided)

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Writing, sharing, connecting

Peninsula Writers Contest returns for its 25th year

Sunday’s 21-foot afternoon tide and 50-mile-an-hour winds closed the Homer Spit Road for several hours so that City plows could remove rocks and debris as the water splashed over boulders and onto the road, with hundreds of community members watching from local beaches. This week, crews are moving soil from the City’s dredge pile to replace lost soil at the boardwalks. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)
Collins Construction workers rebuild soil damaged during Sunday’s storm, paid by private businesses on the boardwalk, with material coming from the City dredge pile free of charge, Oct. 11, 2022. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Holy howling winds and talk about surf’s up! Did you race to a local beach to take in…

A work included in the “Our Town” exhibit at Fireweed Gallery is on display on Oct. 7, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The exibit runs through December. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

Community

The art of ‘Our Town’

Local artists collaborate with a colorful exhibit of Homer’s iconic buildings and architecture

George Overpeck

Opinion

Pay It Forward: Thank you, Anonymous

When I moved to Homer as a young adult, my new neighbor, Walter Johnson, asked me a memorable…

Michael O’Meara

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

Former Democratic state Rep. Beth Kerttula holds up a sign reading “Vot No Con Con,” during a rally at the Dimond Courthouse Plaza in Juneau. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Constitutional convention is not necessary

As most know, a proposition to hold a constitutional convention will be on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Homer resident Beth Carroll visits the Twitter Creek Farms booth at the Homer Farmers Market on Sunday. A few vendors are still selling there on Saturdays and Wednesdays. (Photo by Christina Whiting)

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Best Bets – October 20, 2022

It’s official — the frost is on the pumpkin and potatoes, squash and whatever other late season goodies…

Valentine (Photo provided)

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Pet of the Week: Valentine

Valentine is a gentle soul with a heart of gold. She’s an easygoing gal who loves to just…

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Making sense of the Bristol Bay sockeye run

As expected, the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon run broke records in almost every category. The run itself came…

Michael O'Meara

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

I’m voting yes

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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One half of gubernatorial slate shows up to talk fish in Kodiak

Not all candidates showed up, with one noticeable, glaring absence: