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Pet of the Week: Helen

Helen, a 1.5-year-old female pit-mix, is such a fun young dog. She’s very playful and would be a…

Evelyn Cooley competes in the barrel race at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Aug. 12, 2022, in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Best Bets

Weaning off of tourists, returning home from fishing, and sending children to school, Homer residents are beginning to…

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Peyton Buss birth

Peyton Ashley Buss was born at 2:58 p.m. Aug. 3, 2022, at South Peninsula Hospital to Valerie and…

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Henry Newsted birth

Henry Newsted was born at 10:59 p.m. on Aug. 4 2022, at South Peninsula Hospital to Katie and…

Vehicles are parked in or near the road on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022, on Lakeshore Drive in Homer, Alaska. An ordinance passed by the Homer City Council on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, made it unlawful to push snow into roads and city right-of-ways and to park vehices or leave other objects that interfere with snow removal or road maintenance  in city roads, paths, sidewalks or drainage ways or structures. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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City Council approves updating transportation plan

The Homer City Council on Monday appropriated $185,368 for its Master Transportation Plan Update, which emphasizes a “people-first”…

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Homer Farmers Market: It’s berry time

It’s that berry hunting time of year. The strawberries and the rhubarb may have finished up, but the…

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

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Point of View: Our elections

The Point of View in the Aug. 4 Homer News by Edie Grunwald, who is running for Lt.…

Mimi Israelah, center, cheers for Donald Trump inside the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska, during a rally Saturday July 9, 2022. Two Anchorage police officers violated department policy during a traffic stop last month when Israelah, in town for a rally by former President Donald Trump showed a “white privilege card” instead of a driver’s license and was not ticketed. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

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Alaska officers violated policy in ‘white privilege’ stop

The top of the novelty card reads: “White Privilege Card Trumps Everything.”

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A greater yellowlegs walks along the beach on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022, at Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Rain drizzling down (or pouring sideways) is an occasion for a multitude of activities. If you have missed…

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

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