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Point of View: Don’t let Big Oil shut you up

It was a packed house at Land’s End Resort on Aug. 22. Homer, Anchor Point, Nanwalek and Ninilchik…

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Today, immigrant grandfather would be kicked out

A single-use plastic bag hangs on a driftwood branch at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit on Oct. 5,2018, in Homer, Alaska. It appeared someone had reused the bag to collect dog poop but then left the bag on the beach. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Plastic bag ban proposition is back before city voters

Homer City Council member Caroline Venuti saw plastic bags floating in the ocean and hanging in the trees.…

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Jack and Ben Engebretsen, sons of Bay Weld general manager Erik Engebretsen, draw the winning ticket for the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Bay Well skiff contest as chamber board secretary Kari Dendurent, center, and chamber executive director Debbie Speakman, with daughter Alice, watch. The drawing was held on Sept. 2, 2019, at Grace Ridge Brewery in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)

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Indian, Alaska, man wins Bay Weld skiff in chamber raffle

An Indian, Alaska, man won a Bay Weld skiff in the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center’s…

An abandoned Yamaha ATV sits on the Diamond Creek beach on Oct. 9, 2011, near Homer, Alaska. CoastWalk volunteers document beach trash such as this — and try to collect it. (Homer News file photo)

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CoastWalk kicks off with reception Thursday

Everybody loves Kachemak Bay, right? There may be no better event that shares and shows that love than…

Oregon man arrested in 1978 death of Alaska teen

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Oregon man arrested in 1978 death of Alaska teen

ANCHORAGE — A 62-year-old Oregon man is under arrest in connection with the 1978 rape and death of…

Homer Farmers Market: It’s amazing at the Market in food and photos

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Homer Farmers Market: It’s amazing at the Market in food and photos

The rain has returned. It’s starting to feel as if the summer is ending. It’s this time of…

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BP sheds Alaska assets, sells to Hilcorp Alaska for $5.6B

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BP sheds Alaska assets, sells to Hilcorp Alaska for $5.6B

BP is selling all of its assets in the state.