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Cops and Courts

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Cops and Courts

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

Robert Louis “Bob” Scott

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Robert Louis “Bob” Scott

Robert Louis “Bob” Scott

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Aiden Jones Harrington

Aiden Jones Harrington was born at 2:12 p.m. March 1, 2019 at South Peninsula Hospital to Jessica Jones…

School announcements

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Homer High School

The top ten girl skiers from Homer Middle School pose for a photo at a borough-wide ski meet the weekend of March 2-3, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo submitted)

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Homer area sports in brief

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Town Crier

Registration is open for the 2019 Alaska Food Festival and Conference, which takes place on Friday and Saturday,…

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Stella Rose Haynes

Stella Rose Haynes was born at 6:14 p.m. Feb. 25, 2019 at South Peninsula Hospital to Nichole and…

Letters to the editor

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Letters to the editor

Don’t re-appropriate station funding

Staff of the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve celebrate its 20th anniversary last month on Feb. 11, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. From left to right are Jim Schloemer, Steve Baird, Syverine Bentz, Jessica Shepherd, Chris Guo, Grace Allan and Coowe Walker. (Photo provided)

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Point of View: Twenty Years of Coastal Science in Kachemak Bay’s Living Laboratory

In February the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (KBNERR) celebrated 20 years of place-based research and education,…

Years Ago

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race defending champion Joar Ulsom, of Norway, talks to fans before the ceremonial start of this year’s race Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. Ulsom and 51 other mushers will officially start the race Sunday, March 3, 2019, in Willow, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen

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Norwegian maintains Iditarod lead

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Norwegian musher Joar Ulsom retook the lead in the world’s most famous sled dog race,…

Daylight saving time begins Sunday

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Daylight saving time begins Sunday

Daylight saving time starts at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10. Before going to bed late Saturday night or…

Riana Boonstra of Kenai skis near Diamond Ridge in the Kachemak Nordic Ski Marathon on March 11, 2017, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

This weekend marks the annual grumpfest where we complain about that dang Daylight Saving Time and how here…