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Crossing guard A cow moose helps a calf get out of a ditch and cross the Homer Bypass late Friday, June 8, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. Motorists should be on the alert for newborn calves and momma moose, even in downtown Homer. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Ya know what? Sometimes even the great beauty held by the Kenai Mountains and Mother Kachemak Bay aren’t…

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HCOA announces arts awards

The Homer Council on the Arts announced its annual arts awards at its annual meeting last Wednesday, June…

Pet of the Week: Lula

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Pet of the Week: Lula

Lula (Nellie) is a 3-5 year-old female. Whoa Nellie! You might remember this sweetie from a while ago.…

D. Grant Stroup

Obituaries

D. Grant Stroup

D. Grant Stroup April 26, 1949 – May 25, 2018 Homer resident, Mr. D. Grant Stroup, 69, died…

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Cops and Courts

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

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Lincoln Andrew Smith

Lincoln Andrew Smith was born at 2:21 a.m. Sunday, June 10, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Marina…

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Town Crier

The Homer Storytellers will meet from 3-5 p.m. Saturday in the Library Conference Room, to share and listen…

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Legal pot industry decries taxes, seeks changes

In a push to get Alaska voters to legalize marijuana, supporters suggested a tax on growers of $800…

Vote ‘yes’ on Prop 1

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Vote ‘yes’ on Prop 1

“911, what’s your emergency?” In 1979 the city of Homer built a new police station for, our then,…

Primula auricula in all its plummy glory. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Pay attention

Wouldn’t you think I would be an inveterate reader of prestigious garden books? Those tomes written by the…

Lisa M. Halverson

Obituaries

Lisa M. Halverson

Lisa M. Halverson Feb. 28, 1975 – March 5, 2018 Lisa M. Halverson died March 5, 2018. A…

Community

Cops and Courts

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

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Town Crier

The Anchor Point Fire &Emergency Medical Service Area Board will hold its next board meeting at 6:30 p.m.…