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Many helped ‘hustle’ soar

Many helped ‘hustle’ soar The Halibut Hustle 5K may have missed out on the sunny Saturday weather but…

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Sherry Bess has made a difference

Sherry Bess has made a difference A huge, heartfelt thank you to Sherry Bess with the Homer Animal…

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In art we find our best selves

In art we find our best selves As the new museum of African history and culture opens in…

Mavis Muller, left, prepares to ignite this year's Burning Basket, Expand, on Sunday night at Mariner Park on the Spit. The annual community art event invites people to interact with the basket and release burdens or honor lost loved ones by placing notes or mementos on the basket. The basket was vandalized early Saturday but repaired. -Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Art to ashes

James Lack takes Hope Stearns for a sail in his Chesapeake Lighthouse sailing pram during the Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Festival on the Spit on Saturday.

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Homer’s Best Bets

Some of you seemed surprised recently when a big howling rainstorm blew in over town last week. Whoa!…

Liz Downing, KPBSD board of education member for District 8, resigned at the Sept. 12 school board meeting held in Homer. Downing served as a member of the school board for 11 years.

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Downing stepping away from school board seat

In a bittersweet moment during the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education meeting on Monday, Sept.…

Elections

City, borough elections to be held Oct. 4

Two candidates are running for Homer Mayor and three candidates are running for two, 3-year Homer City Council…

Elections

Kimberly Ketter: In Homer for a new start

Kimberly Ketter moved to Homer in May 2015 from her hometown of Cranberry Township, Pa., looking for a…

Elections

Shelly Erickson: Roots go deep into Homer

When Homer City Council candidate Shelly Erickson says that Homer is her home, her words refer to roots…

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Tom Stroozas: Wants to serve community

Tom Stroozas is a transplant from the Lower 48, similar to many Homer residents who visited, were captured…

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 Announcements

The Kachemak Bay Water Trail Committee and Rudy Tsukada present a workshop on Water Safety and Tips While…

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School Briefs

School Events Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Chapman School Sept. 15: Soccer at Kenai, 1 p.m. Sept. 16:…