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Homer Fire

May 2-8 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to seven medical calls and one fire call.

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Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services

May 2-8 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians responded to three medical calls and one fire. 

Kendall Gordon Branch

Obituaries

Kendall Gordon Branch

Kendall Gordon Branch 1932-Dec. 10, 2015 Homer resident Kendall Gordon Branch departed this life for his next big…

Jerry Duane Cupp

Obituaries

Jerry Duane Cupp

Jerry Duane Cupp Nov. 8, 1947-April 30, 2016 Jerry Duane Cupp passed away April 30, 2016 at home…

Timothy Dennis O’Leary

Obituaries

Timothy Dennis O’Leary

Timothy Dennis O’Leary March 22, 1951 – April 30, 2016 Longtime Homer resident Timothy Dennis O’Leary died unexpectedly…

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Announcments

Kachemak Emergency Service Area Board will its regular monthly board meeting at 7 p.m. today at the McNeil…

News

State looks to sell meat plant

PALMER — The state is seeking out a new owner for the only federally approved slaughterhouse in southcentral…

Don and Sherry Stead will open Grace Ridge Brewing today — just in time for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. The Steads, who have been working for about a year to get the Ocean Drive brewery up and running, were working on the interior’s finishing touches earlier this week.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Grace Ridge Brewing makes Shorebird debut

Don Stead will realize his dream of owning a brewery with his wife Sherry when Grace Ridge Brewing…

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Shell gives up nearly all its leases in Chukchi Sea

The only company to drill an exploratory oil well in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea following a 2008 federal lease…

Visitors of the non-feathered variety are also flocking to Homer for the town’s other attractions. Brad Warner, a doctor from St. Louis, Missouri, takes a photo of the Spit Beach at low tide on May 9. Warner came to Homer to fish with friends.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Homer’s best bets

The birds have been back in town for a couple of weeks, surely but surely arriving in time…

Nouredine Mama winds up to kick the ball across the field, away from Colony players, during the May 6 home game. -Photo by Anna Frost; Homer News

Sports

Seniors to be honored in Saturday’s soccer games

The Homer varsity girls will play a home game against the Voznesenka soccer team at 4 p.m. Friday.…

Sports

Homer girls take second at Colony invite

The Homer girls led Kenai Peninsula schools at the Colony Invitational on Friday and Saturday by finishing second…

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Softball team chalks up strong wins

The Homer softball team earned a split on Saturday, the final day of the Blue and Gold Battle…