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Shedding light on addiction helpful

We would like to compliment reporter, Anna Frost, on her well-written, thoughtful and honest account of our family…

Beth Graber

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Retiring KPC professors looking ahead

Three long-time Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College professors said their goodbyes as they left their offices…

The daffodils Liz Johnson gave the Kachemak Gardener a decade ago are blooming for the first time this year. -Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick

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Your garden is about so much more than blooms, veggies

T here is more than meets the eye in a garden. Liz Johnson and I shared many a…

After 32 years with the Homer Volunteer Fire Department, Elaine Grabowski, left, marked her last day at Saturday’s annual Safe and Healthy Kids Fair. Taking over as departmental services coordinator is Jaclyn Arndt, right.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Grabowski praised for 32 years of dedication at fire department

How to begin retirement after more than three decades responding to emergencies? By “doing all those things I…

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Fed regs close detox facilities

JUNEAU (AP) — Alaska’s only residential detox facilities for opiate addiction have closed due to a federal regulation…

Food hub launches in Homer

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Food hub launches in Homer

Kenai Peninsula Food Hub members in the Homer area picked up their first orders on Wednesday from the…

Battle Creek, home to a population of coho salmon, flows into Kachemak Bay without passing through Bradley Lake. The proposed amendment to Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Plant would divert a portion of Battle Creek’s water into the lake so it can produce energy for the Kenai Peninsula before going into the bay.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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New Bradley Lake project crawls toward federal OK

The Bradley Lake hydroelectric power plant is one step closer to approval for an amendment to the Bradley…

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Court Report

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through April 22: Criminal Court Harley D.…

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Trooper

April 15 Alaska State Troopers at 9:36 p.m. tried to stop the driver of a Honda motorcycle near…

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Homer Police

April 17 A 36-year-old man at 1 p.m. came to the police station and turned himself in on…

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Homer Fire

April 18-24 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to 10 medical calls.

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Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services

April 18-24 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to one medical call and one fire call.

Charles Little

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Charles Little

Charles Little May 8, 1958-April 18, 2016 Homer resident Charles E. “Charlie” Little, III, 57, died Monday, April…