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Alaska food program scrapped from schools
The Nutritional Alaska Foods to Schools, or NAFS, pilot program that brought locally sourced foods to school meal…
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School Events
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District March 14-18: Most schools are on spring break, no school. Fireweed Academy (3-6)…
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Redirecting nature
A bulldozer sits by a new mouth of Beluga Slough at Bishop’s Beach last Thursday afternoon. Landowners at…
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Do we like where we’re going?
S ome have come to describe, in the Middle East, a mindset of absolute intolerance they call Islamo-fascists,…
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Elected officials repeatedly disregard will of voters
I am disturbed by a trend in our current political climate: Elected officials repeatedly disregarding the expressed will…
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Supreme Court should protect contraceptive coverage for all
Two years after the Supreme Court ruled in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby that closely held for-profit companies do…
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Kindness of strangers appreciated
To the good Samaritans in the Safeway parking lot on Friday evening, Feb. 26: Michelle, Kien Wilkenson, the…
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Seniors need to help solve the problems they created
Commenting as a lifelong Alaskan and senior citizen — the outrage being expressed by seniors against the Homer…
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Weekend events help economy
Wintertime events that bring high numbers of tourists to Homer equal revenue spikes in local businesses for more…
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Pet of the Week
Sheba is a big girl, with a great big loving heart. This 3-year-old, long-haired black girl loves to…
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Court Report
Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through March 5: Judgments Jontomas W. Sullivan,…
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Trooper Report
March 2 Alaska State Troopers received a report that a firearm was stolen from a Fritz Creek home.…
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Homer Police Report
Feb. 29 A caller at 8:39 a.m. reported cash was stolen from an unlocked car on Bayview Avenue.…