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A woman sits on a bench outside The Better Sweater on Labor Day. Although some places will remain open until next week and the last visit on Tuesday of the cruise ship Statendam, many Spit stores and restaurants closed on Monday.

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It’s a wrap

Update: The caption has been corrected on the fishhook sculpture photo properly identifying it as a circle hook.…

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Indonesian group trains at AVTEC

Members of the Indonesian Coast Guard and navy began two weeks of training at the Alaska Vocational Technical…

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Chamber gets state approval for Baycrest traveler kiosk

The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center has announced the recent approval from the Alaska Department of…

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Political candidates, volunteers reminded about state sign laws

With political campaign season under way, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, or ADOT&PF, has issued…

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State releases winter ferry schedule, announces fee changes in reservation policy

The Alaska Marine Highway System, or AMHS, recently announced the release of its 2015-16 winter schedule. Reservations are…

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Federal rules, state caution stymie cannabis investments

Alaska’s forthcoming cannabis regulations might stop homegrown bud businesses from seeing a dime from the hot-ticket marijuana investment…

Steve Jones, dressed as “Frost Paw” the polar bear, waves to President Barack Obama’s motorcade as it heads toward Exit Glacier on Tuesday in Seward. Jones, a representative from the Center for Biological Diversity, gathered with a crowd of activists along the Seward Highway waving signs to encourage the President to take action on climate change. While environmentalists praise the president for curbing greenhouse gases, they pillory him for granting Shell permission to drill in the Chukchi Sea for the first time in 24 years. On Tuesday, the president of Shell Oil Co. said he expects more protests.-Photo by Rashah McChesney, Morris News Service - Alaska

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Shell president optimistic about drilling in Arctic

ANCHORAGE — The president of Shell Oil Co. said Tuesday that exploratory drilling off Alaska’s northwest coast is…

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White House praises state for expanding Medicaid

ANCHORAGE — The White House on Tuesday praised the decision by Alaska Gov. Bill Walker to expand Medicaid…

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Large premium increases OK’d for some individual, family insurance policies

The Alaska Division of Insurance has approved significant 2016 health insurance rate increases for individual and family policies…

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Farmers Market Here’s one of finest displays of Homer talent

Labor Day weekend is upon us and the chill in the air is right on time.  It is…

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ConocoPhillips announces cuts

The impact of plummeting oil prices is finally hitting Alaska’s oilpatch. ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. said Tuesday it will…

Kite surfers, stand-up paddleboarders and body surfers play in the waves off the Spit last month.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Now that Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has ordered Mt. McKinley be renamed Denali, will other prominent…

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Court Report

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through Aug. 27:  Judgments Edward C. Prevost,…