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Gas assessment fight not needed

  This coming Monday, July 28, the Homer City Council will meet and City Manager Walt Wrede will…

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Kachemak Kids closing its doors

It is with much sadness that we announce the closure of Kachemak Kids Early Learning Center as of…

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Growing old in traffic

If you even attempt to make a left hand turn onto the bypass, you’re a turkey. I hope…

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What’s happened to Homer?

  What a shame that Homer — once known as the conscience of Alaska — could not even…

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Assembly OKs bed tax for ballot, but could reconsider vote Aug. 5

With a 5-4 vote, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly passed an ordinance at its Tuesday meeting to ask…

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Ulmer tabbed as special adviser on Arctic issues

Alaska will be represented by one of its own as the nation pushes ahead with Arctic policy development…

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Pipeline moves 17 billionth barrel of oil to Valdez

JUNEAU — The trans-Alaska pipeline has moved its 17 billionth barrel of oil. The operator of the 37-year-old…

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Group files application for license to export LNG

The consortium planning the big North Slope gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas export project has taken another…

The crew of the F/V Western Freedom work on the boat at the steel grid at the Homer Harbor about 1 p.m. last Thursday. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Have you noticed how some Alaskans like to drive glossy black trucks with tinted windows, jacked up tires…

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Team Chloe fueled by future

Look at Chloe Miller’s smile and it’s easy to smile back. Hear about the toddler’s battle for life…

Athlete Myrna Kuchenoff and swim coach Ruhiyyih Baker.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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And the gold goes to…

Recently returned from the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games in New Jersey in June, athlete Myrna Kuchenoff and…

Forrest Dunbar, left, poses with Frank Vondersaar of Homer. The two Democrats are running against each other for the Democratic Party seat in the election for U.S. Congressman. Another lower Kenai Peninsula candidate, John Cox of Anchor Point, is running for the Republican Party nomination against incumbent Congressman Don Young.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Democrat Dunbar wants Young’s job

 In the biennial election for Alaska’s lone representative to U.S. Congress, the Alaska Democratic Party has sent up…

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Gardeners prepare for weekend of activities; public is welcome

The Homer Garden Club will sponsor its eighth annual Gardeners’ Weekend on Aug. 2-3. The weekend’s activities include:…