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What to know about 2023 Share the Spirit

Hello from your friends at Share the Spirit. We hope you are happy that the holidays are approaching…

The cover of the October 2023 edition of Alaska Economic Trends magazine, a product of the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. (Image via department website)

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Dunleavy administration’s muzzling of teacher pay report is troubling

Alaska Economic Trends is recognized both in Alaska and nationally as an essential tool for understanding Alaska’s unique…

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Best Bets

The nights grow colder and the days grow shorter, and we’re all looking forward to the holiday season.…

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

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Pet of the Week: Feo

Feo is a playful young cat with a great outlook on life. He entered the shelter as a…

Volunteers help organize more than 200 boxes of food Saturday morning, part of the Lions Club Thanksgiving Basket program. Homer News file photo.

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Lions Club to distribute Thankgiving food baskets

The yearly tradition returns Nov. 18

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Connecting dots

Self-taught landscape painter showcases 30 years of work in local exhibit

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Helicopter fishing a detriment to fish and fishers

Proposal would prohibit helicopter transport for anglers on southern peninsula

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Thank you to the Homer Foundation for the Peatland Project

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What does the Homer Harbor have to do with the Prince of Monaco?

Prince Rainier III stared out the palace window and into the new millennium. Down below was his harbor,…

Sports

Homer boys place 8th, girls 11th at Mountain City Wrestling Invite

Mariners have several finalists, including two first-place champions and two second-place finishes.

Sports

Homer hockey falls to Kenai

Mariners lose 9-1 in a conference matchup versus the Kardinals

Alaska State Troopers investigate a shooting scene on Monday, Aug. 23, 2021, at the Anchor Point Warehouse in Anchor Point, Alaska, at the store on the Sterling Highway in which an Alaska State Trooper was shot. Bret Herrick, 62, of Anchor Point was sentenced on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, for the attempted murder of Alaska State Trooper Bruce Brueggeman and related crimes that occurred outside the grocery store. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Anchor Point man sentenced for attempted murder of state trooper

Herrick received a composite sentence of 74 years with 15 years suspended