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Margie L. (Hallett) Meachum

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Margie L. (Hallett) Meachum

Margie L. (Hallett) Meachum

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Pet of the Week: Pumpkin

Pumpkin, a 13-year-old male, is quite the character. He’s been our shelter king for almost a month now.…

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Louis Garnero, left, and Maria Bisotto, right, stand next to their 1986 Volkswagen van on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in the parking lot of the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska. From Cordoba, Argentina, starting in 2016 they drove their Type 2 VW Kombi all the way from Argentina to Alaska, about 70,000 miles. Garnero and Bisotto arrived in Homer at the End of the Road on Wednesday, July 6. 
They stayed in Mexico for 18 months during the COVID-19 pandemic. They have written about their adventures in a book in Spanish, "LiberArte: Historia de viaje y algo mas," with illustrations by Garnero. "Viaja y reite" means "travel and laugh" in Spanish.
The couple converted the van to a camper themselves. Although VW quit exporting the T2 to United States in 1979, it continued to make the T2 microbus in Brazil until 2013.
For more on their adventures, visit https://viajayreite.com/liberarte-historias-de-viaje-y-algo-mas.
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Here on the south shore of Beluga Lake, our mornings get filled with the roar of float planes…

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Correction: An earlier version of this obituary had the wrong day for the memorial service. The memorial will…

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Point of View: Many helped Anchor Point Food Pantry during pandemic

The Homer Foundation, Rasmuson, Homer’s 100 Women Who Care, the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank (KPFB), the Food Bank…

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Homer Farmers Market: It’s not hard to plan the hunt for fresh food

A farmers market is the icon of holistic, healthy, locally grown fresh food. Even though I brag about…

The Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak Bay celebrated the accomplishments of one Rotary year and looked ahead to a new year at a social gathering July 1. Honored were Kim Zook, left, newly installed president of the club, and Bernie Griffard, immediate past president. At back is Marv Peters, a charter member of the club and one of the club’s directors.

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Rotary Club installs new officers

The Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak Bay celebrated the accomplishments of the past year and looked ahead to the…

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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The Homer Garden Tour is back and will feature six beautiful Homer area gardens. The gardens will be…