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Volunteer campground hosts meet with Refuge Rangers at Hidden Lake Campground. (Photo by Berkley Bedell/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: How campers make good neighbors

There’s just something about dinner roasted over an open fire (maybe a s’more or two for dessert), birds…

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Homer Foundation at 30: Foundation born from need to manage endowments

Another in a series of short historical reminiscences to mark the 30th anniversary of the Homer Foundation, Alaska’s…

Vehicles enter the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in Detroit to travel to Canada. The Canada Border Services Agency has rejected a creative plan by Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens to have Ontario residents line up inside the tunnel to get COVID-19 vaccinations. (AP Photo / Paul Sancya)

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Canada to soon let vaccinated US citizens enter country

Rules change for rest of world on Sept. 7.

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Sports

Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

Advisory: Trails in Kachemak Bay State Park are rough, with steep grades in places, and in some cases…

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

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

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Obituaries

Richard “Butch” John Schollenberg

Richard “Butch” John Schollenberg, 65, of Ninilchik, passed away July 7, 2021, surrounded by family after a long…

Donald E. Mullikin

Obituaries

Donald E. Mullikin

Donald E. Mullikin passed on June 30, 2021, near sunset, in Homer, Alaska.

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Town Crier

The Homer Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center is hosting the second annual Homer Peony Celebration July 9-24.…

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Community

Pets of the week: Navy and Tiffany

Are you looking to add a new friend to your home? What about two? Piggy and Charlie, both…

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Opinion

Pay It Forward: Parks build villages

My young son has recently discovered parks. If there is a slide, we are on it. A swing?…

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for July 15, 2021.

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Letters to the Editor

Grateful to the Homer Emblem Club

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Homer Farmers Market: Market helps build relationships

Even though the rain came down Saturday morning, the Homer Farmers Market still had plenty of folks streaming…

The Yale University Whiffenpoofs perform in a concert Thursday, July 8, 2021, at the Boathouse Pavillion in Homer, Alaska. The group also did a workshop Thursday at the Homer Council on the Arts. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Up at Chez Betster in the hinterlands of Homer, it’s been cold dark 30 the best week —…