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Lucas Michael Hrenchir

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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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Town Crier

The Homer Public Library will celebrate Black History Month with storytelling by author Skywalker Payne. The library will…

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News
The Homer Animal Shelter on March 16, 2020, in Homer, Alaska.

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Pet of the week: None available this week

The Homer Animal Shelter is closed to the public, including volunteers, until further notice. People interested in adopting…

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Feb. 11, 2021.

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Letters to the Editor

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Curtis Thayer. (Photo courtesy Alaska Energy Authority)

Opinion

Point of View: Alaska Energy Authority – committed to our rural neighbors

Nowhere in Alaska is the high cost of energy felt more than in rural communities. While all Alaskans…

A boarding team member from Coast Guard Cutter Chandeleur holds up an allegedly illegally-retained halibut aboard vessel Currency about 12 miles west of Cape Barnabas, Alaska, on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. Chandeleur’s boarding team discovered a total of eight allegedly illegally-retained halibut aboard the boat, seized them, and handed them over to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration representative in Kodiak. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Cutter Chandeleur)

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Coast Guard issues violation to Homer fishermen for catching halibut out of season

Homer boat was fishing for Pacific cod when Coast Guard patrol found halibut on board

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Homer High School.

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

A fishing boat passes in front of Poot Peak on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

On Sunday a big game happened down in Tampa where some older guy threw a bunch of touchdown…

A red-breasted nuthatch looks over its shoulder between bites of suet in a hanging-cage style feeder. (Photo by Todd Eskelin/USFWS)

Sports

Refuge Notebook: Social distancing is not just for humans

Salmonella is a type of bacteria that hits our news feeds often. Infections in human foods cause illness…

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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Sports in brief

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