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A woman in a wheelchair uses the Homer Harbor boardwalk in an undated photo taken in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provide/Independent Living Center)

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Point of View: Accessibility could bring new visitor market to Homer

“Accessible Homer” has a nice ring to it. For Homer, it could have a nice monetary ring to…

Arts Briefs

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Arts Briefs

‘Little Women’ continues this weekend

Best Bets

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Best Bets

Can Homer really be experiencing such a tranquil, drawn-out stretch of true summer? The Betster remembers many a…

Homer Farmers Market: Alaska farming has grown in past 5 years

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Homer Farmers Market: Alaska farming has grown in past 5 years

Every time I go to the Farmers Market I am excited to find what’s new. Last week was…

Point of View: Fisheries management is the answer to the PFD battle

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Point of View: Fisheries management is the answer to the PFD battle

Maybe the answer is fish.

Donna Jean (Talent) Ridener

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Donna Jean (Talent) Ridener

Donna Jean (Talent) Ridener

Pet of the Week: Perch

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Pet of the Week: Perch

Perch is a 3 1/2 years old.

Feona (Kheona) Joan Sawden

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Feona (Kheona) Joan Sawden

Feona (Kheona) Joan Sawden

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Town Crier

Please report sandhill crane sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch at 235-6262 or reports@cranewatch.org. Date, time, location, behavior, and…

Cops and Courts

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Cops and Courts

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

Point of View: Measles vaccine prevents illness, saves lives

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Point of View: Measles vaccine prevents illness, saves lives

In 1989, I spent two months working in a hospital in Tanzania, Africa. While I worked in that…

Years Ago

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News

Farmers Market: Celebrate 20th anniversary with new cookbook

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Farmers Market: Celebrate 20th anniversary with new cookbook

Twenty years ago the Homer Farmers Market’s first day was in mid July. Now, they regularly open their…