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Cops and Courts

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

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Emmett William Pollak

Emmett William Pollak was born at 5:37 p.m. Thursday, March 29, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Meghan…

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Town Crier

Homer Area Nonprofit Directors will present an Advocacy, Economics and Innovation Seminar Sunday and Monday, April 8-9 at…

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Schools start PEAKS testing

Students across Alaska are sitting down for the Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools (PEAKS) test over the course…

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School board passes preliminary budget

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Sean Dusek got the go-ahead from the school board to formally request…

Community

Spring is salmon time

I know spring is here when the Winter King Salmon Tournament is held. My friends Charlie Edwards and…

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School briefs

Homer Flex High School: Friday, April 6 — End of fourth rotation. Also, Flex First Friday from 4-6…

Sandhill Cranes—A Cautionary Note for Spring Arrival

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Sandhill Cranes—A Cautionary Note for Spring Arrival

The Sandhill Crane count down has begun. With their arrival, consider some measures to ensure their safety and…

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Letters

Editor’s note: The following two letters were written by Homer High School students in Sean Campbell’s Language Arts…

A map of the Amakdedori Creek area shows the proposed Pebble Mine port. (Map by Pebble Limiter Partnership via Cook Inletkeeper)

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Cook Inletkeeper holds meeting on Pebble Mine

Update: In a press release on Friday, April 6, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced it has…

Michael Carey (Photo provided)

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Post, Kettle honored as lifelong learners

The annual Celebration of Lifelong Learning honors adult learner Lee Post, a longtime Homer resident known as “the…

Three hundred lineal feet of the Anchor River State Recreation Area beach parking lot, shown here on Sunday, April 1, 2018 in Anchor Point, Alaska, suffered severe erosion damage caused by storms in September 2017. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)

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Erosion repairs to begin in Anchor Point — but is it enough?

With repairs to the Anchor River State Recreation Area parking lot and tractor launch scheduled to begin this…

Thomas J. Aberle

Obituaries

Thomas J. Aberle

Thomas J. Aberle Sept. 22, 1954 – March 28, 2018 Former Homer resident Tom Aberle, 63, died March…