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For Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, learn how to prevent cervical cancer

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For Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, learn how to prevent cervical cancer

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, and Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic (KBFPC) wants you to know that…

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Spotlight on the Library

“A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.”…

Opinion

Fishermen get short reprieve on EPA discharge rules

Alaska’s congressional delegation has secured another short-lived extension to exempt smaller Alaska fishing vessels, under 79 feet, from…

Skiers do the Sunset Loop Sunday on the Kachemak Nordic Ski Club trails on Diamond Ridge. Through the trailhead at the Diamond Ridge Fire Station, skiers can access the trail with a fabulous view of Kachemak Bay. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

Community

Best Bets

What are we supposed to do now? That’s what the Betster has been left pondering the last few…

Teri Robl’s roasted chicken works best with farm-raised or organic chicken. (Photo by Teri Robl)

Community

Winter is the perfect time for comfort food

I am hunkered into domestic life, as my job is seasonal and I am off during the winter…

William C. Morterud

Obituaries

William C. Morterud

William C. Morterud April 23, 1949 – Jan. 7, 2017 William C. Morterud, 68, died Jan. 7, 2017…

Community

Cops and Courts

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

Bill Aschenbach 1942-Jan. 3, 2018

Obituaries

Bill Aschenbach 1942-Jan. 3, 2018

Bill Aschenbach April 3, 1942-Jan. 3, 2018 Bill Aschenbach, 75, died quietly Jan. 3, 2018, in the loving…

Women’s March: Together we rise

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Women’s March: Together we rise

Marches are fun. They are great exercise, a fun community social activity, and on Jan. 20 in Homer,…

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Forward into the future — kindly

Here at the end of the road, we like to think we can escape international and world politics.…

Members of the Homer High School Nordic ski team enjoy this year’s Ski Your Age event Dec. 26, 2017 at the Lookout Mountain ski trails near Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Jana Davis)

Sports

Ski Your Age

The annual Ski Your Age event took place again this year atop the Lookout Mountain ski trails on…

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PEAKS test adds writing analysis portion

The Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools, or PEAKS, test will feature a new prompt in the English language…

Community

Willa Yvonne Gaedecke

Willa Yvonne Gaedecke was born at 6:08 a.m. on Dec. 29, 2017 at South Peninsula Hospital to Nina…