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Report recommends improvements for ferry system

Insulating the state ferry system from annual political battles is one of the biggest things the lawmakers can…

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Turning a new leaf: Soldotna ends marijuana moratorium

Soldotna’s moratorium on commercial marijuana will end on January 1, allowing commercial pot growing, testing and selling within…

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News Thousands of pounds of powdered sulfur were spilled into the Ninilchik…

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Market not over ‘til it’s over

I was in a hurry this weekend. I forgot my check list of veggies that I usually fill…

Vote ‘yes’ on KPB Prop 3

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Vote ‘yes’ on KPB Prop 3

The Oct. 3 borough-wide ballot proposition on the sales tax cap is not about growing government. It is…

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PFD thieves at it again

To my fellow citizens; This is for all the uninformed among us. At least, in my eternal optimism,…

Cranes have flown, but keep gardening

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Cranes have flown, but keep gardening

It’s been so long since we had a blue sky. What a relief. I’m waterlogged and a tad…

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Why I am voting yes on borough Prop. 1

For 32 years I have lived in a “non-incorporated area” of the Kenai Peninsula Borough which means I…

Kenai Physical Therapy Clinic brings childhood cancer into spotlight

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Kenai Physical Therapy Clinic brings childhood cancer into spotlight

Kenai Physical Therapy is bringing an international childhood cancer awareness campaign to life in Homer. How can residents…

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Best Bets

Even though the Betster toils in the word mines here at the Homer News and has a modest…

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Arts Briefs

Lord debuts new novel Homer writer Nancy Lord launches her new novel, “pH,” at 6 p.m. Friday at…

Adjust to Changing Conditions

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Adjust to Changing Conditions

In the UPS world we have many safety catch phrases that must be committed to memory and, more…

Letters to the editor

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Letters to the editor

Thanks for Summer @HPL support As families across the Kenai Peninsula are now settling in their fall school routines,…