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Walker creates new Cabinet position for oil-gas advisor

Walker creates new Cabinet position for oil-gas advisor By Elwood Brehmer Morris News Service – Alaska Gov. Bill…

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Alaska LNG Project water testing to occur in August

The Alaska LNG Project is moving forward with an aquifer pump test on its land in Nikiski this…

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Info on crane colts wanted

Sandhill crane colts will be fledging (flying) very soon. It takes 60-70 days from hatching to fledging. Some…

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Foundation celebrates milestone

Foundation celebrates milestone The Homer Foundation held its 25th Anniversary Celebration Saturday, July 16. Thanks to our gracious…

Zaine Beckworth looks down at the mud covering him as he wades through the mud pit at the 2016 Mud Wallow at Cottonwood Park on July 17.

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Mud Wallow named for Carmen Field

BY ANNA FROST STAFF WRITER Homer kids and adults spent an afternoon wading in the mud on July…

Salmonfest 2016: Summer weekend of environmental consciousness, music, art

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Salmonfest 2016: Summer weekend of environmental consciousness, music, art

As the sun begins to set before 11 p.m. and an end to summer seems just around the…

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Arts in brief

Barbara Lavallee visits Art Shop Gallery Artist Barbara Lavallee visits the Art Shop Gallery from 1-6 p.m. Saturday. She…

The mural painted on Mary Epperson's former piano studio in 2014 before the condemned building was demolished is a Pokestop in the popular augmented reality game Pokemon Go. The spot where the building now stood is parking of Homer Council on the Art's parking lot.

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Pokemon Go provides time capsules for Homer’s past landmarks

When people in Homer play Pokemon Go — the augmented reality game that launched in the United States…

Two sandhill cranes block the road on Diamond Ridge Road early Wednesday morning.

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Homer’s Best Bets

The other day while shopping the Betster noticed a disturbing trend. S-c-h-o-o-l supplies are on sale. For you…

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Southern Kenai Peninsula Commercial Cannabis Update

Applications to date: Active— Marijuana Control Board has issued license subject to METRC (Marijuana Enforcement Tracking, Reporting and…

Lita Lubitsh-White of Anchorage poses with the 2016 tagged fish she caught on Sunday, July 17.

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Anchorage woman catches 2016 tagged fish

The halibut derby had nine days of quiet before another angler brought in a fish, as the last…

Strange fish found in deep waters

Outdoors & Recreation

Strange fish found in deep waters

Jay Landreville, deckhand on the Arctic Envy of Silver Fox Charters, holds up a wolf-fish a client caught…

Outdoors & Recreation

Look like a pro when you fillet your catch

Once the dipnetting for reds took off this summer, I starting receiving requests for some tips on how…