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Lisa Parker, right, manager of government relations and external affairs at Apache Corporation, accepts Apache’s Pinnacle Award from Laurie Fagnani, president of MSI Communications, which designed the Apache Rainbow Challenge logo.-Photo provided

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Apache wins award for Rainbow Challenge logo

ANCHORAGE — Apache Alaska has received a prestigious Pinnacle Award for the logo design of its signature fundraising…

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Record-keeping workshop set for Nov. 12 at chamber

The Alaska Small Business Development center will conduct a record-keeping workshop Nov. 12 at the Homer Chamber of…

New brewery being built

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New brewery being built

Workers on Monday raised the beams for Grace Ridge Brewery, a new brewery under construction on Ocean Drive.…

Contractors move cabins for Waddell Way project

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Contractors move cabins for Waddell Way project

Contractors last month moved nine cabins from property at the corner of Heath Street and the extension of…

Steve and Stacey Veldstra have been the owners of Wagon Wheel since May.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky

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New owners keep business rolling at Wagon Wheel

Steve Veldstra is and isn’t new to Wagon Wheel.  He is in the sense that he and his…

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Another big sockeye run predicted for Bristol Bay

Bristol Bay is expecting another whopping sockeye salmon run, the third consecutive year of above-average harvests. Alaska Department…

A humpback whale dives in Kachemak Bay on Sunday afternoon. Whales continue to be seen in the bay this month. At least a dozen whales were spotted on a boat trip, with some swimming in pairs.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Monday marked the 15th anniversary of continued habitation of the International Space Station. Ever since the first crew…

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Health fair exhibitors

Alcoholics Anonymous Literature, membership survey 235-6822 Advanced Dental Center – Mark Laurin Goodie bags with toothbrushes, floss, chapstick…

Seaton touts benefits of vitamin D

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Seaton touts benefits of vitamin D

Back in 2009, on a night when sleep didn’t come easily, Rep. Paul Seaton was watching a University…

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Saturday fair all about creating a healthy Homer

For 32 years, the Homer Kachemak Bay Rotary Club and South Peninsula Hospital have teamed up to bring…

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School Events

Chapman School Nov. 5: Basketball vs. ABC at Chapman, 4 p.m. Nov. 6: Basketball at Skyview, 3 p.m.…

Paul Banks Elementary music teacher Tina Moore poses with her family in matching pirate costumes.-Photo by Katy Countiss

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Costume craziness

Schools all over the peninsula celebrated Halloween in style last week. Paul Banks Elementary School got into the…

Sports in Brief

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Sports in Brief

Riptide undefeated  in city hoops league Game 1 of the Homer City Basketball League’s third week was a…