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Homer sets youths up for success

Homer has always been a community that prides itself in investing in its children. Its citizens and local…

Let these gardening rules guide you: Keep it small, keep it simple, enjoy it

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Let these gardening rules guide you: Keep it small, keep it simple, enjoy it

I met a soon-to-be retired couple this afternoon. They are moving to Homer from Anchorage and building a new…

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Student grateful for scholarships

Throughout the last months of my high school career, I was very lucky to have many generous businesses…

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Friends help ease nightmare of loss

Every cancer is different, and the one that took Chris Lopez was a monster. It hit hard and…

Katrina Marshall, left,  Luke Alexson, center, and Lawson Walls, right, play in a sprinkler at Marshall’s house on Bartlett Street last Friday. On June 15, the thermometer at the official National Weather Service station at the Homer Airport hit 83 degrees, only one degree shy of the record high set on July 22, 2011. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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It’s hot in Homer

Sunday’s solstice officially marked the end of spring and beginning of summer. But for practical purposes, summer arrived…

The 750-foot M/V Marika sits at Homer’s Deep Water Dock. The Marika is a refueling tanker.-Photo by Miranda Weiss

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Shell ships call on Homer

Editor’s note: This story has been changed to reflect that Shell is not moving 1,900 people to Alaska…

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All open burning prohibited

The State Forester announced yesterday that all open fires are now banned in Southcentral Alaska, including the Kenai…

Pet of the Week

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Pet of the Week

Bright eyed and bushy tailed, and oh-so-ready for her very own Forever Home, Lucy is a petite, gray…

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HVFD chief earns credential

Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Robert L. Painter was approved by the Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) Commission during…

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Court Reports

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through June 15: Judgments Harry E. Bjork…

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Troopers

June 1 Alaska State Troopers at 1:35 p.m. received a report of a burglary and theft at an…

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Homer Police

June 8 A caller at 9:12 a.m. asked police to do a welfare check on a man at…

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Kachemak Emergency Services

June 8-14 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to two medical calls and one fire call