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Bed-tax idea for Homer goes nowhere with city council
A plan to set a 2.5-percent Homer bed tax stopped on the first step of a process that…
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Relay for life celebrates cancer survivors
Far from a solemn march, Homer’s Relay for Life event promises to celebrate the successes achieved by cancer…
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Spit-raised kids play to bay sights, sounds
T he town of Homer was born on the Spit so it makes sense that this 4.5-mile-long rocky…
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Road construction has begun:
Springtime in Alaska brings green-up and road construction. Cautionary road-work signs are blooming like flowers along Kenai Peninsula…
Community
First Friday openings
Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. New work by Ed Tussey 5-7:30 p.m., First Friday Opening Reception…
Outdoors & Recreation
Feeding frenzies of seabirds signal some good fishing
Before we get rolling, I’d like to take a step back to last Thursday when I took a…
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Kenai raises some fees
Rents for some residents of Kenai’s Vintage Pointe senior housing will rise, as well as fees at the…
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Coast Guard responds to Cook Inlet fuel spill
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a fuel spill near Port Graham on Saturday. Several agencies responded to…
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HEA schedules project to improve reliability
Homer Electric will be working in Homer and Soldotna this summer on a project that will improve the…
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Bill would allow draw from Permanent Fund
JUNEAU — The Alaska House Finance committee introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow a multibillion-dollar draw from…
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Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. revenues drop from 2014
BY DJ SUMMERS Morris News Service – Alaska The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation released financial results for the…
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Pebble, EPA say lawsuit should continue
Pebble Limited Partnership and the Environmental Protection Agency finally agree on one thing: their court fight should move…
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Homer Farmers Market opens
There are all kinds of ways to judge the return of spring and summer. The arrival of sandhill…