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Ice arena needs your support
Homer Hockey Association (HHA) would like to thank everyone for a hugely successful Dessert Auction to support the…
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Opportunity means better future
This winter, our local Big Brothers Big Sisters program will have the opportunity to work on developing a…
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Rotary Club wants to help youth
Since our inception in 2006, the Rotary Club of Homer Downtown has worked to help the youth of…
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Wrede wields powerful Green Dot
As we look back on City Manager Walt Wrede’s 12 years of service to our community, I’d like…
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Parnell’s rule = abject misery
Captain Zero is no longer Captain Zero — he’s leading the charge into negative numbers. Deep into deficits,…
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Halloween volunteers needed
Halloween is two weeks away and kids are designing their costumes in anticipation. Last year, the Mountainview/Bayview neighborhood…
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Committee’s decision disappointing
I am disappointed by the site evaluation recently completed by the Public Safety Building Review Committee. The design…
Community
Haunted Hickory: Always ready for frightening fun
The U.S. Coast Guard’s motto “Semper Paratus” — Latin for “always ready” — perfectly sums up the decades-long…
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Pet of the Week
Remi has such a happy face. This 5-month-old, red-boned coon hound loves to run and play and just…
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Homer poet Hollowell wins $5,000 grant
Homer poet Erin Hollowell is among five Alaska literary artists awarded a $5,000 Alaska Literary Awards fellowship funded…
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Bunnell art deadlines coming up on Oct. 31
A deadline of Oct. 31 is coming up for two Bunnell Street Arts Center arts opportunities. Artists can…
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‘Alive Inside’ wins film fest’s audience award
“Alive Inside,” a documentary film about the power of music, won the Forget-Me-Not Audience Favorite Award for the…
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TheatreShakes ‘Hamlet’ is Oct. 24 at HCOA
Students in TheatreShakes, the Homer Council on the Arts youth theater program, present William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at 7…