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Refuges’ management plans being updated
State committed to open process By: Randy Bates If you want to get someone’s attention, make a sensational…
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Homer chamber board: Tax unfairly targets area’s lodging industry
Editor’s Note: Following a community forum, the Homer Chamber of Commerce board of directors voted to oppose a…
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Area’s assembly members argue for, against bed tax
Editor’s Note: The Homer News asked Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly members Bill Smith, who represents Homer on the…
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Borough voters should decide bed-tax proposal
Over the past weeks the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has heard testimony about Ordinance 2014-25, to put before…
Outdoors & Recreation
If you can’t catch anything, imitate success
Now that the silvers are starting to enter the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon, it’s time for some of…
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Scholarship aids in pursuing dream
This spring, I received the Homer Community Science Scholarship Fund, generously awarded annually by the Homer Foundation. I…
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Hospice appreciates supporters
Hospice of Homer recently feted our remarkable, bighearted volunteers to a barbecue on the patio at our new…
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Remembering Old Salty
I first met Renn Tolman in the early 1990s on Shuyak Island where I lived and worked as…
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What’s happened to land of the free?
I’ve been taking my three shelter dogs for a hike on Mariner Park beach for years. On a…
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Ninilchik church marks milestone
An amazing milestone is going to be reached this coming Sunday at the Calvary Baptist Church in Ninilchik.…
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Your help needed in emergency
Long ago, not far away, I grew up in a very small town. Our home was five miles…
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Harbor office construction begins with award of bid
After, well, who knows how many years exactly, a new Homer Harbormaster’s Office is finally going to happen.…
Sports
Oregon angler takes derby lead with 277.8-pound fish
An Oregon angler has taken the lead in the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby’s big-fish category with a 277.8-pound…