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Authorized Verizon retailer opens in Homer

The Homer store is the second on the Kenai Peninsula

The southbound lane of Homer Spit Road, which was damaged by the Nov. 16 storm surge, is temporarily repaired with gravel and reopened on Thursday, Nov. 21<ins>, 2024, in Homer, Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Spit road reopened to 2 lanes

Repairs and reinforcement against erosion will continue through December

Homer City Hall is lit up for the holiday season on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Lindsay Bear, a member of the Chapman School Site Council, speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough approves Chapman School land purchase

Ordinance 2024-19-18 was approved at the Nov. 12 assembly meeting

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council to hold public hearings on ordinances

The next Homer City Council regular meeting will take place on Monday at 6 p.m.

Erosion damage to the southbound lane of Homer Spit Road is seen on Monday, Nov. 18<ins>, 2024</ins>, following a storm event on Saturday<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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City, DOT work to repair storm damage to Spit road

A second storm event on Saturday affected nearly a mile of the southbound lane

An inflatable dragon guards the rooftop of Bubbles Soda Parlor on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Jacobsen gives State of the City address

City Manager Melissa Jacobsen gave her first State of the City address on Tuesday

Doyon representative Zach Dunlap (right) presents the revised application for the Lighthouse Village redevelopment during a special Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Planning commission approves revised Doyon application

Nearly a year after their application first appeared before Homer’s Planning Commission, the conditional use permit for Doyon,…

Bradley Parsons is sworn in as the newest Homer City Council member during a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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City council swears in new interim member

Bradley Parsons will serve on the Homer City Council until the 2025 regular election

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Off the shelf: Speculative novel holds promise of respite

“A Psalm for the Wild-Built” is part of the Homer Public Library’s 2024 Lit Lineup