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    Articles by McKibben Jackinsky
    The 180-foot USCGC Ironwood, the first Coast Guard vessel to be homeported in Homer, was decommissioned in Kodiak on Oct. 6, 2000, and now serves as a training vessel for the Job Corps’ Tongue Point Seamanship Academy in Astoria, Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Daily Astorian).
    Coast Guard, Homer celebrate 50-year continual partnership
    By McKibben Jackinsky • January 2, 2019 2:48 pm

    Editor’s note: The story has been corrected to state that this is the U.S. Coast Guard’s golden, or 50th, anniversary…

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    In a photo taken on Nov. 16, 2018, Aaron Carpenter holds a mammoth tooth he found on the beach north of Diamond Creek on Oct. 27, 2018, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Three new finds add to ancient Homer bone...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 28, 2018 3:58 pm

    There was a time when scientists thought the southern Kenai Peninsula’s distant past, as in tens of thousands of years…

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    The staff and partners in the Homer Bookstore pose for a photo in the store’s cafe in Homer, Alaska, on Oct. 29, 2018. From left to right are Sue Post, partner; Jennifer Norton, staff; Jennifer Stroyeck, partner; Nancy Vait, staff; Sara Reinert, staff; and Lee Post, partner. The sculpture on the table is of bookstore matriarch Joy Post, mother of Sue and Lee Post, and was sculpted by artist Barbara Jo Auburn House. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    40 years and counting for The Homer Bookstore
    By McKibben Jackinsky • October 31, 2018 3:09 pm

    “…(T)his store is showing positive growth, and with these three terrific owners and their experience I think they have a…

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    Women veterans visiting from Fairbanks joined their hosts, Homer Emblem Club 350, for breakfast at Duncan House. From left: Kathy VanSandt-Barger, Homer; Jessica McCargish, Fairbanks; Sierra Nelson, Fairbanks; Kaley Maben, Fairbanks; Cynthia Nelson, Fairbanks; Deidra Neeley, Fairbanks; Sherry Parish, Homer; Monserrat Guzman, Fairbanks; Peggy Parsons, Homer; Fran VanSandt, Homer; Shari Daugherty, Homer. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Homer welcomes visiting women vets
    By McKibben Jackinsky • October 10, 2018 6:11 pm

    Editor’s note: The article has been updated to make it clear that Sierra Nelson is a Purple Heart recipient. She…

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    Dr. Paul Eneboe poses for a photo in his pottery shop in August 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Homer doctor celebrates 50 years caring for community
    By McKibben Jackinsky • October 10, 2018 4:02 pm

    Editor’s note: McKibben Jackinsky is a former Homer News reporter who currently writes as a freelancer for the paper. This…

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    It was a humble beginning 40 years ago for Kate Mitchell and the Homer, Alaska, business that was to become NOMAR. (Photo provided)
    NOMAR celebrates 40 years
    By McKibben Jackinsky • October 3, 2018 2:55 pm

    From a school bus to a dirt-floored Quonset hut to a base of operations in the center of Homer and…

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    Air ambulances save lives
    Air ambulances save lives
    By McKibben Jackinsky • August 8, 2018 8:43 pm

    Like many Alaskans, Milli Martin thrives on physical activity. She hikes, skis, horseback rides, picks berries and gardens. When Martin…

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