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Homer Flex School principal named Region III Principal of the Year

If a day goes by at Homer Flex School in which the focus never lands on Principal Chris…

Borough gathers feedback on plan for combined fire, emergency medical service area

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Borough gathers feedback on plan for combined fire, emergency medical service area

Residents of Ninilchik and Anchor Point have a few more chances left to weigh in before the Kenai…

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council selects city manager candidate for second interview

The Homer City Council is pursuing a second interview with an interim director of the development services in…

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COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Homer, elsewhere

Homer’s tally of COVID-19 cases continues to grow along with that of other cities and towns, as the…

This image advertises the upcoming Juneteenth celebration at WKFL Park on Friday in Homer, Alaska. (Image courtesy Sierra Moskios)

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Juneteenth celebration to be held in Homer

Following a week of protests in Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love Park and the beginning of weekly educational…

Anglers stand by a rack of halibut on the Irish as the North Country Charters boat returned to Homer in July 2017. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News file photo)

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Halibut regulations updated for charters

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has provided clarification on recent revisions to regulations for halibut charter fishermen.

The Friendship Terrace assisting level center, as seen on Thursday, June 11, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. A part of the Homer Senior Citizens Senior Center, Friendship Terrace reported two staff members tested positive for COVID-19 on June 10, and that a resident tested positive on Friday. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Resident in Homer assisted living home tests positive for COVID-19

Total number of COVID-19 cases in Homer up to 29

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council interviews city manager candidates

As the search for a new Homer city manager continues, members of the Homer City Council got to…

Kachemak Bay State Park gets belated 50th birthday party

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Kachemak Bay State Park gets belated 50th birthday party

Volunteers, supporters celebrate anniversary of Alaska’s first state park

Homer City Hall. (Homer file photo)

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Chief medical officer talks coronavirus with council

State changes case recording for Kenai Peninsula, Zink peninsula spread is not widespread

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Kenai Peninsula passes Fairbanks North Star Borough in COVID-19 case count

Homer still leads peninsula in number of cases per city

A look inside the Homer Police Department’s training, use of force policies

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A look inside the Homer Police Department’s training, use of force policies

As locally held protests in support of the national (and international) Black Lives Matter movement come to an…

The state ferry M/V Tustumena pulls into the Homer Harbor on Monday, June 8, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. It carried 41 people — six quarantined passengers and 35 crew members, one of whom tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday when the ship was docked in Dutch Harbor. Six additional employees who were aboard the ship have now also tested positive and will quarantine on the boat. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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6 more Tustumena crew test positive for COVID-19

The 7 total employees will quarantine on the ship; all 6 passengers tested negative