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Council approves police station design funding, traffic monitor

In a meeting that ran uncommonly short, the Homer City Council passed a number of ordinances at its…

Pet of the Week: Lulu

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Pet of the Week: Lulu

Lulu is a female 2-year-old Pointer/Lab mix.

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Join the Storytelling Circle from 3-5 p.m. in the Library Conference Room on Saturday, July 21 to share…

Robert (Bob) Calvin Turtainen

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Robert (Bob) Calvin Turtainen

Robert (Bob) Calvin Turtainen

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Cops and courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

Bird is the word Palmer artist Francois Girard stands by art from his show, “Alaska Wings,” at the First Friday opening on July 6 at the Art Shop Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Girard creates sculptures he calls “Bird Blocks” made from prints adhered to wood and varnished. He also displays some of his original paintings. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

After a late spring and subsequently late summer, the Betster is finally starting to see some happy results,…

An aerial photo taken in 2014 shows the current South Peninsula Hospital campus. (Homer News file photo)

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Propostitions to move hospital service area boundaries head to ballot

Two proposals that would alter the boundaries of the South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area have made it…

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Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

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Alice Soolaimon Wood

Alice Soolaimon Wood was born at 8:03 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Mandy…

Yarrow Hinnant, the Pratt Museum’s new gardener, works in the botanical garden outside the building Thursday, July 12, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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The Pratt’s new gardener wants you to rediscover the many uses of plants

Yarrow Hinnant has long known the many health and subsistence benefits native plants can provide. As the Pratt…

Chariots of Fur 5K enters third year, benefits Homer Animal Friends

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Chariots of Fur 5K enters third year, benefits Homer Animal Friends

Dogs, and their humans, of all shapes and sizes took to the sand last Saturday for the third…

Pet of the Week: Prince

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Pet of the Week: Prince

Prince is a 7-year-old male.

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Kachemak Bay State Park Trails Report

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