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Pet of the Week: Bobcat Marley

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Pet of the Week: Bobcat Marley

Bobcat Marley is a 4-year-old neutered male.

Members of the HERC Task Force and the public, located in the gym currently used for community recreation, listen to city staff talk about the state of the building during a walk-through Tuesday, June 26, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Task force gets up close look at HERC

Those tasked with determining the future of the Homer Education and Recreation Complex got an up-close look at…

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City hopes to track speeds on Ben Walters Lane

The city of Homer is eyeing a way to get a solid answer on whether there’s a speeding…

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There will be a hazardous waste collection day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.,. Saturday, July 7 at…

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Cops and Courts

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

In this June 28, 2018, photo, Democrat Mark Begich, a candidate for governor in Alaska and a former U.S. senator, poses outside a downtown office building in Juneau, Alaska. Begich is seeking to ease concerns some have about his entry into the race, saying he would not be running if he did not think he could win. The race is shaping up to be a three-way, general election contest between Begich, independent Gov. Bill Walker and the eventual Republican nominee. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

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Ex-US senator’s entry causes angst in Alaska governor’s race

JUNEAU — Mark Begich is a star in Alaska Democratic politics, a former U.S. senator and mayor of…

Torrin Bartlett tosses the caber (a cardboard tube) during the children’s events in the July 3, 2017 Kachemak Bay Scottish Club Games at Karen Hornaday Park as Dave Brann, left, watches. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Outdoors & Recreation

Highland Games to keep brining culture to Homer

Kilt up, laddies and lasses. The highland games are upon us.

Bailey Lowney shows a group of women an example of the kind of skates needed for roller derby during an informational meeting Friday, June 29, 2018 at Alice’s Champagne Palace in Homer, Alaska. Lowney, a former derby player, and several other local women are working to form Homer’s first roller derby team. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Outdoors & Recreation

Roller derby comes to Homer

If women in Homer have been looking for a way to combine a love of comradery, female empowerment…

Sophie George prepares to mount her bicycle for a trip from Alaska to Argentina with her husband, Chris Haag, on Monday, July 2, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. The pair set off from a yurt they rented on Hidden Way. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Utah couple takes off on two-year cycling tour from Homer to Argentina

There was no big send off, no crowd, no big to-do — just some logistical chit chat and…

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News</span>                                Homer’s Janelle Moerlein crosses the Homer Spit Run finish line with Renn Marden on Saturday, June 30 at Land’s End Resort in Homer. Read the results of this year’s Spit Run 10K and Cosmic Hamlet Half Marathon on Page A6.

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Hundreds turn out for Homer Spit Run

Mother nature must have known there would be visitors in town over the weekend, because she pulled out…

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Evelyn Sprague

Evelyn Sprague

Jenna Lamendola Sitenga and Gregory Alan Aird

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Jenna Lamendola Sitenga and Gregory Alan Aird

Jenna Lamendola Sitenga of Homer, Alaska and Gregory Alan Aird of Lake Forest, California were married on June…

Ranger Elisha Daniel Roth

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Ranger Elisha Daniel Roth

Ranger Elisha Daniel Roth was born at 11:38 p.m. on Monday, June 25, 2018 to Amanda and Richard…