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Council spikes merging dispatch

Like Buffy the Vampire Slayer rooting out the living dead, the Homer City Council at its Monday meeting…

This still from a video taken by Roy Whiteside and Orin Rolando shows a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak rescue crew in a Jayhawk helicopter arriving at Knight Island to assist four stranded mariners.-Photo provided

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Coast Guard rescues AP man, friends off Knight Island

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued an Anchor Point man and three other people last Friday after…

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Turkey shortage averted

A barge en route to Alaska from Washington that broke down this week caused a temporary turkey shortage…

Felicity Jones poses for a photo at the First Friday opening of her exhibit at the Homer Council on the Arts, "Windows."-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Solo show launches young artist’s career

“Windows,” this month’s solo exhibit by Felicity Jones at the Homer Council on the Arts, expands on the…

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Hearing continued in Boyle case

A change of plea hearing for Stephen Boyle set for Nov. 9 has been continued to 3:30 p.m.…

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Longtime Homer fisherman Jones dies in kayak accident

Fishermen this week remembered the contributions to the Alaska fishing community of veteran Homer commercial fisherman Kenneth Jones.…

Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, right, sits next to Speaker of the House Bryce Edgmon, D-Dillingham, at a meeting Nov. 9 announcing the new bipartisan House Majority Caucus.-Photo by Mike Mason

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Seaton joins bipartisan caucus

The day after he was elected to an eighth term representing District 31 in the Alaska House, Rep.…

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Homer fisherman dies in kayaking accident

A longtime Homer fisherman reported overdue from a kayaking trip on Sunday was found dead by a fellow…

Members of the Anchor Point VFW Post and the U.S. Coast Guard march in the Veterans Day parade on the Sterling Highway.

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Homer celebrates Veterans Day

Homer celebrates Veterans Day About 100 people, including school children and pioneer Alaskans, celebrated Veterans Day on Friday…

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How to give for the holidays

As people begin making their Thanksgiving plans and maybe even get an early start on gift shopping, Homer…

John Gorka recently released and album he recorded in 1985 in Nashville, Tenn., and recently rediscovered. Gorka carried the tapes from his five-day session in Nashville from him over the years from New York City to Bethlehem, PA., to Minnesota. Though the tapes experienced wear over the years, Gorka was able to revive them and transfer the music onto digital files.-Photo by Joe del Turo

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Legendary folk musician Gorka plays in Homer

Slide into your 50s, and sometimes things you put aside years ago don’t look as bad as you…

The F/V Linda Kay burns at the Homer Harbor early Thursday, Nov. 3.-Photo by Russell Campbell; Wandering Nomad Photography

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Fishing boat burns in harbor

Editor’s note: The name of Louie Gjosund was spelled incorrectly and has been corrected. An early morning fire…

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Sport guide gets $10,000 fine in fishing violations

A Soldotna sportfish charter captain charged with fishing violations after he bragged about his clients’ catch on Facebook…