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Public safety building options, how to pay for them discussed

Even though the Homer City Council in December passed a balanced budget, for the virtuous as well as…

Mayor Beth Wythe

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Citizens’ vote on cannabis proposed

Several controversial cannabis ordinances on the agenda of Monday’s Homer City Council meeting have led officials to set…

Mature and budding cannabis plants fill up one bay of a 4,400-square-foot building where Homer Police busted a record marijuana grow operation with 1,000 plants.               -Photo provided

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Police make record pot bust

A lucky break and a nose to the wind lead Homer Police to make a record $1.5 million…

Mature and budding cannabis plants fill up one bay of a 4,400-square-foot building where Homer Police busted a record marijuana grow operation with 1,000 plants.-Photo provided, Homer Police

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Police make record $1.5 million pot bust

A lucky break and a nose to the wind lead Homer Police to make a record $1.5 million…

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Mayor proposes city vote on commercial cannabis ban

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new information clarifying how a commercial cannabis ban in Homer…

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Vanbuskirk claims ‘not guilty’ in robbery

 The Anchor Point man accused of robbing the Short Stop Gas Station on Jan. 6 claimed innocence in…

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Cannabis club burglarized

Homer Police last week arrested a Homer man alleged to have broken into a local cannabis club and…

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Council OKs new beach policy

In a new beach policy action most everyone called a compromise, at its regular meeting on Monday, the…

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City council considers ban on all commercial cannabis

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with new information clarifying how a commercial cannabis ban in Homer…

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Smith introduces ordinance to ban commercial cannabis in Homer

A new ordinance to completely ban commercial cannabis in the city of Homer has been introduced by council…

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February First Friday openings slim but amazing

Some of Homer’s galleries take January off to remodel or take a break. For First Friday in February,…

Keith and Randi Iverson, owners of Sadie Cove Wilderness Lodge, pictured above, have added Alaska’s Eternal Rest to their lodge operations. Says Keith Iverson, pictured below: “We want to get it in people’s minds there is an alternative to putting your beloved in the closet on a shelf.”

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Viking Funerals: Alternative Way to Honor Loved Ones

Alaskans who have had the bodies of loved ones cremated often look to the wilderness to scatter ashes.…

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Police charge Vanbuskirk with two January robberies

Late last month when Homer Police put out a BOLO — be on the lookout — for Dellan…