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Haze from the Sockeye Fire near Willow obscures the sun as it sets over Cook Inlet on Monday night as seen from Diamond Ridge. By Wednesday morning, the Sockeye Fire had burned 7,500 acres. On the central Kenai Peninsula, firefighters are working to contain the 2,000-acre Card Street fire.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Red flag warning lifted for peninsula

Updated 10:40 a.m. June 18 to add that campfires are now prohibited. Lessening winds and higher humidity caused…

This map and photo shows the location of BlueCrest Energy’s Cosmopolitan oil project near Mile 151 Sterling Highway. The project would be in an old gravel pit.

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Construction gets under way on Cosmopolitan development

Construction started this month with dirt work at the Cosmopolitan oil development project near Mile 151 Sterling Highway…

Tribute to beloved soccer coach set for Sunday

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Tribute to beloved soccer coach set for Sunday

In honor of the late Tommie CarlinSchauer, his family holds a Tribute to Coach Tommie with soccer games…

One man arrested, another sought in Ninilchik robbery

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One man arrested, another sought in Ninilchik robbery

After issuing a wanted poster on Monday for a Homer man charged in a June 4 Ninilchik Beach…

Protesters hold flags, sign and banners at a rally on Friday afternoon at the Seafarers Memorial on the Homer Spit. The protest was aimed at Northern Edge, a joint military exercise running June 15-26 in the Gulf of Alaska.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Protest targets military exercise

About 100 people on land and sea last Friday afternoon protested the upcoming Northern Edge 2015, a joint…

A truck goes down Waddell Way in Feburary.

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Which way on Waddell? officials ask

“Would you tell me please which way I ought to go from here?” Alice asks the Cheshire Cat…

Jan Knutson

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Knutson hired as visitor center, events manager

The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center has hired Jan Knutson as its new visitor center manager…

Clarence S. Hock-Photo provided

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Troopers seek suspect in Ninilchik robbery

Alaska State Troopers have arrested one man charged in a Ninilchik robbery, but seek another suspect in the…

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Arts in full swing for June

In this quaint little art town with a fishing problem, as sure as the king salmon return to…

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Driver in Christmas crash charged with DUI, assault

One of the drivers involved in a Christmas Day crash that severely injured an Anchor Point girl has…

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island is moored at the Homer Harbor last Tuesday. Commissioned in 1992, the 110-foot Island Class cutter will be decomissioned this month. A farewell ceremony is at 10 a.m. today at the Homer Elks Lodge.-Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Coast Guard cutter forced into retirement

After 23 years of service, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Roanoke Island ends its tour of duty. Sometime…

King Harald V poses for a photograph on the stern of the Rainbow Connection as it travels through Kachemak Bay on Tuesday morning.-Photo by Michael Armstrong; Homer News

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Royalty among us

His Majesty King Harald V of Norway visited Homer and Kachemak Bay on Tuesday as part of his…

The new Harbor Office overlooks the north side of the harbor. The offices opened last week.-Photo by Michaael Armstrong, Homer News

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Harbor Office moves

Mariners looking for the Homer Harbor office at its old location by Ramp 2 won’t have to search…