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Jury finds Green guilty of murder 2

Second-degree murder: guilty. Tampering with physical evidence: guilty. Self-defense: not proved. After three days of deliberation, a Homer…

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Alaska Supreme Court denies city petition in Castner case

“Denied.” In a terse, five-line ruling on May 21, the Alaska Supreme Court made that judgment on the…

Demarqus Green, 23, is lead out of the Homer Courtroom by Court Services Office Carl Peterson after being convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting of Demain Sagerser on July 7, 2012, at Sagerser's Stariski Creek home.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Green found guilty of second-degree murder

After three days of deliberation, a Homer jury on Thursday afternoon found Demarqus Green, 23, of Anchorage, guilty…

Norway’s King Harald V

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Norwegian king scheduled to visit Homer next week

His Royal Highness King Harald V of Norway visits Anchorage and Homer next week for the first visit…

A crane operator moves into position to lift up an Alaska Air Transit Piper 31-350 Navajo-Chieftain off the Homer Airport runway last Saturday evening. The plane landed gear up about 4:10 p.m. May 16. No one was injured in the incident.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Cause of troubled landing unknown

The cause of a gear-up aircraft landing on Saturday has not yet been determined and remains under investigation.…

Elias Gibson, left, poses for a photo with his mother, Debi Poore, right.

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Homer High seniors graduate with style – and resiliency

They wore XtraTuf boots, high heel shoes, sneakers and slippers. They decorated their mortarboards with stuffed animals, religious…

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Four charged in sexting cases since December

Since December, Homer Police have investigated and charged four men in separate cases involving inappropriate or illegal sexting…

Homer Police Sgt. Ryan Browning talks about digital consciousness last month for Chris Perk’s 9th grade health and physical education class at Homer High School.

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Police to teens: Be wise with smart tech

“Public and permanent.” That’s the catch phrase Homer Police Sgt. Ryan Browning kept repeating in a talk on…

During closing arguments on Tuesday at the Homer Courthouse, Kenai District Attorney Scot Leaders holds the 9 mm Smith and Wesson pistol Demarqus Green used to kill Demian Sagerser.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Murder trial goes to jury to deliberate

Demarqus Green killed Demian Sagerser. On the night of July 7, 2012, Green, 23, pulled a 9 mm…

A crane moves into position to life an Alaska Air Transit plane that landed wheels up at the Homer Airport on Saturday afternoon. The plane was landing after a flight from Tatitlek in Prince William Sound.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Charter flight lands wheels up at Homer Airport

An Alaska Air Transit charter flight with one pilot and seven passengers landed with wheels up late Saturday…

Homer Electric Association district 3 board candidate Don Stead speaks at the HEA annual meeting last Thursday. Stead won the election, defeating incumbent Jim Levine. Candidate Joe Singleton came in third.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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HEA seeking to stabilize rates

Homer Electric Association customers should see rates stabilize in the near future, general manager Bradley Janorschke said at…

University of Alaska Regent Lisa Parker confers the master of education hood for early childhood special education on Hanna Young during Kachemak Bay Campus commencement last Wednesday.

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KBC grads start new stories in life

Dream big. Persevere in your dreams. Make mistakes. Stay involved in your community. Be the new storytellers. That…

Homer writer starts new romance series

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Homer writer starts new romance series

As romance writers go, Jennifer Bernard said she still thinks of herself as a newbie — even though…