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Homer Police last month released this photo taken by security cameras at the Grog Shop during a Dec. 26 robbery. It shows the robber entering the store carrying what police later identified as a sawed-off .22-caliber pump-action rifle. Police initially believed the weapon to be a single-shot Snakecharmer .410-caliber shotgun.-Image courtesy Homer Police

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Police arrest Grog Shop robbery suspect

Using some old-fashioned detective work combined with modern cell-phone records tracing, Homer Police about 8 p.m. on Friday…

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Flu bug hits Homer hard

Empty desks at school and work, people hacking and coughing at medical clinics, and a run on cough…

The Homer Ukulele Group Society, or HUGS, performs at the 2013 Governor’s Picnic. They’re one of the acts playing in Stepping Out at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Mariner Theatre.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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HCOA steps out with … well, Stepping Out show

The annual Homer Council on the Arts variety shows have mixed it up over the years. From simple…

Todd Hoppe, left, a board member of the North Pacific Fisheries Association, speaks in support of a resoultion urging the Board of Fish to reject proposals that would restrict the drift fleet. Matt Alward, right, owner of Bulletproof Nets, waits his turn to speak.                               -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Council supports Homer drift fleet

The Homer City Council waded into statewide fisheries politics at its Monday night meeting, but it got a…

Matthew Myer reads a poem he wrote inspired by Douglas Dean’s photo, “The Forgotten Piece,” shown projected next to him, at the First Friday opening of the PhotoVoice exhibit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Young photographers explore issue of teen alcohol use

Whether it’s looking at the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, the impact of climate change or living with the…

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Quiet Creek plat to be reconsidered

After the Homer Advisory Planning Commission on Jan. 2 approved recommending a preliminary plat for a 71-lot subdivision…

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AP man arrested for sexual abuse

An Anchor Point man was arraigned last Friday on four counts of first-degree sexual-abuse of a minor. Daniel…

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Man charged in gun assault

Homer police last week charged a Homer man, Patrick Wheeler, 45, with third-degree assault, a felony, and two…

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Man dies of injuries sustained in car crash

An Anchor Point man died on Sunday of injuries from a two-car collision near Mile 155 Sterling Highway…

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Judge: In city’s gas assessments, condo complex should be treated as one unit

A 2-inch natural gas distribution pipe run to a lot is the same whether the lot has an…

Neil Hayward took the photo of the rustic bunting, left, with a junco, while visiting in Homer.-Photo provided

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Birder achieves Big Year in Homer

A wayward Siberian bird seen last month not only caught the attention of local and Alaska birders, it…

Homer News marks 50 years in 2014

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Homer News marks 50 years in 2014

During 2014, Homer will note several milestones. Some are sad, like the 50th anniversary of the March 27,…

Homer High School student Chelsea Marsh’s photo is one of those in the PhotoVoice exhibit opening at K-Bay Caffe.-Photo by Chelsea Marsh

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First Friday events

With some galleries closing for January as they do annual cleaning and reorganizing, it’s a good time for…