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Trash trailer catches fire at Homer Transfer Station

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Trash trailer catches fire at Homer Transfer Station

Homer Transfer Station workers pulled a burning trash container out of the station building this past Friday and…

Bartlett selected as new Homer Council on the Arts director

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Bartlett selected as new Homer Council on the Arts director

After eight months without an executive director, and in the midst of a pandemic that has thrown the…

Swains join South Peninsula Hospital health care team

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Swains join South Peninsula Hospital health care team

A husband and wife team have joined the South Peninsula Hospital health care team.

COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)                                COVID-19. (Courtesy the CDC)

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Peninsula COVID-19 cases grow over weekend

Two more COVID-19 cases were reported Monday, bringing the total number of cases in Alaska to 370. This…

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Another Homer person tests positive for COVID-19

Another Homer person has tested positive for COVID-19, according to Sunday’s update from the Alaska Department of Health…

A recent photo of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, missing since Oct. 17, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided, Homer Police Department)

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Trauma meeting to be held in case of missing Homer woman

As part of an ongoing effort to keep interest in the search for missing Homer woman Anesha “Duffy”…

Homer health worker heads to New York to help during pandemic

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Homer health worker heads to New York to help during pandemic

Correction: This story has been changed to remove a reference that Lenox Hill Hospital treats only COVID-19 patients…

Commercial fishing boats are rafted together in May 2016 in the harbor in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Assembly urges funding of Homer harbor study

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted unanimously at its April 21 meeting to approve a resolution asking the…

First Friday in May happens virtually

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First Friday in May happens virtually

Normally May would herald the reopening of galleries closed for the winter — but in the year of…

Bald Mountain Air Service’s Viking Dash 400 Twin Otter 19-passenger propeller plane as seen in a photo taken April 28, 2020, at its hangar at the Homer, Alaska, airport. (Photo courtesy Bald Mountain Air Service)

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Bald Mt. Air to provide commuter service to Homer

Bald Mountain Air Service, a Homer tour and flight service company, plans to provide scheduled and charter flights…

Homer Council on the Arts adapts to art during pandemic

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Homer Council on the Arts adapts to art during pandemic

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through Alaska and state mandates closed or limited businesses and organizations, art and…

A soils primer for Homer: Beluga soils get name from their water

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A soils primer for Homer: Beluga soils get name from their water

This is the next installment in the series, A Soils Primer for Homer.

Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20

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Homer area’s newest pot shop opens on 4/20

The Homer area’s newest and second retail cannabis store opened Monday — April 20, or course, or 4/20,…