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‘Maiden’ wins Doc Fest Audience Award
Community
Dunleavy budget cuts prompt Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference to take 1-year hiatus
Editor’s note: This article has been changed to reflect that most of the people who routinely attend the…
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Tanner crab fisheries open Tuesday
The 2019-20 sport and subsistence Tanner crab fisheries in Cook Inlet and the North Gulf Coast opens Oct.…
Sports
Out of the Office: Need an exercise plan? Get a dog — a really rowdy, rambunctious dog
Suppose at your latest physical you got a stern lecture from your doctor. Suppose she told you to…
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Homer Chamber of Commerce ends halibut derby
The 2019 Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby winner got a prize of $13,160.50 for his 224.2-pound barn door, but…
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Jury acquits Homer woman on drug charges
A Homer jury last Tuesday, Sept. 17, acquitted a Homer woman on two felony drug charges and one…
Community
Out of loss, New York writer seeks to find ‘more good’
“Sometimes you gotta go / To the end of the earth / Just to turn yourself around,” sings…
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SVT receives federal health grant
Seldovia Village Tribe received a $51,833 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Congressman Don…
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Burning Basket makes ‘a brilliant, fiery exit’
Drenching rains on Sunday afternoon didn’t stop several hundred people from attending the 16th annual Burning Basket, “Radiate,”…
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Council votes down new rules for extending water service outside the city
After numerous public hearings, hours of council discussion, consultation with the city attorney and several suggested substitutes, an…
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Evensen represents emerging political demographic of parents with young children
Homer City Council candidate Joey Evensen falls into a demographic emerging as part of the city’s political scene.…
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Erickson wants to build on accomplishments and be re-elected
Incumbent Homer City Council member Shelly Erickson seeks to build on her accomplishments and be elected again.
Community
Burning Basket comes of age with sweet number 16, Radiate
Born in 2002, Homer’s annual Burning Basket impermanent art celebration holds its 16th birthday with “Radiate,” the basket…