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The 39-year-old current Homer Police Station at its location on upper Heath Street near Homer High School and above the Homer Volunteer Fire Department. (Homer News file photo)

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Council certifies Prop 1 election; cop shop bond passes

At a special meeting on Monday, the Homer City Council certified the results of last week’s special election…

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Cool temps don’t faze farmers

Basking in the sun last Saturday at the Homer Farmers Market, you would think we had never seen…

Opinion

After attacks on journalists, we remain defiant

We’re not going to grumble about our jobs as journalists. Yeah, the industry has been stressed lately, and…

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo provided</span>                                One of Francois Girard’s “Bird Blocks,” on display at Art Shop Gallery.

Community

High summer brings diversity to arts scene

At the peak of summer with long days, warm temperatures and sunny skies, First Friday in Homer bursts…

Kite boarders play in Kachemak Bay while a fog bank covers the south shore last Saturday afternoon, June 30, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. When the afternoon bay breeze kicks in, Homer’s kite boarding community can be seen off the Mariner Park beach. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Community

Best Bets

If the glint of motorhomes on the Homer Spit or the difficulty making a left turn off of…

Homer Electric Association crews assess a downed line and pole on Heath Street about 3:15 p.m. Thursday, June 21. An HEA truck snagged a low-hanging telephone line, breaking a pole and bringing down a power line. The outage affected about 430 customers in downtown Homer. No one was injured in the incident. (Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News)

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Downed power line causes outage in downtown Homer

A downed pole and power line on Heath Street caused a power outage at about 2:50 p.m. Thursday,…

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Homer participates in “Viva Vaquita!”, an international series of events held July 7 to support the critically endangered…

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Fourth of July events

Fourth of July events

Outdoors & Recreation

Think about Mud Bay for halibut fishing

There had been something niggling my rusting memory banks for weeks. It had to do with halibut hunting…

Stars align for rhubarb and halibut

Community

Stars align for rhubarb and halibut

There are only two things besides seeing the sandhill cranes arrive and the baby moose following their mommas…

Lloyd Louis Strutz

Obituaries

Lloyd Louis StrutzAug. 23, 1927-June 11, 2018

Lloyd Louis Strutz

Homer Electric Association crews assess a downed line and pole on Heath Street about 3:15 p.m. Thursday, June 21. An HEA truck snagged a low-hanging telephone line, breaking a pole and bringing down a power line. The outage affected about 430 customers in downtown Homer. No one was injured in the incident. (Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News)

News

Downed power line causes outage in downtown Homer

A downed pole and power line on Heath Street caused a power outage at about 2:50 p.m. Thursday,…

The Community built the SPARC; the SPARC builds Community

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The Community built the SPARC; the SPARC builds Community

In the spring of 2015, Homer parents Lisa and Daniel Zatz were frustrated that no place was available…