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National Guard crews rescue man stranded overnight on bluff
A Homer man survived a night about 200 feet up a 300-foot tall bluff near the Baycrest Hill…
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City faces $1 million shortfall next year
Starting at the Sept. 14 Homer City Council meeting, the city’s 2016 budget will dominate its discussions. The…
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Council spikes first try at beach driving ban
As its own sponsors recommended, the Homer City Council on Monday in a unanimous vote defeated a controversial…
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Seabird deaths, warm oceans, algal blooms puzzle scientists
A series of unusual ocean events in Kachemak Bay, Alaska and the Pacific Northwest has scientists wondering if…
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Beach run takes new focus: resiliency
For 22 years, Homer’s annual Run for Women, later the Breast Cancer Run, has raised awareness of breast…
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7 file for 2 council positions
A last-day filing by three candidates on Monday boosted the Homer City Council election from four candidates last…
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Less restrictive beach policy proposal to be introduced at Sept. 14 meeting
Citizens riled up about a proposed city of Homer ordinance that would ban year-round driving on Bishop’s Beach…
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Hickory comes home
Holding signs that said things like “It’s time to give your Mrs. her kisses,” “Keep Calm: You’re Home,”…
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Dunne files for assembly
Homer resident William R. “Willy” Dunne has filed to run for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly seat in…
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Cordova man arrested in HEA burglary
Surveillance video and a chance encounter with a man sleeping in a stairwell at the Kachemak Center led…
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Unsolved murder remains police priority
Why hasn’t the killer of Mark Matthews been brought to justice? Two years after someone killed a Homer…
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Veteran events reach out to all veterans
Traditional veterans organizations like the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars have long advocated for U.S.…
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Man arrested for terroristic threatening at Safeway
A man upset that he’d been sold a defective phone card allegedly knocked over displays and threatened to…