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No injuries when boat burns

A 22-foot Chris Craft boat burned to the waterline and sank on the Fourth of July off Yukon…

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Homer sees big cut in jail contract with state

Homer scofflaws expecting “three hots and a cot” — three meals and a bed — when arrested by…

Becca Matthias, a naturalist for the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies, looks through a refractometer to measure salinity in an ocean water sample taken during a recent tour. The CACS tours, offered on Thursdays, are an opportunity to combine science and sightseeing.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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New bay tour offers science, sightseeing

All we needed were red knit caps. On a recent weekday tour of Kachemak Bay, I felt like…

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Celebrate Independence Day with art

The Fourth of July weekend starts off with an affirmation of one of the basic rights of free…

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Mako Haggerty poses as Uncle Sam in last year’s Fourth of July parade.

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GOOD OL’ FASHIONED FUN FOR THE FOURTH

This year, the Fourth of July falls on Saturday, which means some good news for celebrants on the…

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Council opposes Navy’s exercises

The Homer City Council set an apparent record at its regular Monday night meeting with what may be…

Matthew Patterson cheers as he flips the International Brotherhood of Electrical Works Local 1547 challenge caber — the first athlete in the history of the Kachemak Bay Celtic Club Highland Games to do so.

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Highland Games set new field records

Athletes at the seventh annual Kachemak Bay Celtic Club Scottish Highland Games set new field records last Saturday…

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Burn ban continues

Firefighters and Homer Police responded to numerous calls last week for people burning campfires, but otherwise the lower…

Asia Freeman, left, and Michael Walsh, right, pose at the June 4 opening of their show, “Watermark,” at the Pratt Museum.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Watermark

When two artists join lives together, it’s inevitable that their art also will merge. For Asia Freeman and…

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Homer man killed in single-car crash

A single-car crash last week killed a Homer man. Alaska State Troopers said Bradley Dickey, 79, died of…

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Research Reserve gets new partner

More than a year ago, things looked bleak for the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve. The House Subcommittee on…

Amy Meissner

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Childhood leads Meissner to discover fabric as art

Look closely at the textile art of Amy Meissner and signs of her evolving career emerge. The attention…

Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, and Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, speak at a Homer City Council meeting in May after the end of the regular session.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Legislators predict tougher session next year

It took until last Thursday, but after endless days where most legislators waited for majority and minority leaders…