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The 765-foot Zhen Hua 15 loads the jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence in Kachemak Bay off the Homer Spit on Monday.

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Endeavour leaving Cook Inlet

In a delicate operation about as slow as watching the tide come in, on Monday the 765-foot heavy…

Adele Hiles (left)

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Together again

Attending the First Friday reception of “Women Who Run With the Tides” last week at the Pratt Museum…

Fran Van Sandt, left, and Amy Shumaker organize the packing of food boxes for the 2012 Lions Club Thanksgiving Basket Program. -Homer News file photo

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Thanksgiving baskets: sharing food for 30-plus years

If it seems like the Kachemak Bay Lions Club, Thanksgiving Basket program has been around forever, well, that…

Shoppers browse at Sustainable Wares last Friday. Most of the furnishings are made from repurposed items like thrift store furniture or salvaged wood, such as the counter, which uses cedar from an old sauna.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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New store’s philosophy: sustainability

At Karen West’s new store on Ocean Drive, Sustainable Wares, the very building itself embodies the spirit of…

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Kenai man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2010 crash

More than four years after a 2010 Memorial Day weekend car crash killed a Washington, D.C., woman, a…

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Fire victim recovering in Kansas

A Homer man injured in a Diamond Ridge house fire on Oct. 29 has been released from a…

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Alaskans say ‘yes’ at the polls; all three ballot measures pass

Legalized marijuana, a raise in the minimum wage and protection of Bristol Bay fisheries all appear to have…

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November shows include works in progress

Traditional gallery exhibits usually feature work that has been done in advance, but as people who know the…

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All ballot measures appear to pass

Legalized marijuana, a raise in the minimum wage and protection of Bristol Bay fisheries all appear to have…

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Anchorage prosecutor reviewing 2012 sexual assault of teen boy

A prosecutor with the Anchorage office of the Alaska Department of Law, Criminal Division, has taken over review…

Elizabeth Emery stands by some of her prints.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Artist hopes to expand Cleveland, Homer tie

A Midwestern city of 700,000 and a coastal Alaska town of 5,300 might not seem to have much…

Homer Volunteer Fire Department medics help the driver of a Chevrolet Blazer. right, involved in a car crash at Main Street and the Sterling Highway. The Blazer collided with the black Chevrolet truck to the left. Medics took the driver of the Blazer to South Peninsula Hospital. Homer Police said the Blazer was attempting to cross the highway heading north on Main Street when it collided with the truck heading west on the highway. A blue car heading east narrowly missed being hit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Girl injured in Tuesday Main Street car crash

A 17-year-old girl suffered head and facial injuries in a Tuesday afternoon two-car crash at Main Street and…

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Community encouraged to participate in survey

What do people on the lower Kenai Peninsula like to do for fun? What activities do they enjoy…