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Man injured in March car accident dies

A Homer man critically injured in a March 3 car crash near Anchor Point has died of his…

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Council amends recount procedure, takes other actions

Prompted by what Homer City Clerk Jo Johnson called “an inordinate amount of confusion” in city election recount…

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Student artists celebrated for spring

From downtown to East End Road and even at South Peninsula Hospital, young artists display their work for…

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Intersection solutions move closer to design

A solution and design for an unsafe and slow intersection will move a step closer toward construction this…

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Kachemak Drive gas easements prove problematic

As contractors with Enstar Natural Gas ramp up construction this month on the second phase of the Homer…

From left to right, Joanna Tornes, Susan Cushing, and McHugh Pierre, deputy commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, participate in a Choose Respect rally March 27 at WKFL Park. They’re holding Green Dot placards that say “A green dot is any behavior, choice, word or attitude that promotes safety for everyone and communicates intolerance for violence.” Participants were asked to write down something they would do to create a green dot. Pierre’s placard said, “Help my neighbor keep his anger in check.”-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer stands up against violence

About 50 people, including several Alaska State Troopers and Homer Police officers, attended Stand Up Homer, a March…

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Research Reserve funding restored in Senate committee Budget hearing is today

The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fish and Game on Wednesday restored $175,000 in operating funds for the Kachemak…

Part of the cast of “The Sound of Plaid” dance in a number from the first act.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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‘The Sound of Plaid’ has a goofy premise but a lot of heart

Writing Broadway musicals isn’t hard. The perfect musical has these elements: • A cast of wacky, interesting characters;…

The honorees at the 2014 Women of Distinction awards pose for a photo before the banquet last Friday at Homer Elks Lodge. From left to right are Mary Lou Kelsey, woman of wisdom; Martie Krohn, woman of distinction; Zoe Story, young woman of distinction; and Doug Koester, hero of the heart.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Haven House honors four people

At an awards banquet last Friday at the Homer Elks Lodge, South Peninsula Haven House honored four people.…

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Research reserve funding restored by Senate panel

The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fish and Game last week restored $175,000 in operating funds for the Kachemak…

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Donor withdraws offer of Brother Asaiah bust

A gift of a bronze bust of Brother Asaiah Bates was withdrawn by donor John Nazarian on March…

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City approves Skyline fire station funding, contract

It’s been a dozen years since Homer annexed the upper hillside in the Skyline Drive area, but finally…

This photo from the Homer News collection donated to the Pratt Museum shows fuel tanks, buildings and a car flooded on the Homer Spit after it subsided about 6 feet during the March 27, 1964, Great Alaska Earthquake.-Photo provided, Pratt Museum, Homer News collection

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1964 Homer News coverage told quake tales

In a normal news week in 1964, the announcement that the city of Homer’s incorporation vote had been…