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Part of a slide is projected on Allison Warden as she does an artist’s talk about her Old Town Artist in Residency at Bunnell Street Arts Center on Sunday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Bunnell artist in residence aims to connect communities

Falling in love, connecting communities and creating communities. That all sounds like serious stuff, until you get to…

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Two charged under ‘three strikes’ law

In two separate cases and in the same week last month, two lower Kenai Peninsula men have been…

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Council looks at using surplus for Skyline Drive fire station

Hearing on Monday that the city took in $400,000 more in revenues than it spent in 2013, the…

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Micciche tells Homer he’s fighting for research reserve funding

Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, delivered some promising news regarding funding for the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve to a…

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Stranded, sick sea otter euthanized

A stranded adult male sea otter found on the Homer Spit last Thursday had valvular endocarditis, a heart…

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Kachemak City balks at draft wastewater services agreement

The Homer City Council on Monday postponed action until no later than August on a resolution approving an…

A skier races at the second Homer Rope Tow off Ohlson Mountain Road.-Photo by Jake McLay

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Kachemak Ski Club: enjoying homer’s slopes since ’48

For centuries, traveling across snow on skis has been a common way to travel in Alaska. Given that…

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First Friday includes play readings at HCOA

A howling blizzard for First Friday in February knocked out power and put a damper on the monthly…

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Troopers rescue man canoeing across bay

Alaska Wildlife Troopers on Monday night rescued a man canoeing across Kachemak Bay in a 14-foot Coleman “Scanoe”…

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Homer man critically hurt in car crash

A car crash in Anchor Point on Monday afternoon caused life threatening injuries to a Homer man. Mark…

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Former city manager, assembly member Drathman, 71, dies

Former Homer City Manager and Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Ronald Drathman, 71, died Feb. 27 of natural…

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Asaiah statue rejected

At a meeting and public hearing Thursday night, the Homer Public Arts Committee didn’t just reject the idea…

Catie Bursch of the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve demonstrates the tidal column exhibit at Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Finance panel cuts funds for research reserve

Facing bigger state funding deficits than expected, last week the House Subcommittee on Fish & Game cut general…