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Quiet Creek plat moves to borough

In a rare use of an obscure part of city code, the Homer City Council on Monday considered…

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Council considers other planning issues

In other action, the Homer City Council looked at other planning issues. On its agenda and up for…

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Pioneer Avenue traffic stop leads to tense trooper encounter

A traffic stop last Thursday evening on Pioneer Avenue turned into a tense encounter when Alaska State Troopers…

The Homer Cafe and Club in the 1940s.-Photo provided by Adrienne Sweeney

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Homer Café and Club: good food and drinks since 1941

While the Homer Café and Club might not be Homer’s oldest bar, for 63 years the establishment on…

Visitors check out  the Neverland area of Second Star during a tour of the house at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center’s After Hours event on Feb. 20.   -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Chamber holds After Hours event in luxury event hotel

Locals last Thursday got an inside view of the big mansion on Kachemak Drive near Northern Enterprises Boat…

Soriba Fofana plays the djembe drum at an artists’ talk on Sunday at Bunnell Street Arts Center. His n’goni is in the background.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Visiting African musicians create culture of music in Homer

In the culture of Guinea, a west African nation of about 11 million people and half the size…

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Police arrest man for assault

A taxi cab driver fended off a knife attack by forcing a passenger to drop the knife and…

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Council sets timetable for charter commission process

At its Feb. 10 regular meeting, the Homer City Council set a timetable for the next step in…

The landing for Ramp 7 is blocked off on the float where the wooden supports holding the ramp skid failed.-Photo by Michael Armstrong; Homer News

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Broken ramp removed from harbor after failing in low tide

Contractors and city workers last week removed Ramp 7 from the harbor. Ramp 7 is the ramp that…

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Quiet Creek preliminary plat goes before council

The Homer City Council at its Monday night meeting will consider a resolution to disapprove the Homer Advisory…

Despite 15-degree cold last Thursday, contractors worked on extending the natural gas pipeline out to the end of the Homer Spit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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City won’t appeal gas assessment ruling on condos

The city of Homer won’t appeal a decision by Kenai Superior Court Judge Charles Huguelet that overturned a…

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Buccaneer to abandon its West Eagle project

After drilling 3,700 feet and not hitting hydrocarbons, Buccaneer Energy Alaska will abandon its West Eagle No. 1…

The Young Dubliners. Sitting on the floor is Keith Roberts. Standing, left to right, are Brendan Holmes, Dave Ingraham, Bob Boulding and Chas Waltz.-Photo by David Saffian

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Young Dubliners: Pioneers of Celtic rock

Fans of Celtic music get a double treat this month. Last weekend, the acoustic quintet Lúnasa packed the…