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    Articles by Michael Armstrong
    The Whiskey Gulch house fire burns Saturday night.-Photo by Kathy Kacher
    Whiskey Gulch landmark burns
    By Michael Armstrong • November 29, 2012 3:47 pm

    A fire Saturday evening that involved five Kenai Peninsula fire departments completely destroyed a landmark building at Whiskey Gulch. Firefighters…

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    Pratt show looks at art, stories of quilts
    Pratt show looks at art, stories of quilts
    By Michael Armstrong • November 29, 2012 3:12 pm

    Homer’s fiber artists can be found all over, at shows like Wearable Arts, in galleries and even in small couture…

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    Photojournalist’s book documents Alaska career
    Photojournalist’s book documents Alaska career
    By Michael Armstrong • November 15, 2012 4:20 pm

    In the introduction to his book, “Snap Decisions,” photojournalist Jim Lavrakas calls himself “the last ambulance chaser.” A big hunk…

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    Man found dead at Skyline overlook
    Man found dead at Skyline overlook
    By Michael Armstrong • November 15, 2012 3:37 pm

    A 20-year-old Homer man was found dead on Friday morning in his car parked at a Skyline Drive overlook near…

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    South Peninsula Haven House Executive Director Jessica Lawmaster, left, and victims services coordinator Rachel Romberg, right, hold up the Homer Thrift sign at the store on East End Road-Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Homer thrift: more than a second-hand store
    By Michael Armstrong • November 15, 2012 3:34 pm

    For women and children staying at South Peninsula Haven House, the domestic violence shelter has an in-house second-hand clothing supply….

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    Comments sought on heli-skiing in state parks
    Comments sought on heli-skiing in state parks
    By Michael Armstrong • November 15, 2012 3:26 pm

    In summer, thousands of visitors hike, raft, fish and camp in Kachemak Bay State Park and Kachemak Bay Wilderness State…

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    Statistics: Homer High students good kids
    Statistics: Homer High students good kids
    By Michael Armstrong • November 15, 2012 3:14 pm

    Editor’s Note: How rigorously do Homer High School officials enforce rules against drinking by students and student athletes? Are those…

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    Police continue  to investigate  Oct. 29 boat fire
    Police continue to investigate Oct. 29 boat fire
    By Michael Armstrong • November 15, 2012 1:11 pm

    A 58-year-old Homer area man last week suffered burn injuries in a suicide attempt when he tried to kill himself…

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    Kate Finn, right, and Gregg Browngoetz help Democratic Party candidate for House District Seat 30 Liz Diament campaign on Pioneer Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Diament and Finn also hold signs for Democratic Party candidate for U.S. House Sharon Cissna.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Obama wins national vote, but loses here
    By Michael Armstrong • November 14, 2012 1:57 pm

    Compared to the whooping and hollering of four years ago when Barack Obama won the presidency, the tone was celebratory…

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    The Homer Volunteer Fire Department fire hall and trucks of today-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Homer Volunteer fire department celebrates big six-oh
    By Michael Armstrong • October 11, 2012 4:15 pm

    OK, just to get the historical facts out of the way, the Homer Volunteer Fire Department Inc., the organization that…

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    Wrede submits ‘treading water’ budget to council
    Wrede submits ‘treading water’ budget to council
    By Michael Armstrong • October 11, 2012 2:48 pm

    At the Homer City Council on Monday, the council put on its agenda the most important item of the year:…

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    Artist wears her gallery around her neck
    Artist wears her gallery around her neck
    By Michael Armstrong • October 11, 2012 2:47 pm

    Previous Bunnell Street Arts Center artists-in-residence like Mike Houston and Jim Woodring have set up studios in the gallery space…

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    Joseph Resetarits attends a bail hearing Monday at the Homer Courthouse. The hearing was continued to Tuesday. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Resetarits brothers released on bail
    By Michael Armstrong • October 11, 2012 12:12 pm

    The two brothers charged with sexual assault of a drunk boy at a Sept. 8 East End Road teen drinking…

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