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    Aspen Hotel gets grand opening
    Aspen Hotel gets grand opening
    By Megan Pacer • June 5, 2019 5:30 am

    Though already in use, Homer’s new Aspen Suites Hotel got a grand opening celebration last week while local elected officials…

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    From left to right, Vanita Thurmond, Elaine Griner, and Dale Griner stand outside Thurmond’s Far West Auto in Anchor Point, Alaska at the fifth annual Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, May 25, 2019. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)
    Thurmond’s Far West Auto celebrates 50 years
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 5, 2019 5:30 am

    For a week prior to their fifth annual Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, May 25, a handwritten sign hung on…

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    Workers finish up the new Homer Aspen Suites Hotel on May 21, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. The 72-room hotel opens on May 27. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Aspen Suite Hotel opens Monday
    By Staff report Homer News • May 22, 2019 5:30 am

    Homer’s newest hotel opens on Monday, May 27, on the Sterling Highway across from Safeway and the Chevron gas station….

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    Alaska Salt Company finds new home
    Alaska Salt Company finds new home
    By Megan Pacer • May 15, 2019 5:30 am

    Local Homer business Alaska Salt Company has settled into its new home on the Homer Spit, and celebrated on Friday…

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    Seawatch: Late-stage chinooks not as safe as thought
    Seawatch: Late-stage chinooks not as safe as thought
    By Cristy Fry • May 15, 2019 5:30 am

    Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences have made a discovery about mortality in…

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    The Kenai Peninsula Borough building, pictured Sept. 12, 2018, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Borough introduces bed tax ordinance
    By Victoria Petersen • May 15, 2019 1:30 am

    The 12% bed tax would affect temporary lodging across the borough

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    Seawatch: Micciche proposes setnet buyback bill
    Seawatch: Micciche proposes setnet buyback bill
    By Cristy Fry • May 8, 2019 5:30 am

    Sen. Pete Micciche (R-Soldotna) is having another go at getting a bill through the legislature that would reduce the number…

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    Members of the Homer Animal Friends participate in a Poop Patrol event on April 13, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Janelle Spurkland)
    Homer Animal Friends to switch store location
    By Megan Pacer • May 8, 2019 5:30 am

    The Homer Animal Friends, a local volunteer group dedicated to promoting the welfare of animals in the community, is moving…

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    Kenai to look at onsite marijuana consumption
    By Kat Sorensen • May 1, 2019 5:30 am

    The ordinance permits the activity through a conditional use permit process.

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    Seawatch: Togiak sac-roe herring wrapping up
    Seawatch: Togiak sac-roe herring wrapping up
    By Cristy Fry • April 24, 2019 5:30 am

    Togiak sac roe herring may be wrapping up as the fish are getting smaller and some buyers may start balking.

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    Seawatch: Public questions Board of Fisheries nominee
    Seawatch: Public questions Board of Fisheries nominee
    By Cristy Fry • April 17, 2019 5:30 am

    Gov. Mike Dunleavy has nominated someone who could possibly be the most divisive member ever to the Alaska Board of…

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    Seawatch: Committee gets earful on Pebble
    Seawatch: Committee gets earful on Pebble
    By Cristy Fry • April 10, 2019 5:30 am

    Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct the title of the organization Gayla Hoseth works for. It is…

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    Seawatch: Sitka Sound herring fishery a no-go
    Seawatch: Sitka Sound herring fishery a no-go
    By Cristy Fry • April 3, 2019 5:30 am

    The Sitka Sound herring fishery appears to be a no-go, which would be only the second time in the fishery’s…

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