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Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases. Anchor…

Pet of the Week: Possum

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Pet of the Week: Possum

Pet of the Week Gorgeous Possum was having a harder time adjusting at the shelter, but now she…

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Callen Tanner Giles

Callen Tanner Giles was born at 6:31 p.m. June 15, 2017, at South Peninsula Hospital to Rachel Payton…

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Ameliah Eliana Joy Ronnegard

Ameliah Eliana Joy Ronnegard was born at 1:48 p.m. July 19, 2017, at South Peninsula Hospital to Erik…

A bald eagle sits near its nest by the Homer motorhome dump on June 24, 2017, across the Sterling Highway from the Homer Post Office. Since 2010, a pair of bald eagles has nested in the area near Beluga Slough south of the Lake Street and Sterling Highway intersection. The first nest was destroyed when the tree fell down in a winter storm. In 2012 the eagles built a new nest across from the Homer Post Office by the motorhome dump station. In 2014 they built another nest in a new tree closer to the slough. In 2016 they built another nest, but in 2017 moved back to the post office location. Photo by Peter MacDonald for the Homer News

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Best Bets

Alaska has sure seen its fair share of celebrities of late. Former President Barack Obama graced the state…

Lost in the mist: Fog shrouds a campground on the Homer Spit beach last Saturday. Tents and motorhomes crowded the beaches and Spit.

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Best Bets

“Try to remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain so yellow.” Try to remember,…

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News Homer sent a proposal to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee…

Gardeners Weekend explores challenging local climate

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Gardeners Weekend explores challenging local climate

Homer gardens can be festive, or restive, refined, or wildly imaginative. Come July 29 and 30: Gardeners’ Weekend,…

Michelle Wilson, left, Sean Hogan, center, and Leah Tufares, far right, stand in front of Cosmic Kitchen, the popular Homer eatery on Pioneer Avenue. (Photos provided)

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New book captures some of Homer’s favorite flavors

The lunch rush is over, but there’s still a steady stream of customers through the door of Cosmic…

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HCOA presents dance and aerial festival

HCOA presents dance and aerial festival The Homer Council on the Artists will hold its first Dance and…

Pet of the Week: Smokey

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Pet of the Week: Smokey

Pet of the Week Loving and handsome Smokey needs your help. He was adopted a few weeks ago,…

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases. Anchor…

Comments sought for winter ferry schedule

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Comments sought for winter ferry schedule

The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities proposed Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) schedule for fall, winter…