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Homer Volunteer Fire Department

Homer Fire June 20-26 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to 13 medical calls and four fire calls.

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Anchor Point Fire

Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services June 20-26 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to six medical calls…

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Alaska State Troopers

Troopers June 16 Alaska State Troopers at 8:32 p.m. did a welfare check on a 26-year-old Anchor Point…

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Homer Police

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

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Asher Theo Stafford

Asher Theo Stafford was born at 1:34 p.m. June 25, 2016, at South Peninsula Hospital to Samantha and…

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Jay Azariah Brost

Jay Azariah Brost was born at 2:54 p.m. June 26, 2016, at South Peninsula Hospital to April and…

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Irah Finn Grobarek

Irah Finn Grobarek was born at 1:23 p.m. June 21, 2016, at South Peninsula Hospital to Gena and…

Desiree Cleary

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Announcements

The Exchange, a pilot syringe exchange program, offers free syringe exchanges every other Tuesday at the South Peninsula…

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Fourth of July Festivities

Anchor Point MONDAY, JULY 4 12:30 p.m., Fourth of July Parade, Anchor Point Road. Parade participants meet at…

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Advertising deadline for July 7th edition

Because of the July 4 holiday, the Homer News is closed on Monday. There is an early ad…

Recent blooming flowers from the Kachemak Gardener's garden are lillies (pictured), and rosa pimpinellifolia

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Deadhead, deadhead, deadhead

We all think about how we can make the most of our time. So there I was, considering…

(left to right) Craig Matkin and Bill Jirsa gaze at the Cook Inletkeeper sponsored mural that will be placed in front of the dilapidated building between Bay Realty and Captain's Coffee on Pioneer Avenue. The salmon-filled mural leaning on the back wall is sponsored by Ulmer's Drug and Hardware.

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Homer’s Best Bets

Here’s the problem of living in a small town that grows by a few hundred people in the…

Clay, wood featured in First Friday shows

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Clay, wood featured in First Friday shows

Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, July openings celebrate a freedom not often noted in art: media,…