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Everett Andrew McClure

Everett Andrew McClure was born at 2:12 a.m. Dec. 11, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Holly and…

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Finn Michael Stengel

Finn Michael Stengel was born at 11:28 p.m. Dec. 8, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Alecia and…

Nolan J. Turner

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Nolan Joseph Turner

Nolan Joseph Turner was born at 9:10 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2015, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital to Katie…

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Announcements

The American Legion Auxiliary offers Christmas gift wrapping from noon-5 p.m. today through Wednesday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m.…

Kachemak Bay Campus instructor Lee Post makes a final adjustment to “Belugie,” a beluga whale skeleton, before it was hung on the ceiling of Bayview Hall last Friday. Post taught a class on whale articulation this semester, and students prepared and put together the skeleton. It’s the second whale hung at KBC and the sixth in Homer.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Congratulations, citizens. If you’re a new Alaska resident and you’ve stuck it out this long, hurrah. On Monday…

Homer United Methodist Church will present this Nativity play at 6 p.m. Monday. Pictured at left, clockwise standing, are Joan Evans as Colomba, Jim Hornaday as Melchior (descendant of one of the three wisemen, King Melchior,) Dick Dunn as Joey, their son; Falcom Greear as Bruno and Savanna Bradley as Maria.

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Homer celebrates Christmas with services, singing, performances

As the northern hemisphere turns toward the winter solstice and the Christian Advent proceeds, through the next week…

Judy Mullikin sweeps snow off the labyrinth at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church last Saturday. The church at 619 Sterling Highway holds a Labyrinth Meditation walk at 4:30 p.m. every Saturday during advent. Following the walk, the Rev. Judith Lethin of Seldovia leads a sung Compline service. -photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

On Monday the Homer City Council passed the budget for 2016, thus showing that unlike the Alaska Legislature…

Cassie

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Pet of the Week

I don’t always look like a deer in the headlights — I’m just a little bit camera shy.…

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Court Report

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through Dec. 7: Criminal Court Jeffrey A.…

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Trooper Report

Nov. 30 Alaska State Troopers at 11:33 a.m. received a report of a drunk person driving on the…

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Homer Police

Nov. 30 Police at 3:57 p.m. helped a motorist with a disabled vehicle. A man at 4:52 p.m.…

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Kachemak Emergency Services

Nov. 30-Dec. 6 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to one medical call and one fire call.

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Homer Fire Report

Nov. 30-Dec. 6 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to 17 medical calls.