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Former Alaska legislator and gubernatorial candidate Les Gara is seen in this undated photo. (courtesy photo)

Opinion

Point of View: I’m Running To Build A Better Future

We need a real PFD you can bank on with revenue to pay for it, not endless fights…

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Sept. 2, 2021.

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Letters to the Editor

Thanks to all for transit van

Ryan Smith, South Peninsula Hospital CEO. (Photo courtesy of South Peninsula Hospital)

Opinion

Point of View: Give thanks to health care workers this Labor Day

We are at month 18 of this worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, and South Peninsula Hospital is just now seeing…

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Aug. 26, 2021.

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

SPH employee vaccination rate not OK

Dr. Anne Zink, Alaska Chief Medical Officer. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services)

Opinion

Point of View: Alaskans must work together to support in-person learning

There’s excitement in the air at our house and across Alaska. School is coming back. Backpacks, pencils, first-day…

Homer Foundation

Opinion

Pay It Forward: A year for celebration

This month the Homer Foundation has turned 30 years old. For those of us who remember the 1960s,…

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Aug. 19, 2021.

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Grateful for 4h support

KPBSD Superintendent Clayton Holland

Opinion

Superintendent’s Welcome

Welcome to the 2021-2022 school year! Our district is very excited to have all of our students, staff,…

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Aug. 12, 2021.

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Scholarship help appreciated

A vintage Underwood typewriter is seen on Jan. 28, 2021, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. An anonymous donor left the typewriter at the Homer News with a note saying it was used to type the first edition of the Homer News in January 1964, but this has not been verified. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Opinion

School district’s optional mask policy, dress code allows coronavirus but not ‘Corona’

Bare faces that can spew coronavirus are OK; bare midriffs are not.

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Aug. 5, 2021

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Letters to the Editor

Thanks to city for Loved &Lost bench approval

Susanne Ratcliffe Wilson. (Photo provided)

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Point of View:

Dearest Granddaughter and Grandson-in-law:

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for July 29, 2021.

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Letters to the Editor

Scholarship help appreciated