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A group of Alaska SeaLife Center Volunteers and members of the Wildlife Rescue Team release a male harbor seal into the wild on Bishop’s Beach in Homer, Alaska on Nov. 8, 2018. (Photo courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center)

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Rehabilitated seal released at Bishop’s Beach

The Alaska SeaLife Center released a male harbor seal named Hubbard back into the wild from Bishop’s Beach…

Ingredients sit in one of the many boxes filled with food by the Kachemak Bay Lion’s Club for their annual Thanksgiving baskets Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 at the Homer United Methodist Church in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Photos: Thanksgiving Basket Program

By Megan Pacer

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly stands in silence while Assembly President Wayne Ogle offers an invocation before the meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, in Soldotna, AK. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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KPB Assembly to consider invocation issue

At its Nov. 20 meeting, the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will consider two questions for its invocation policy:

FILE – In this May 3, 2016, file photo, mourners gather around caskets for six of the eight members of the Rhoden family found shot April 22, 2016, at four properties near Piketon, Ohio, during funeral services at Scioto Burial Park in McDermott, Ohio. Authorities say Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018, that a family of four has been arrested in in the slayings of eight members of one family in rural Ohio two years ago. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

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Former Kenai residents arrested in Ohio slaying of 8

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A family of four arrested Tuesday in the gruesome slayings of eight people from…

Members of Girl Scout Troops 280, 226, 134, 258 and 33, front, pose last Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, after a mock Homer City Council meeting in the Cowles Council Chambers at Homer City Hall, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer area Girl Scouts participate in a mock city council meeting

As part of work toward a merit badge in citizenship, the Girl Scouts acted out roles as city…

Photos: Veterans Day

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Photos: Veterans Day

By Megan Pacer

A breakdown of election results on the peninsula

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A breakdown of election results on the peninsula

The Alaska Division of Elections on Tuesday released its latest voting results. The tally includes early ballots, questioned…

Port Graham resident Ryan Meganack’s makeshift camp, about 400 feet from his mother’s home in the village across Kachemak Bay from Homer, where he was found and arrested in Dec. 2016. (Photo courtesy U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Alaska)

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Port Graham man sentenced for faking own death, causing expensive search response

A man who faked his own death in 2016 to avoid a court appearance and triggered an expensive…

Photos: Rotary Health Fair

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Photos: Rotary Health Fair

By Megan Pacer

Laurie Daniel, left, and Alaska State Parks specialist Eric Clarke, right, discuss the Diamond Creek trails portion of the Kachemak Bay State Park and State Wilderness Park draft management plan at an open house on the plan on Oct. 29, 2018, at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Citizens raise concern about Kachemak Bay state parks draft management plan

With the public comment period ending in a week for the draft of the Kachemak Bay State Park…

Veterans from several area outfits participate in a Veterans Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in front of the Islands and Oceans Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Veterans Day celebration is Sunday; day marks 100th anniversary of end of WWI

On the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, Veterans Day ceremonies start at 11 a.m.…

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo courtesy Homer Police</span>                                Travis Catron, left, and Niko Mogar in undated booking photos.

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Indictments filed in crime spree case

A Kenai Grand Jury on Oct. 17 indicted two Homer men who were previously charged with burglary and…

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Homer News file photo</span>                                Homer City Manager Katie Koester.

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Homer city manager’s contract renewed

Homer City Manager Katie Koester recently got the stamp of approval to continue her work for another four…