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    Bear Creek Winery Garden of Lights celebrates 5th year
    Bear Creek Winery Garden of Lights celebrates 5th...
    By Megan Pacer • December 18, 2019 5:30 am

    Snow may be scarce on the ground, but holiday cheer still abounds at the annual Garden of Lights at Bear…

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    Assistant district attorney from Kotzebue is Homer’s first superior court judge
    Assistant district attorney from Kotzebue is Homer’s first...
    By Megan Pacer • December 11, 2019 5:30 am

    Homer will soon have its very first superior court judge at work at the local courthouse, now that assistant district…

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    Homer chamber spreads holiday cheer at tree lighting
    Homer chamber spreads holiday cheer at tree lighting
    By Megan Pacer • December 11, 2019 5:30 am

    The holiday spirit is back in town thanks to the annual Holiday Tree Lighting put on by the Homer Chamber…

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    City Manager Koester resigns for job in Juneau
    City Manager Koester resigns for job in Juneau
    By Michael Armstrong • December 11, 2019 5:30 am

    Katie Koester, the city’s Homer-born-and-raised city manager, resigned on Monday to take a job in Alaska’s capital city.

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    Search to be held in Ninilchik for missing woman
    Search to be held in Ninilchik for missing...
    By Michael Armstrong • December 11, 2019 5:30 am

    Update: This story has been updated to note that a canvass also will be done on Saturday in the Anchor…

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    Homer gets its second full traffic signal
    Homer gets its second full traffic signal
    By Michael Armstrong • December 11, 2019 5:30 am

    Homer’s second all-way traffic signal, and first-ever four-way stoplight, became operational on Tuesday. Contractors powered up the signal at the…

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    Anchor Point man seriously injured in pedestrian-vehicle collision
    Anchor Point man seriously injured in pedestrian-vehicle collision
    By Michael Armstrong • December 11, 2019 5:30 am

    An Anchor Point man suffered serious injuries when a van struck him near Mile 163 Sterling Highway last Friday night….

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    Mud and debris is washed up at Bear Creek near East End Road on Monday afternoon, Dec. 9, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. Bear Creek crosses East End Road near Bear Creek Drive and overflowed the creek banks. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Winter storms bring floods, power outages, emergency declarations
    By Victoria Petersen • December 10, 2019 4:30 am

    Several weather-related events have caused damage across the entire peninsula.

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    Terry Allen rides his jet ski at Auke Lake near Juneau on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Fish and Game proposes repeal of ban on...
    By Megan Pacer • December 6, 2019 5:30 am

    An old fight over public access, recreational use and the protection of critical habitats is playing out again anew in…

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    Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Southeast teen hospitalized for vaping related injury
    By Michael S. Lockett • December 4, 2019 5:45 pm

    It’s the first case of vaping related injury in Alaska.

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    Organizations open arms to community with Thanksgiving meals
    Organizations open arms to community with Thanksgiving meals
    By Megan Pacer • December 4, 2019 5:30 am

    Thanksgiving and other holidays are generally a time when families come together around a table to enjoy a meal and…

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    A recent photo of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, missing since Oct. 17, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided, Homer Police Department)
    No new leads in case of missing Homer...
    By Megan Pacer • December 4, 2019 5:30 am

    The search continues for missing Homer woman Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, 38.

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    Community members listen to Alyse Galvin, who is running for the Alaska seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, speak during a meet and greet Sunday. Dec. 1, 2019 at K-Bay Caffee in Homer, Alaska. Galvin first ran to unseat Rep. Don Young in 2018. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    U.S. Congress candidate Alyse Galvin makes stop in...
    By Megan Pacer • December 4, 2019 5:30 am

    After making a respectable run to unseat Alaska’s sole U.S. Representative, Don Young, in 2018, Anchorage’s Alyse Galvin is back…

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