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    Thirteen apply for new Homer Superior Court judgeship
    Thirteen apply for new Homer Superior Court judgeship
    By Michael Armstrong • July 17, 2019 5:30 am

    Thirteen people have applied for a new Homer Superior Court position created by the passage of Senate Bill 41, which…

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    (Image courtesy Set Free Alaska)
    Addiction treatment center in search of a new...
    By Megan Pacer • July 17, 2019 5:30 am

    A faith-based organization that’s been trying to set up an inpatient addiction treatment center in the Homer area for months…

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    The University of Alaska has started a new Facebook page, UA Strong, for Alaskans to follow the state budget process, and learn about the impacts of proposed cuts on the University of Alaska. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Financial exigency delayed, but drastic changes ahead for...
    By Peter Segall • July 17, 2019 5:30 am

    The University of Alaska of the future will not look like it does now.

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    A Cook Inletkeeper volunteer does stream monitoring of Fish Creek, Alaska, in this 2011 file photo. (Photo provided/Cook Inletkeeper)
    Deshka River measured at record-breaking stream temperature
    By Michael Armstrong • July 17, 2019 5:30 am

    Two years ago, Cook Inletkeeper Science Director Sue Mauger wrote a paper looking ahead at what Cook Inlet salmon streams…

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    Lawmakers talk among themselves during a break of a joint session of the Alaska Legislature Thursday, July 11, 2019, in Juneau, Alaska. Lawmakers are meeting for a second day to consider overriding Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes, but still don’t have the needed 45 votes as about a third of lawmakers continue to meet in Wasilla instead of Juneau. (Michael Penn/The Juneau Empire via AP)
    Efforts to override vetoes quashed
    By Victoria Petersen • July 17, 2019 1:30 am

    Without enough lawmakers in Juneau, legislators look to next steps

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    A view of the back burning operations being conducted on the Swan Lake Fire as seen from Watson Lake in June 2019. (Courtesy Jessica St. Laurent/BLM Alaska Fire Medic)
    Swan Lake Fire growth stalled
    By Brian Mazurek • July 17, 2019 1:30 am

    The latest measurement of the fire puts it at 100,812 acres.

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    Rep. Tammie Wilson, R-North Pole, speaks against an override vote during a Joint Session of the Alaska Legislature to vote on an override of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes at the Capitol on Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
    Legislators use ‘symbolic’ vote to deliver verbal smackdown...
    By Ben Hohenstatt • July 10, 2019 6:15 pm

    The vote failed, but they said a lot.

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    Homer artists join statewide ‘art intervention’ against governor’s vetoes
    Homer artists join statewide ‘art intervention’ against governor’s...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 10, 2019 5:30 am

    As part of statewide protests by an ad-hoc group of artists and arts supporters against a veto by Gov. Mike…

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    A pickup truck involved in a fatal car crash on July 7, 2019, rests on the side of the road near Mile 142 Sterling Highway, Happy Valley, Alaska. The pickup truck driver survived, but the driver of a second car involved in the crash, Michael Franklin, 18, of Palmer, Alaska, died of his injuries. (Photo by Jon Marsh/Anchor Point Fire and EMS)
    Palmer man killed in two-vehicle collision near Happy...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 10, 2019 5:30 am

    Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct where Michael Franklin was from. He was from Palmer.

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    The Swan Lake Fire can be seen from the East Fork Moose River bridge on Thursday, June 27, 2019. (Photo courtesy Robert Kuiper)
    In response to high fire activity, DNR bans...
    By Megan Pacer • July 10, 2019 5:30 am

    Increased wildfire activity and persistent dry conditions have prompted the Alaska Department of Natural Resources to ban all campfires in…

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    A ‘Homer-Grown’ Fourth of July
    A ‘Homer-Grown’ Fourth of July
    By Megan Pacer • July 10, 2019 5:30 am

    Last week’s annual July Fourth parade drew hundreds of spectators to the sidewalks along Pioneer Avenue dozens of creative and…

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    Anchor Point responders douse vehicle fire
    Anchor Point responders douse vehicle fire
    By Staff Report Homer News • July 10, 2019 5:30 am

    In the midst of high fire danger on the Kenai Peninsula, Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Medical Services quickly put…

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    Central Emergency Services respond to the scene of a drowning on the Moose River Monday evening in Sterling . (Photo courtesy Sonya Childs)
    Woman drowns in Moose River Monday night
    By Brian Mazurek • July 10, 2019 1:30 am

    The woman was reported disappearing under the water near the Izaak Walton Campground in Sterling.

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