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    Homer’s first baby enters 2019 with a bang
    Homer’s first baby enters 2019 with a bang
    By Megan Pacer • January 9, 2019 3:41 pm

    Homer’s first baby born in 2019 gave her family a bit of a scare when she arrived, but is otherwise…

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    Homer athletics director, coach, joins Alaska Wrestling Hall of Fame
    Homer athletics director, coach, joins Alaska Wrestling Hall...
    By Megan Pacer • January 8, 2019 4:00 pm

    When Homer wrestling coach and high school athletic director Chris Perk found out last month he was about to be…

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    A powerline above Island View Court arcs at about 9 a.m. Dec. 29, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. The downed line caused a power outage in the area near Mountainview Drive. (Photo by Don Reed)
    Outages hit lower Kenai Peninsula
    By Michael Armstrong • January 2, 2019 7:21 pm

    Homer Electric Association crews responded to numerous power outages on the lower Kenai Peninsula between Dec. 29 and Jan. 1.

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    Republican Party candidate for District 31 representative Sarah Vance waits for results to come in at an election night party at Land’s End Resort on Nov. 6, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Vance holds constituent meetings this week
    By Staff Report Homer News • January 2, 2019 7:05 pm

    Rep.-elect Sarah Vance, R-Homer, will visit with District 31 residents at these times and places:

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    Caroline Venuti (left) and Rachel Lord (center) are sworn in as Homer City Council members by City Clerk Melissa Jacobsen (right) on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 at the Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer City Clerk installed as first vice-president of...
    By Staff report Homer News • January 2, 2019 7:04 pm

    The Alaska Association of Municipal Clerks (AAMC) Executive Board last month installed Homer City Clerk Melissa Jacobsen as its first…

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    Students sit on the front steps of the Alaska Capitol on April 6, 2018. (James Brooks photo | Juneau Empire)
    State minimum wage rose 5 cents on Jan....
    By Victoria Petersen • January 2, 2019 6:40 pm

    Starting Jan. 1, 2019, Alaska’s minimum wage will be raised by 5 cents, from $9.84 to $9.89.

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    A sign is posted outside the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center that lets residents know that due to the partial government shutdown, refuge employees and visitor services are unavailable and that visitors should enter the refuge at their own risk, on Thursday, in Soldotna. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Shutdown continues; some local agencies affected
    By Victoria Petersen • January 2, 2019 6:13 pm

    A partial government shutdown that could extend through early 2019 has shuttered several federal operations on the Kenai Peninsula, and…

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    The 180-foot USCGC Ironwood, the first Coast Guard vessel to be homeported in Homer, was decommissioned in Kodiak on Oct. 6, 2000, and now serves as a training vessel for the Job Corps’ Tongue Point Seamanship Academy in Astoria, Oregon. (Photo courtesy of Daily Astorian).
    Coast Guard, Homer celebrate 50-year continual partnership
    By McKibben Jackinsky • January 2, 2019 2:48 pm

    Editor’s note: The story has been corrected to state that this is the U.S. Coast Guard’s golden, or 50th, anniversary…

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    Fireworks explode in the sky above Mariner Park on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Photos: New Year’s Eve fireworks
    By Megan Pacer • January 2, 2019 11:54 am

    By Megan Pacer

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    Kachemak Emergency Services Deputy Chief Joe Sallee inspects an exploded house near Mile 166 Sterling Highway on Friday, Dec. 28, 2018, near Homer, Alaska. The debris field from the explosion spread at least 200 feet in all directions. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News).
    Home explosion rocks Homer area
    By Michael Armstrong • January 2, 2019 3:39 am

    Update: This story has been updated to correct the time the Sterling Highway was reopened and to include information about…

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    <span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">File photo</span>                                Cruise ship visitors gather for their tours on the Seawalk in Juneau on Sept. 13, 2017.
    Court ruling could impact peninsula cruise ports
    By KAT SORENSEN Peninsula Clarion • December 26, 2018 5:37 pm

    A decision in a long-fought court case between the cruise industry and Juneau could have local ramifications for Seward, Homer…

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    Kathryn Dodge, a candidate for an Alaska House of Representatives seat from Fairbanks, testifies in her lawsuit challenging results of a recount on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018, in Anchorage, Alaska. The Alaska Supreme Court appointed Superior Court Judge Eric Aarseth as a special master to prepare a report on the appeal of a recount of in the race between Dodge, a Democrat, and Republican Bart LeBon. LeBon held a one-vote lead after the recount. (AP Photo/Dan Joling)
    Judge backs Alaska Division of Elections in vote...
    By DAN JOLING Associated Press • December 26, 2018 4:07 pm

    ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Division of Elections properly recounted votes in a state House race decided by one vote, a…

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    About 100 Homer High School students gather on the football field during a walkout staged Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 to protest for safer schools and honor the students killed in the Valentine’s Day mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. The students formed the number 17 with their bodies on the field. (Homer News file photo)
    Year in review
    By Michael Armstrong • December 26, 2018 2:02 pm

    The end of one year and the anticipation of the next is always a good time to reflect.

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