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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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    From left, Alaska state Sens. Bert Stedman, R-Sitka, Lyman Hoffman, D-Bethel, and Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, sit in the House chamber to hear Gov. Bill Walker deliver his annual State of the State address on Jan. 18, 2017. After several years of budgets passing late and forcing education pink slip notices, Stevens, the Senate Education Committee chair, is introducing a bill to mandate an education budget by April 1. (Photo/Mark Thiessen/AP)
    Big issues in Legislature will be PFD, budget...
    By Michael Armstrong • December 26, 2018 3:04 am

    Heading into his 19th year as a state senator, Sen. Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, has some advice for Homer’s newest legislator,…

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    Industry Outlook Forum will feature businesses from across the peninsula
    Industry Outlook Forum will feature businesses from across...
    By Victoria Petersen • December 19, 2018 8:10 pm

    The Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District is hosting the upcoming Industry Outlook Forum next month.

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    Interim Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Robert Purcell poses for a photo at Homer City Hall on Dec. 18, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. Purcell was a former HVFD chief from 1992-99. (Photo provided)
    City appoints Purcell as interim HVFD chief
    By Michael Armstrong • December 19, 2018 7:13 pm

    A former Homer Volunteer Fire Department chief will step in as interim fire chief, the city announced in a press…

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    Photos: Holiday cheer
    Photos: Holiday cheer
    By Megan Pacer • December 19, 2018 2:48 pm

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    An aerial photo taken in 2014 shows the current South Peninsula Hospital campus. (Homer News file photo)
    After complaints, state board finds Homer physical therapist...
    By Megan Pacer • December 19, 2018 2:44 pm

    Two complaints made against a physical therapist at South Peninsula Hospital to the state’s licensing board for therapists have been…

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    Homestead kids tell their tales
    Homestead kids tell their tales
    By Megan Pacer • December 19, 2018 2:43 pm

    Editor’s note: This article has been updated to add information.

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    A bull moose munches on vegetation after making a quick job of someone’s “Keep Out” sign in Kasilof, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Ed Marsh)
    Alaska moose poacher fined $100,000, sentenced to jail
    By DAN JOLING Associated Press • December 12, 2018 5:38 pm

    ANCHORAGE — An Alaska man who poached three moose and left most of the meat to rot has been sentenced…

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