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    Conservation drill cuts load by about 1.5 percent
    Conservation drill cuts load by about 1.5 percent
    November 15, 2012 2:51 pm

    Officials from regional governments and utilities estimated an across-the-board energy load reduction of 1.5 percent on Oct. 30, between 6-8…

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    Chamber car raffle will go until Dec. 6
    Chamber car raffle will go until Dec. 6
    November 15, 2012 2:50 pm

      With 200 car raffle tickets still to be sold, Monte Davis, executive director of the Homer Chamber of Commerce…

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    Remote gold operations pick up pace
    Remote gold operations pick up pace
    By Tim Bradner • November 15, 2012 2:48 pm

    High gold prices have stimulated Alaska mining projects including several in remote areas. The small Nixon Fork underground gold and…

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    AEDC predicts  strong growth  for Anchorage
    AEDC predicts strong growth for Anchorage
    By Elwood Brehmer • November 15, 2012 2:39 pm

     The Anchorage economy showing promise can be used as an indicator for the rest of Alaska, Bill Popp, president and…

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    Petco opens store in Soldotna
    Petco opens store in Soldotna
    By Rashah McChesney • November 15, 2012 2:38 pm

    Store manager Anthony Havrilla carefully dipped a clear plastic Petco bag into an aquarium in the aquatic section of the…

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    Alaska Air Group reports record quarterly profits
    Alaska Air Group reports record quarterly profits
    By Elwood Brehmer • November 15, 2012 2:28 pm

    Alaska Air Group, Inc. announced record profits when its third quarter earnings were released Oct. 25. The airline company reported…

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    KPC anthropologists research Dena’ina, Yup’ik perspective on mining’s impact on Bristol Bay
    KPC anthropologists research Dena’ina, Yup’ik perspective on mining’s...
    By Rashah McChesney • November 15, 2012 2:23 pm

    Two Kenai Peninsula College anthropology professors concluded that a degradation of the water in Bristol Bay could have devestating nutritional,…

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    Learning the latest
    HEA energy fair set for Saturday
    By Staff report • November 15, 2012 2:21 pm

      Homer Electric Association is offering its members an opportunity to learn about the latest innovations in energy-saving appliances, home…

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    Health fair exhibitors
    Health fair exhibitors
    November 15, 2012 1:53 pm

    Alzheimer’s Resource of Alaska Information about healthy aging vs. Alzheimer’s and free memory screenings Baha’i Faith of Homer Messages of…

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    Tips for staying safe and well on the water were offered at the 2011 Health Fair by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Homer Flotilla, represented by, from left, Dennis Thaute, Alex Stuart and Dan Cole. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will be represented again this year.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    An ounce of prevention worth a pound of...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 15, 2012 1:52 pm

    Ask Mike Gracz about the Rotary Health Fair and he’ll tell you it and the comprehensive blood analysis offered through…

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    Molly Brann, left,  of Homer receives the 100th flu shot offered by Seldovia Village Tribe at the 2011 Rotary Health Fair. It was administered by Judy Dean, a Public Health nurse. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Rotary Health Fair gets bigger, better
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 15, 2012 1:49 pm

    Hard to imagine, but in its 29th year the Rotary Health Fair just keeps improving. “We are full, we are…

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    School Events
    School Events
    November 15, 2012 1:34 pm

    Kenai Peninsula Borough SChool District Today: Budget Development Committee meets, interested community members invited to participate, Borough Assembly Chambers in…

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    Homer Middle School eighth-grade students Annali Metz, left, and Lauren Evarts of Suzanne Haines’ U.S. History class help with the school’s “Electing a President” simulation.-Photo provided
    Homer Middle School students pick Romney
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 15, 2012 1:33 pm

    While United States voters took to the polls to decide the nation’s next president, Homer Middle School eighth graders did…

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