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    Support will keep children dry
    Support will keep children dry
    October 24, 2012 11:17 am

    At Homer Head Start, we believe children need to play outside every day, so, needless to say, there were lots…

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    Basket applications available Oct. 29
    Basket applications available Oct. 29
    October 24, 2012 11:16 am

    Hello again. Thought an update was necessary so that everyone knew where to get the Thanksgiving basket applications and other…

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    Ordinance would help protect salmon, the economy, future
    Ordinance would help protect salmon, the economy, future
    October 24, 2012 11:15 am

    Listening to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting Oct. 9 had me standing in the kitchen in disbelief at the…

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    Homer News Editorial
    Homer News Editorial
    October 24, 2012 11:14 am

    Gaye Wolfe leaves spirit of generosity Homer is poorer today after the death earlier this week of one of its more…

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    American voters too smart to fall for Romney’s lies
    American voters too smart to fall for Romney’s...
    By Tim O’Leary • October 24, 2012 11:11 am

    What a window Mitt Romney provided at the first debate with President Obama into the very mindset that brought us…

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    School Events
    School Events
    October 24, 2012 10:11 am

    Kenai Peninsula Borough SChool District Oct. 23: KPBSD College Fair and Financial Aid Night. Talk to representatives from more than…

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    Sam Reinert, left, and Dylan Faulkner were among the 1.5 milion high school students to take the  2011 PSAT.-Photo provided
    Homer seniors score high in National Merit Scholarship...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • October 24, 2012 10:10 am

    For scoring in the top 1 percent of the 1.5 million high school students who took the PSAT, Preliminary Scholastic…

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    Eagle has landed
    Eagle has landed
    October 24, 2012 10:06 am

    A new sign is installed at Chapman School on Oct. 6, featuring the school’s mascot, a bald eagle. The sign…

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    Homer Middle Shcool science teacher, Margi Blanding, instructs students on their CoastWalk goals and gives a rallying cry.         -Photo provided
    Seventh graders tackle beach cleanup
    By Sara Stuart • October 24, 2012 10:04 am

    Recently, the seventh-grade class went down to Bishop’s Beach on a field trip to collect marine debris. Armed with blue…

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    Maura’s Cafe adds new ingredient: Melissa Josephs
    Maura’s Cafe adds new ingredient: Melissa Josephs
    By McKibben Jackinsky • October 23, 2012 5:38 pm

    It’s been just about 10 years since Maura Brenin opened Maura’s Café next to Bunnell Street Art Center in Homer’s…

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    Forecasters predict lots of ice, snow
    Forecasters predict lots of ice, snow
    By Cristy Fry • October 23, 2012 5:36 pm

    Bering Sea crab fishermen need to prepare for another bad ice year, according to Kathleen Cole, ice forecaster for the…

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    Alaska college savings plan earns high marks
    Alaska college savings plan earns high marks
    By MARK JEWELL • October 23, 2012 5:32 pm

    BOSTON — College savings plans offered through the states of Alaska, Maryland, Nevada and Utah earned top marks from Morningstar…

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    The University of Alaska Fairbanks unveiled its newest housing development, the Sustainable Village on Oct. 3 on the UAF campus. Unlike the generic dorms scattered across most campuses, these four units, which house 17 students and were built in cooperation with the Cold Climate Housing Research Center, form a living research project that supporters say could reshape construction techniques in the North.
    UA Fairbanks unveils cold weather housing experiment
    By Jeff Richardson • October 23, 2012 5:31 pm

    FAIRBANKS (AP) — The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ grand experiment in sustainable student housing has officially begun. UAF unveiled its…

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