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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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    Streams ordinance in crosshairs
    Streams ordinance in crosshairs
    By Brian Smith • October 23, 2012 5:25 pm

    A familiar subject — the anadromous streams ordinance — overshadowed the Oct. 9 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly meeting, again. Three…

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    Cook Inlet advisory council recertified by Coast Guard
    Cook Inlet advisory council recertified by Coast Guard
    October 23, 2012 5:23 pm

    The Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council has earned U.S. Coast Guard recertification for another year. This certification allows CIRCAC…

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    Local realtors, brokers featured in television series
    Local realtors, brokers featured in television series
    October 23, 2012 5:17 pm

    Southern Kenai Peninsula television viewers will see some familiar faces on the multi-segment “Buying Alaskan,” scheduled to show on the…

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    Public comment being sought on highway erosion mitigation plan
    Public comment being sought on highway erosion mitigation...
    October 23, 2012 5:16 pm

    The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities is seeking comments and information on a proposal to repair bluff erosion…

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    Former Mayor James Hornaday waltzes with council member Francie Roberts at the Homer City Council meeting on Monday night as the Homer Ukulele Group plays. Hornaday laid down his gavel as mayor after swearing-in ceremonies for Mayor Beth Wythe and council members Roberts and Beau Burgess. Roberts was selected mayor pro tempore.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Council begins new era
    By BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG • October 23, 2012 5:15 pm

    In a poignant ceremony with three generations of his family watching, Homer Mayor Emeritus James Hornaday pounded the gavel one…

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    Third person charged with sexual assault in Sept. 8 incident
    Third person charged with sexual assault in Sept....
    October 23, 2012 5:12 pm

    BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER A third person has been charged in the Sept. 8 incident in which a 17-year-old…

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    City works to answer questions on gas line
    City works to answer questions on gas line
    By BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG • October 23, 2012 5:10 pm

    As property owners ponder whether to support the Homer Natural Gas Special Assessment District, the city held its first two…

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