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    Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a pile of scrap vehicles on Greenfield Road on Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services)
    Fire crews douse large vehicle fire in Anchor...
    By Staff report Homer News • October 9, 2019 5:30 am

    Firefighters from Anchor Point and Ninilchik doused a large vehicle fire in Anchor Point on Sunday, according to the Anchor…

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    Local Anchor Point residents view the presentation and chat with Carrie Connaker from Solstice Alaska Consulting, Inc., at the open house for the Anchor River Bridge replacement project on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at the Anchor Point Senior Center in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)
    Anchor River Bridge replacement is on the horizon
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 28, 2019 5:30 am

    Residents learn about proposed project at open house

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    North Fork Fire nears containment; Ready alert canceled
    North Fork Fire nears containment; Ready alert canceled
    By Megan Pacer • August 23, 2019 5:30 am

    Caribou Lake Fire continues to grow slowly

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    Diamond Ridge resident Parick Buongiorne watches the North Fork fire as it burns near the south end of the North Fork Road on Sunday evening, Aug. 18, 2019, near Homer, Alaska, as seen from Diamond Ridge Road. Buongiorne had previously worked as a wildlife firefighter with the Pioneer Peak crew. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Caribou Lake Fire now at 700 acres; North...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 21, 2019 5:30 am

    As firefighters mopped up an almost 60-acre wildland fire on the south end of North Fork Road, attention shifted on…

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    Erosion at the Anchor Point beach has grown worse since this photo was taken in April 2013 at the lower Cook Inlet community in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Charges against tractor launch operator could affect Anchor...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 24, 2019 5:30 am

    A charge against a tractor launch operation for disturbance of natural objects on Alaska State Park land at the Anchor…

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    Anchorage woman arrested in Anchor Point shooting
    Anchorage woman arrested in Anchor Point shooting
    By Staff report Homer News • July 19, 2019 12:00 am

    An Anchorage woman has been arrested for allegedly shooting a man in the Anchor Point area earlier this week, according…

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    Shop Talk: Storage Condominiums of Alaska
    Shop Talk: Storage Condominiums of Alaska
    By Victoria Petersen • July 10, 2019 1:30 am

    One Anchor Point man, Pete Kineen, is trying to change how Alaskans store their property, by selling storage units instead…

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    Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning Commission Chairman Blair Martin, Vice Chairman Robert Ruffner and Parliamentarian Rick Foster facilitate discussions on Emmitt Trimble’s Beachcomber LLC gravel pit permit application on Monday, June 24, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Controversial Beachcomber gravel pit permit approved
    By Victoria Petersen • June 26, 2019 1:30 am

    ‘If ever a gravel pit should be denied, it would have been this one’

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    Conrad Woodhead, pictured here, has been principal of Chapman School in Anchor Point, Alaska for the last eight years. He recently announced his resignation from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. (Photo courtesy Conrad Woodhead)
    Chapman School principal resigns after 8 years
    By Megan Pacer • June 12, 2019 5:30 am

    Conrad Woodhead, principal of Champman School in Anchor Point for the last eight years, is leaving the school district to…

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    Residents filled the Kenai Peninsula Borough Betty J. Glick Assembly Chambers for a public hearing regarding a controversial gravel pit in Anchor Point at the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, Monday, June 10, 2019, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Planning commission postpones vote on Beachcomber gravel pit...
    By Victoria Petersen • June 12, 2019 1:30 am

    A meeting discussing a controversial gravel pit lasted to nearly midnight Monday, after dozens of Anchor Point residents gave public…

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    From left to right, Vanita Thurmond, Elaine Griner, and Dale Griner stand outside Thurmond’s Far West Auto in Anchor Point, Alaska at the fifth annual Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, May 25, 2019. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)
    Thurmond’s Far West Auto celebrates 50 years
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 5, 2019 5:30 am

    For a week prior to their fifth annual Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, May 25, a handwritten sign hung on…

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    Pete Kineen, a neighbor of the proposed Beachcomber LLC gravel pit, stands on his deck and points to where the pit could be, on May 2, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Gravel pit controversy continues in Anchor Point
    By Victoria Petersen • June 5, 2019 1:30 am

    ‘I didn’t move down from Anchorage just to look at a gravel pit.’

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    Anchor Point Fire & EMS and Ninilchik Emergency Services firefighters respond to a chimney fire at a Long Gone Avenue home after 7:15 p.m. April 5, 2019, near Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo provided)
    Anchor Point firefighters save home in chimney fire
    By Staff Report Homer News • April 10, 2019 5:30 am

    Anchor Point Fire &EMS firefighters saved a home from a chimney fire last Friday.

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