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    Greensky Bluegrass performs at Salmonstock 2012. The three-day festival starts Friday at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik.-Photo by Tim Steinberg for Salmonstock
    Homer’s Best Bets
    July 31, 2013 5:37 pm

    It might seem like a distant memory, but remember in May when it snowed? Remember how miserable we were, shivering…

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    Speaking at the ceremonial gas valve-turning ceremony Thursday, South Peninsula Hospital CEO Bob Letson noted the $200,000 potential annual savings in energy costs. “That’s a good day for any hospital CEO,” he said.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    A turning point
    July 31, 2013 1:05 pm

    BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER In a symbolic ceremony last Thursday afternoon, Gov. Sean Parnell wielded a shiny silver crescent…

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    Rent Highest in Kodiak, Anchorage Two-Bedroom apartments, 2010
    Alaska: Still expensive place to live
    By HAL SPENCE • July 24, 2013 12:32 pm

    Recent figures dissected by economists with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development show increases in the cost of…

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    Homer hosts its first governor’s picnic July 25
    Homer hosts its first governor’s picnic July 25
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 17, 2013 6:09 pm

    Light up the grill and invite some friends. It’s picnic time in Homer. In this case, the free community picnic,…

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    Swans glide across Beluga Lake.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsy, Homer News
    Birding, wildlife van tour a great way to...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 17, 2013 5:11 pm

    “You can’t see the forest for the trees” is a great description for what happens when you live in a…

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    Having sailed the Northwest Passage, the North Wind takes a time-out in Homer before heading for Prince William Sound. -Photo by Heather Ericson
    Historic sailboat rides wind to new adventures
    By HEATHER ERICSON • July 17, 2013 5:06 pm

    The search for a route from the Atlantic around the top of North America and into the Pacific consumed explorers…

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    State Trooper Report
    State Trooper Report
    July 17, 2013 2:39 pm

    Troopers July 6 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 44-year-old Homer man for being in possession of nine salmon caught in…

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    Second suicide in July reported
    Second suicide in July reported
    By Michael Armstrong • July 10, 2013 6:14 pm

    Alaska State Troopers on Sunday went to a report of a man with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to a…

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    Business Briefs
    Business Briefs
    July 10, 2013 4:03 pm

    State seeks to advance ANWR plan dismissed by Interior Secretary JUNEAU — The state of Alaska is taking the next…

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    CEA president: ‘Road to energy security runs through Alaska’
    CEA president: ‘Road to energy security runs through...
    By Elwood Brehmer • July 10, 2013 3:57 pm

    The Consumer Energy Alliance is working with private industry and state officials to raise awareness about the need for increased…

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    This image of Dixon Glacier is from Tom Reed’s show at the Homer Council on the Arts.-Photo provided
    First Friday Events
    July 2, 2013 4:19 pm

    Art Shop Gallery 207 W. Pioneer Ave. New work by Liz Bowen 5-7:30 p.m., First Friday Reception Anchorage artist Liz…

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    Photo by Toni Ross
    Retired pilot explores new vocation: writing
    By Toni Ross • June 26, 2013 4:53 pm

    More than 45 years in Alaska has given Bill Richardson plenty of life experience — from pilot to fisherman, teacher…

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    A group of local Girl Scouts depart Homer Harbor for a visit to the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and Lake Clark National Park.-Photo provided
    Homer kids discover nature, themselves on grand adventure
    By HEATHER ERICSON • June 26, 2013 2:42 pm

    Few Homer and Anchor Point youth have been charged by a brown bear, but that’s something 12 middle and high…

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