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Crowdsourcing earns poet visit to remote western Alaska village

ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage poet gets to realize her dream to visit the ghost of a remote western…

Dee Bottineau, owner of Dragonfly Nails by Dee, chats with a visitor at her salon’s new location at 1225 Lake Shore Drive.-Photo by Lori Evans, Homer News

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Nail salon finds home at old VBS showroom

The former showroom of VBS Heating Products on Lake Shore Drive seems an improbable location for a nail…

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Farmers’ Market

There is certainly no better way to kick off a Memorial Day weekend than with a bustling Homer…

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Group gives Alaska C-plus on bridges

JUNEAU — A new report card deems 11 percent of Alaska’s bridges are structurally deficient and 12.5 percent…

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Japanese firm inks deals in pursuit of natural gas

Resources Energy Inc., the Japanese company interested in developing a large liquefied natural gas project, has signed several…

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Firms drill ahead on inlet projects

Two closely watched Cook Inlet exploration wells being drilled with jack-up rigs are reported to have reached or…

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Some found guilty in fishing case

BETHEL — A Bethel judge has ruled against some of nearly two dozen Yup’ik Eskimo fishermen cited for…

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Japanese group offers fast-track on LNG

A Japanese consortium working on an independent Alaska liquefied natural gas project has completed a feasibility study and…

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Alaska Pacific University cuts tuition by 30 percent

ANCHORAGE — A private liberal arts college in Anchorage is lowering its tuition by more than 30 percent,…

A new owner of the building that houses Lazy Sun Indoor Tanning and Tours has plans to relocate and remodel it, but keep the exterior artwork by artist Bill Cummings.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Lazy Sun Tanning and Tours to close, but building to get new life as B&B or rental in Anchor Point

The eye-catching Anchor Point landmark on the corner of the Sterling Highway and North Fork Road is about…

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Alaska pitches ANWR exploration plan

JUNEAU — The state of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true…

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Farmers’ Market

Despite the hold that winter seems to be exerting on us this year, it is finally time again…

Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center Executive Director Monte Davis, left, poses with Debbie Speakman, right, and Jim Lavrakas, center. Lavrakas will be the new chamber director effective mid August. Speakman was promoted to director of member relations. Davis announced his resignation in March. He and his wife JoAnn are moving to the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area to be close to her family.

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Lavrakas named chamber director

The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center board reached within its ranks for a new executive director…