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    Elections
    Recall election targets three council members
    Recall election targets three council members
    By Michael Armstrong • June 8, 2017 10:12 am

    To paraphrase the 1982 punk rock song by the Clash, “Should they stay or should they go?” On Tuesday, Homer…

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    New judge assigned in recall suit
    New judge assigned in recall suit
    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2017 10:38 am

    Despite an expedited court schedule in a lawsuit by three Homer City Council members seeking to stop a June 13…

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    Two file to run for borough mayor’s job
    Two file to run for borough mayor’s job
    By Elizabeth Earl • January 11, 2017 3:03 pm

    Though there are still nearly 10 months before Kenai Peninsula Borough residents will pick a new borough mayor, two people…

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    A line of pickup trucks sport Trump-Pence flags in the Homer High School parking lot on Election Day, Nov. 8.
    Trump win surprises Homer voters for better or...
    By Michael Armstrong and Anna Frost • November 9, 2016 6:29 pm

    Eight years ago at Alice’s Champagne Palace when President Barack Obama became the first African-American elected president, a crowd of…

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    New and veteran voters cast ballots on Election Day
    New and veteran voters cast ballots on Election...
    By Michael Armstrong and Anna Frost • November 9, 2016 6:23 pm

    Some Homer voters celebrated a milestone this week: voting in their first U.S. Presidential election. At the other age of…

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    Ballot Measure 1  would allow residents  to register to vote when they apply for PFD
    Ballot Measure 1 would allow residents to register...
    By James Brooks • November 2, 2016 5:34 pm

    Ballot Measure 1 would allow residents to register to vote when they apply for PFD   Ballot Measure 1 is…

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    Cheaper loans for students idea behind measure 2
    Cheaper loans for students idea behind measure 2
    By James Brooks • November 2, 2016 5:18 pm

    State Sen. Anna MacKinnon of Eagle River has tried for more than four years to make student loans cheaper. That…

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    Your vote matters, but president still elected by Electoral College
    Your vote matters, but president still elected by...
    By Michael Armstrong • November 2, 2016 5:15 pm

    In the presidential election on Nov. 8, if voting Democrat, Alaskans will choose June Degnan, D’Arcy Hutchings and Victor Fischer….

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    '16 election unlike most
    ’16 election unlike most
    By Michael Armstrong and Anna Frost • October 26, 2016 4:44 pm

    On the first day of early voting on Monday, 3,300 Alaskans statewide cast their ballots, including 142 in Homer —…

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    Homer gets a new mayor, but not a new cop shop
    Homer gets a new mayor, but not a...
    By Michael Armstrong • October 5, 2016 5:45 pm

    Homer voters in Tuesday’s election selected candidates with strong business backgrounds. In the Homer mayoral race, they chose Homer City…

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    Homer City Council member Bryan Zak gets in some last-minute campaigning on Tuesday afternoon at WKFL Park on Pioneer Avenue. Zak appeared to have won election with unofficial results of 52 percent to David Lewis' 46 percent.
    Zak wins Homer mayor; cop shop proposition defeated;
    By Michael Armstrong • October 5, 2016 12:57 am

    Editor’s note: On Oct. 7 the canvass board counted absentee and other ballots. There is no change in the unofficial…

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    Margaret Stock, who is running against Senator Murkowski for the U.S. Senate seat, poses for a photo at Elise Boyer's home. Boyer hosted meetings at her place of residence for Stock while she visited Homer, along with District 31 Democratic Party Chair Tas Talley, Amy Jackman and Casey Meehan.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News
    Margaret Stock visits Homer in race against Murkowski
    By Anna Frost • September 28, 2016 3:36 pm

    U.S. Senate candidate Margaret Stock visited Homer on Thursday, Sept. 22, meeting with local businesses owners and community members as…

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    Lewis: Homer can be a four-season destination
    Lewis: Homer can be a four-season destination
    By David Lewis • September 28, 2016 2:24 pm

    I came to Alaska in 1976 and moved to Homer in 1989. Lyn and I raised our two sons, Aaron…

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