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    Wet soils caused a section of Kachemak Drive to collapse on Sunday morning. The road is closed about a half mile from the Homer Spit Road to the top of the hill near the old airport. Kachemak Drive remains open from the East End Road intersection to the old airport.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Slide closes Kachemak Drive at Spit end
    By Michael Armstrong • April 19, 2015 1:50 pm

    A collapse of the bluff along the west end of Kachemak Drive has closed the Homer Spit end of the…

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    Harbormaster Bryan Hawkins stands by one of the windows overlooking the harbor in the new Harbormaster’s Office building.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Harbormaster’s Office soon open for business
    By Michael Armstrong • April 1, 2015 2:17 pm

    For the employees of the Homer Harbor, the job comes with one of the best perks around: a glorious view…

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    March 18, 2015 4:36 pm

    The U.S. Coast Guard holds Commercial Fishing Industry Day from 12:20-4 p.m. Friday at Pioneer Hall, Kachemak Bay Campus. Coast…

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    Birders propose actions to protect area bird habitat
    Birders propose actions to protect area bird habitat
    By George Matz • March 4, 2015 4:53 pm

    (Editor’s Note: The following recently was presented as Kachemak Bay Birders’ testimony to the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission and…

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    Outhouse racers compete last year at the Homer Winter Carnival. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Homer Winter Carnival: A Tradition for 61 Years
    By Toni Ross • February 11, 2015 3:12 pm

    Feeling February’s chill now that the temperature has dropped?  Warm up with the 61st annual Homer Winter Carnival today through…

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    Engine trouble brings TOTE ship into bay
    Engine trouble brings TOTE ship into bay
    By Miranda Weiss • January 28, 2015 3:36 pm

    It was probably the shortest job in the business. Marine pilot Captain Donal Ryan took the M/V Midnight Sun out…

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    Blue Urchin owners Rebekah and Jay Pearson stand amid some of the unique items offered in their shop on the Harbor Boardwalk on the Homer Spit.-Photo by Toni Ross
    Blue Urchin: ‘Elusive luxury’
    By Toni Ross • December 18, 2014 10:40 am

    If one of the presents under your tree is wrapped in a nautical chart and tied with a bow, chances…

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    Engine brakes used for safety’s sake
    Engine brakes used for safety’s sake
    October 1, 2014 5:04 pm

    There is an old saying in Alaska: “There are four seasons in Alaska: almost winter, winter, still winter, and ‘Construction.’”We…

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Grow for it
    September 17, 2014 5:35 pm

    Messages decorate the side of “Grow,” this year’s Burning Basket at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit. The basket was…

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Bon Voyage, Sarah
    September 3, 2014 6:07 pm

    British adventurer Sarah Outen waves as she rides her bike, Hercules, on the Homer Spit as she sets off for…

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    A bald eagle this morning sits on top of the tsunami warning tower on the Homer Spit near Mariner Park about 15 minutes after a false siren and tsunami warning was issued.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Maintenance error triggers false tsunami alarm
    By Michael Armstrong • September 2, 2014 1:03 pm

    An error made during maintenance of the National Weather Service, Anchorage, alert system caused a false tsunami alarm this morning….

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Onward to New York
    August 28, 2014 11:18 am

    Sarah Outen touches the Seafarers Memorial statue after she and Justine Curgenven landed on the Homer Spit on Aug. 14…

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    Part of Kachemak Drive to be closed Sept. 3
    Part of Kachemak Drive to be closed Sept....
    August 28, 2014 9:43 am

    A short section of Kachemak Drive will be closed to through traffic from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Sept. 3. The Alaska…

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