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Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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Council to hold hearings on ordinances

Public hearings for several ordinances are scheduled for the Jan. 27 council meeting.

Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News file)

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Council extends seine skiff fee exemption

Moorage fees for work and seine skiffs attached to motherships are exempted through 2025.

A schematic site plan of Doyon, Limited’s revised Lighthouse Village redevelopment design is on display during a special Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Council to hold public hearing on Doyon rezone

Homer’s Planning Commission previously recommended rezoning 1491 Bay Avenue from rural residential to General Commercial 1.

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‘Women’s rights are human rights’

The 2025 Women’s March on Homer was held Saturday in conjunction with marches across the country.

Volunteers sort winter gear prior to the start of the annual Community Resource Connect on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, at the SPARC in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Derotha Ferraro

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Community Resource Connect returns Tuesday

The annual event will take place in Homer and Anchor Point.

A local community member walks up Ben Walters Lane on a newly completed sidewalk on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. The City of Homer was recently awarded a federal grant for the city’s continued efforts in establishing nonmotorized transportation access. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News file)

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Homer receives federal grant for walkability projects

A DOT grant program awarded $2 million to Homer for nonmotorized infrastructure.

The logo for South Peninsula Hospital. Homer News file photo.

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Measles case confirmed in Homer

South Peninsula Hospital will offer free MMR vaccines starting Monday.

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Celebrating women in science

Homer Council on the Arts and Pier One Theatre host a collaboration of art and performance.

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Collecting Homer history

Local resident Tim Hatfield is a saver of artifacts from Homer’s past

Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference director Erin Coughlin Hollowell (right) welcomes attendees to the opening panel on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Registration open for Kachemak Bay Writers Conference

The 2025 conference will be held May 17-20 at Kachemak Bay Campus

Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, talks to the Homer City Council during a special meeting before the start of the new legislative session on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.

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Vance, city council hold discussion ahead of legislative session

The special meeting of the Homer City Council took place last Tuesday.

The Homer Courthouse. (Homer News file photo)
The Homer Courthouse. (Homer News file photo)

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Plea change hearing scheduled for Mondragon-Lopez

Arturo Mondragon-Lopez Jr. was charged in October 2023 for the murder of Brianna Hetrick.

The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska as seen on April 1, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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HEA extends contract with Enstar

HEA also plans to reduce its annual consumption of natural gas by approximately 21% over the next three…