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Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Kadel waves to the crowd gathered on Pioneer Avenue during Homer’s Independence Day parade Wednesday, July 4, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Kadel ‘no longer with’ city

Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Terry Kadel is no longer with the department, Homer City Manager Katie Koester…

Photos: Rotary Health Fair

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Photos: Rotary Health Fair

By Megan Pacer

Homer City Clerk Melissa Jacobsen, right, watches as Election Canvass Board members Maryann Lyda, left, and Alice Krivitsky, center, feed ballots through an AccuVote machine during the Oct. 5, 2018, meeting of the canvass board in Homer, Alaska. The board counted the absentee and other ballots uncounted on Tuesday’s election. The overall result did not change, with Ken Caster winning the election of Homer Mayor and Donna Aderhold and Heath Smith winning re-election to the Homer City Council. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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No change in unofficial city, borough election

After counting absentee, questioned and special needs votes, the Homer Election Canvass Board and the Kenai Peninsula Borough…

Homer City Clerk Melissa Jacobsen, right, watches as Election Canvass Board members Maryann Lyda, left, and Alice Krivitsky, center, feed ballots through an AccuVote machine during the Oct. 5, 2018, meeting of the canvass board in Homer, Alaska. The board counted the absentee and other ballots uncounted on Tuesday’s election. The overall result did not change, with Ken Caster winning the election of Homer Mayor and Donna Aderhold and Heath Smith winning re-election to the Homer City Council. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Castner keeps lead in mayor race

After counting of absentee, questioned and special needs votes, the Homer Election Canvass Board found no change in…

Five of the six Homer City Council members (from left to right: Donna Aderhold, Shelly Erickson, Caroline Venuti, Heath Smith and Rachel Lord) smile at the grand opening for the extended Greatland Street on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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City celebrates Greatland Street grand opening

Motorists now have another option for getting from Pioneer Avenue to the Sterling Highway, and city representatives are…

A lot on Lakeshore Drive west of Landings Street has been cleared in preparation for construction of a floatplane base and cabins. In this photo taken July 31, 2018, in Homer, Alaska, construction was still waiting on permits from the Homer Advisory Planning Commission and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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CUP approved for new floatplane lodges

The Homer Advisory Planning Commission at its regular meeting last Wednesday, Aug. 1, approved a conditional use permit,…

<span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News</span>                                Crews with Clark Management of Anchor Point work on the Greatland Street extension near Sav-U-More on Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. The almost $600,000 project will connect Pioneer Avenue and the Homer Bypass through Greatland Street.

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Greatland Street work continues

Crews with Clark Management of Anchor Point work on the Greatland Street extension near Sav-U-More last Wednesday, Aug.…

Drifwood and rock is used to line the gardens at the Jeff and Ranja Dean farm off East End Road in Homer, Alaska. It was one of five gardens featured in the July 29, 2018 Homer Garden Tour. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Gardens glow in annual tour

Despite a forecast of clouds and rain, the sun shined Sunday on the Homer Garden Club’s 12 annual…

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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is requesting input from interested persons at…

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Political novices competing for assembly District 9 seat

Of the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s assembly districts, District 9 on the lower peninsula is one of the largest.…

Alan R. Kelly

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Alan R. Kelly

Alan R. Kelly  Nov. 2, 1955 -Sept. 12, 2015 Alan Robert Kelly, 59, died Sept. 12, 2015, at…

Susan Ann Gibson

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Susan Ann Gibson

Susan Ann Gibson March 12, 1952-Aug. 23, 2015 Susan Ann Gibson died at home on Aug. 23, 2015,…

Candidates for Homer City Council attend a debate at the Homer Public Library last Friday. From left to right are Joni Wise, Donna Aderhold, Beauregard Burgess, Tom Stroozas and Heath Smith. Candidate Bob Howard was not able to attend the debate. Micheal Neece’s name is on the ballot, but he said he has withdrawn from the race for two seats on the council.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Budget, beaches, bud hot subjects at debate

Homer got its first look at most of the Homer City Council candidates last Friday for the Friends…