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Condo owners may pay for what they get

A recommendation from Tom Klinkner, attorney for the city of Homer, may mean local condo owners can relax…

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Outage cuts power to 16,000 meters

An outage at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday cut power to 16,000 Homer Electric Association meters and affected members…

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Homer’s Best Bets

The other day the Betster searched fruitlessly in email for an important document. After about 20 minutes, the…

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Weather puts brakes on volleyball

Mother Nature pulled a fast one on Tuesday’s scheduled volleyball games in Seldovia. With the ferry unable to…

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Susie Amundson teaches Self Compassion for Women: Going Beyond Coffee, Chocolate and Wine from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday…

The 765-foot Zhen Hua 15 is anchored in Kachemak Bay on Friday. A heavy-lift vessel from Hong Kong, the Zhen Hua 15 will move the jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence from Alaska next week.

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Endeavour to leave Cook Inlet next week

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority sold its stake in Kenai Offshore Ventures for $25.6 million and…

James E. Graham Jr.

Obituaries

James E. Graham Jr.

James E. Graham Jr. March 1, 1943-Sept. 27, 2014 James Edward Graham Jr. of Homer, 71, died surrounded…

Fran Van Sandt, left, and Amy Shumaker organize the packing of food boxes for the 2012 Lions Club Thanksgiving Basket Program. -Homer News file photo

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Thanksgiving baskets: sharing food for 30-plus years

If it seems like the Kachemak Bay Lions Club, Thanksgiving Basket program has been around forever, well, that…

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History exhibit finds new home

As co-curator of the Homer History exhibit, “Making Ourselves At Home: Creating a Community on the Benchlands of…

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Anchor Point Post, and American Legion Auxiliary, Post 16, salute during the playing of “Taps” at Veterans Day ceremonies at the Veterans Memorial at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center on Tuesday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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VA to vets: Let us help

BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER Sign up. That’s the message Susan Yeager, Alaska director of the U.S. Department…

The inadequacy of human efforts to contain the erosive force of ground water is evident on the bluff along the base of Baycrest Hill.-Photos by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homeowners seek solution to erosion

Since May, Gee Denton and her neighbors, Scott and Carolyn VanZant, have battled to save their Baycrest Subdivision…

Councilman should drop paternalistic attitude

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Councilman should drop paternalistic attitude

I  comment on Homer City Councilman Beau Burgess’s words at the Oct. 27 council meeting. At this meeting,…

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900 people ‘take day to be well’

The 31st Annual Rotary Health Fair is over and it was a terrific success. We welcomed more than…