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    Splash Bash celebrates good work
    Splash Bash celebrates good work
    August 6, 2015 9:54 am

    On behalf of Cook Inletkeeper’s board and staff, I want to give a huge thanks to everyone who came out…

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    Bicyclists and horse riders pass each other near Mariner Park beach on the Homer Spit in late June. On Monday at its 6 p.m. regular meeting, the Homer City Council will go from placid tidepools to heavy surf when it considers an ordinance regulating motorized vehicle access to Bishop’s Beach and the Homer Spit. Horse riding and bike riding would not be restricted under recommendations by the Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    To drive or not on Homer’s beaches?
    By Michael Armstrong • August 6, 2015 9:43 am

    Next Monday at its 6 p.m. regular meeting, the Homer City Council will go from placid tidepools to heavy surf…

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    Hikers rescued near China Poot Lake
    Hikers rescued near China Poot Lake
    By Michael Armstrong • August 6, 2015 9:40 am

    An Alaska Air Guard Guardian Angel team early on July 28 rescued two hikers lost near China Poot Lake on…

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    Halibut King Charters, owned by Gordon Terpening and Fred Hicks, was one of about half a dozen charter operations on the Spit when this photo was taken in the late 1970s.  Pictured are, in the top row, Jim Nardelli and Gordon Terpening; in the middle row just below the halibut, Barbara Buzzelli and Bridget Ferguson; and in the bottom row, Renee Hicks, Fred Hicks and Diane Spence-Chorman.-Photo by Kim Terpening
    Beyond halibut:
    By Miranda Weiss • August 6, 2015 9:36 am

    Fish cutters at Coal Point Seafoods notice there’s less halibut coming into the 23-year-old fish processing business on Thursdays. Clad…

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    Four charged in alleged oyster poaching
    Four charged in alleged oyster poaching
    By Michael Armstrong • July 30, 2015 11:35 am

    Alaska State Troopers on July 24 charged a fourth person in an alleged theft of about $200 in oysters from…

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    The tourist season is in full swing at the Homer Spit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Homer’s Best Bets
    July 30, 2015 10:44 am

    Less than 24 hours after the Homer City Council held its longest meeting in recent memory — 4 hours and…

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    Christopher S. Dawson
    Christopher S. Dawson

    Homer resident Christopher S. Dawson, 53, died Tuesday, June 23, 2015, in Soldotna. There was a small family wake for…

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    Announcements
    Announcements
    July 30, 2015 10:39 am

    The Omicron chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, a service organization of women educators, holds its annual Back to School Supplies…

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    Fishing? Know what you’re catching
    Fishing? Know what you’re catching
    By Nick C. Varney • July 30, 2015 10:35 am

    I have received an unusual amount of email asking how to report angler evil-doers to the Alaska Wildlife Troopers without tying…

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    Council knocks off 26-item punch list
    Council knocks off 26-item punch list
    By Michael Armstrong • July 30, 2015 10:19 am

    With an agenda rivaling a contractor’s punch list of things to do before freeze up, the Homer City Council at…

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    Another great event in Homer
    Another great event in Homer
    July 30, 2015 10:17 am

    On June 19-20, the Kachemak Bay Celtic Club had the good fortune and perfect weather to entertain residents and visitors…

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    Put this on your to-do list
    Put this on your to-do list
    July 30, 2015 10:04 am

    Back-to-school preparation begins now, and an important part of that is making sure your child’s health is in tip-top shape…

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    Petals have started to fall off fireweed at the Homer Harbor on Tuesday — a sign that summer is either early or already fading.-Photo by Michael Armstrong
    Nature of the Spit
    By Miranda Weiss • July 30, 2015 10:02 am

    In 1966, when Daisy Lee Bitter, then a middle school science teacher in Anchorage, first brought a school group down…

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