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Student news Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colo., has annouced the enrollment of two students from Homer for…

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The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve has proposed an amendment to its Community Council Charter and seeks public review…

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Small business center offers Homer seminars

The Kenai Peninsula’s Small Business Development Center will offer three workshops in Homer in October. They will be…

The remains of a Nikolaevsk home burned to the ground in a fatal fire on the morning of Oct. 3-Photo provided, Alaska State Troopers

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Man killed in Nikolaevsk fire

An early morning fire on Thursday killed a 46-year-old man at a Nikolaevsk home. After putting out the…

Dick Harrison Sanders’ painting uses a photo collage of Tom Reed’s Pioneer Avenue art mural, “Tribute to Performing Artists.”

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First Friday Events

Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 W. Bunnell Ave. ARTrageous Gaye-la, paintings by Gaye Wolfe Installation by Melissa Daubert…

The Endeavour-Spirit of Independence jack-up rig is moored at the Deep Water Dock last winter. The rig docked in Homer for 218 days. Buccaneer paid $758,000 to the city in harbor fees and property taxes.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Buccaneer still exploring winter moorage plans

Buccaneer Alaska has not decided on where to moor the jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence after the end…

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Voters once again support term limits

By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer With 29 of 30 precincts reporting on Tuesday’s Municipal Election, Kenai Peninsula voters…

Dancers perform during Tamamta Katurlluta: A Gathering of Native Tradition held late in the summer. The event, sponsored by the Pratt Museum, attracted visitors from around the state.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Summer of 2013: A very good year

Overall, the summer of 2013 was a good one for Homer businesses. By the end of the year,…

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Borough voters keep term limits in place

Kenai Peninsula Borough voters gave a thumbs-up to an increased residential property tax exemption and a school bond…

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Borough voters keep term limits in place

Kenai Peninsula Borough voters gave a thumbs-up to an increased residential property tax exemption and a school bond…

Robert (Bob) Moss-Photo provided

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Robert Hyde Moss

Robert Hyde Moss Nov. 23, 1922 – Sept. 17, 2013 Longtime Homer resident Robert (Bob) Moss died Sept.…

As in previous years, rain has caused damage to abutments of the Tall Tree Avenue bridge across Stariski Creek.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Tall Tree bridge fix in the works

Recent rains that caused flooding in the Seward and Cooper Landing areas, and along the Kenai River, left…

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Navarre visits Homer to explain Prop 2

It was a one-man show with a one-topic focus at Thursday’s meeting of the Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak…