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A pair of trumpeter swans swims in open water in Beluga Slough on Monday. Swans are among the first migratory birds to return to Homer each spring, with a pair reported seen the first week of April. Sandhill cranes should be returning this weekend or next week. Trumpeter

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Area fares well in capital budget

In the first year of the 28th Alaska Legislature, the House and Senate moved at a faster pace,…

Wells Fargo’s Homer Store Manager Tyler Davis, far left, Business Banking Manager Andy Riddell, second from right, and Kenai Peninsula District Manager Patrick Ryland, far right, present members of the Trailblazer 4-H Club with a check for transportation to the Alaska 4-H Horse Bowl in Fairbanks during an open house April 11 at Wells Fargo. Accepting the check for 4-H are members, from left, Dakota Morris, DeeAnn White, Melanie Mastolier and Melissa Clark. Wells Fargo also presented checks to the Homer Council on the Arts, South Peninsula Haven House and the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank.-Photo Provided

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Wells Fargo presents checks to nonprofits

Staff report In a community open house April 11, Wells Fargo officials presented more than $8,000 to four…

In this February 2007 photo, hockey players show their support for Kevin Bell. At the time, Bell was recovering from surgery. He died in January 2008. Starting at 2 p.m. Sunday is Kevin Bell Day at the Kevin Bell Ice Arena, with a tribute to Bell, free skating, hockey and broom ball games.-Photo provided

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Homer’s Best Bets

In yet another sign of spring — the Betster has a long list, by the way — Alaska…

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Studded tire deadline extended

The Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner Joseph Masters issued an emergency order Tuesday extending the studded-tire deadline…

Virginia Cundiff

Obituaries

Virginia L. Cundiff

Longtime Homer area resident Virginia L. Cundiff, 88, passed away peacefully in her sleep Tuesday, April 2, 2013,…

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Area students participate in geography bee

Not just one, but three southern Kenai Peninsula schools were represented at the National Geographic state-level bee held…

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Business seminar offered

The Alaska Small Business Develop- ment Center is offering a free “Starting A Business” seminar from 10:30 a.m.-12:30…

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Gas will boost area’s economy

Editor’s Note: With natural gas getting closer to Homer every day, questions abound. The last story in this…

The Easter Bunny visits with Aisha Tapia and her dad, JR, at the Emblem Club’s Easter event in Homer.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Easter proves to be ‘hopping’ good time

 The Easter bunny made the rounds on Sunday, leaving a trail of colored eggs, candy eggs and prizes…

Sheryl Hingley

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Across-the-bay principal heads to central peninsula

From teaching four grades to being principal of two schools, Sheryl Hingley has had her hands full since…

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Business seminar offered

The Alaska Small Business Development Center is offering a free “Starting A Business” seminar from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.…

A bald eagle sits on top of a tsunami warning tower on the Homer Spit last Friday. At about 9:50 a.m. On the March 27 anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake, state and federal agencies held a test of the statewide tsunami warning system.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

When you woke up the other day, did you feel a little bit older? If so, that’s because…

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Public testimony on anadromous stream ordinance clear: Repeal it

A political science student could have garnered good field research Monday night at the Anchor Point Senior Center…