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Homer business owner Adrienne Sweeney was one of 120 people nationwide to graduate in April from the Babson Cohort of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses. That’s an intensive entrepreneurship training program to foster job creation and small-business success.-Photo provided

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Entrepreneur brings home national skills

Running a small business is tough, with national surveys showing high attrition rates. Homer certainly has turnover and…

Chicago-based and Grammy Award winning ensemble “eighth blackbird” will be the featured guest artists at this year’s Wild Shore Festival for New Music Aug. 5-11.-Photo provided

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Wild Shore fest designed to inspire, create new music

What do you hear when the tide rushes in or deviously trickles out? A soothing change of pace?…

Frank Mullen

Obituaries

Frank Mullen

Frank Mullen, 65, died at the UW Medical Center on July 7, 2015, surrounded by his family, after…

Armin Abdihodzic, professor of music from the University of Alaska Anchorage, will be the featured guitar soloist during the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival’s gala concert on Aug. 7 at the Mariner Theatre.-Photo provided

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Orchestra plans multifaceted, multimedia performances

Editor’s Note: This story has been edited to correct the spelling of Tomoka Raften’s name and to show…

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KHLT says thanks

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust would like to thank the Jack and Mary Lentfer Fund, a donor advised fund…

Howlin’ Whales, a new band from Homer, will provide live music.

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Kachemak Heritage Land Trust Celebrates Anchor river

This evening there’s a party in Anchor Point. The Kachemak Heritage Land Trust (KHLT) is hosting “Take Me…

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Mako Haggerty poses as Uncle Sam in last year’s Fourth of July parade.

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GOOD OL’ FASHIONED FUN FOR THE FOURTH

This year, the Fourth of July falls on Saturday, which means some good news for celebrants on the…

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Council opposes Navy’s exercises

The Homer City Council set an apparent record at its regular Monday night meeting with what may be…

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Aphids plague spruce stands

Bad bugs attacking the forest have become a recurring nightmare for Alaska. The latest alarm comes from Halibut…

Sports in Brief

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Sports in Brief

Ninilchik scramble puts spotlight on decline of area’s razor clams The Ninilchik Chamber of Commerce ran its first…

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Burn ban continues

Firefighters and Homer Police responded to numerous calls last week for people burning campfires, but otherwise the lower…

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Export program spared from budget cuts

For growers in the Kenai Peninsula’s developing agriculture industries, exporting internationally is still an option. A Division of…

Extreme conditions make it imperative  to obey no burning, no fireworks rules

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Extreme conditions make it imperative to obey no burning, no fireworks rules

With the second year of little snowfall, the Homer area is seeing unprecedented conditions for wildfire. The recent…