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    Kenai Peninsula
    Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre and Human Resources Director Stormy Brown pose for a picture outside the borough annex on Pioneer Avenue. The two were in Homer May 29 for informal talks with residents and employees.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Navarre: Different agencies show ‘amazing’ coordination in fighting...
    By Michael Armstrong • June 5, 2014 11:12 am

    On a visit last week to Homer, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre and Human Resources Director Stormy Brown sat…

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    When visitors ask if they should buy  derby ticket, tell them this sad story
    When visitors ask if they should buy derby...
    By Jim Lavrakas • June 4, 2014 5:14 pm

    Greetings from the Homer Chamber of Commerce. In May, we kicked off the 28th annual Jackpot Halibut Derby and want…

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    Buccaneer Energy’s Endeavour-Spirit of Independence jack-up rig is shown at Homer’s Deep Water Dock in March of 2013. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Adverse ruling in CIRI dispute pushes Buccaneer into...
    By Tim Bradner • June 4, 2014 4:28 pm

    Buccaneer Energy, an independent Cook Inlet explorer with high hopes but skimpy resources, saw those hopes come crashing down May…

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    14th Annual Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
    14th Annual Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
    May 29, 2014 11:06 am

    June 13-17 Land’s End Resort Register at: writersconference.homer.alaska.edu Festival of Literary Readings   8 p.m. June 14, Mariner Theatre: Alice…

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    Better fire updates needed
    Better fire updates needed
    May 29, 2014 10:27 am

    I live in Soldotna  and have a ringside seat to the forest fire raging a few miles away. I join…

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    Central Emergency Services firefighter Spencer Mclean works to contain a portion of the nearly 183,000-acre Funny River Horse Trail wildfire near Soldotna’s Funny River neighborhood on Sunday.-Photo by  Rashah McChesney,  Morris News Service - Alaska
    Rain helping Funny River firefighters
    By Rashah McChesney • May 28, 2014 6:11 pm

    After several days of fighting to keep the Funny River Horse Trail wildfire from burning homes in communities along the…

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    School Events
    School Events
    May 28, 2014 3:47 pm

    Kenai Peninsula Borough School DistrictThrough today: Leadership academy, Kenai Central High School, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.May 30: Effective instruction, Kenai Peninsula…

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    Grads earn $1.6 million in scholarships
    Grads earn $1.6 million in scholarships
    May 28, 2014 3:38 pm

    The following scholarships were awarded to Homer High School graduating seniors. The amount totaled more than $1.6 million. Individual amounts…

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    This map from the Alaska Interagency Incident Management Type 2 Team shows the current status of the Funny River Horse Trail Fire.-Map provided
    Funny River Trail fire grows to 67,000 acres
    By BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG AND MCKIBBEN JACKINSKY • May 23, 2014 1:43 pm

    High, dry winds from the southwest could increase activity on the Funny River Horse Trail fire Friday afternoon. In a…

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    Funny River Trail fire grows to 67,000 acres
    Funny River Trail fire grows to 67,000 acres
    By BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG AND MCKIBBEN JACKINSKY • May 23, 2014 1:21 pm

    Smoke affects all of southcentral Alaska; Funny River Trail fire grows to 67,000 acres   High, dry winds from the…

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    Larry E. Wilshusen
    Larry E. Wilshusen

    Larry Eldon Wilshusen, 79, died Thursday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Marysville, Calif., of natural causes. In his last few days…

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    Announcements
    Announcements
    May 22, 2014 11:54 am

    The American Legion Post 16 Auxiliary is providing poppies from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and Safeway. People are asked to…

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    Homer Middle School returns from Kenai Peninsula Boroughs track and field meet.-Photo by Shannon Reid
    Huskies keep focus on fun, personal bests
    By Shannon Reid • May 22, 2014 11:42 am

    Homer Middle School Huskies track and field athletes focused on having fun and reaching their personal bests at the Kenai…

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