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Homer finds snow at Boroughs

The Homer High School Mariner ski team found some snow Friday and Saturday, as well as blasts of…

Commercial fishing fleet takes hits from BOF

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Commercial fishing fleet takes hits from BOF

The on-going Board of Fisheries meeting dealing with Cook Inlet salmon plans has been rough on the commercial…

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The Mindfulness Meeting now meets at a new day and time from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday evenings…

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Funny River residents won’t pay tariff on gas line like Homer will

At first glance, a natural gas transmission line to serve about 700 Funny River Road area properties looks…

Board of Fisheries meeting on Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery under way

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Board of Fisheries meeting on Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery under way

The Board of Fisheries meeting to regulate the Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery kicked off at the Egan…

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Cleanup continues at fatal crash site

Cleanup of drilling cuttings, hydraulic fluids and other potentially hazardous waste continues at the site of a truck…

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Conservation should come first

I have been a Kenai Peninsula resident for more than 10 years and have sport  fished in Alaska…

Community

Announcements

The District 30 Democrats meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Homer Real Estate Office, 1529 Ocean Drive.…

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Group behind setnet ban initiative files appeal

The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance will appeal the state’s decision to reject its proposed ballot initiative that would…

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Northern District also up for discussion

Kenai Peninsula issues won’t be the only decisions before the Alaska Board of Fisheries as it considers the…

Construction readies Land’s End for its June 5, 1958, opening on the Homer Spit. -Photo copied with permission of Jon Faulkner.

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Land’s End Resort a long-time Homer presence

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

Peter Larson

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Peter Larson remembered as true leader

Teacher, principal, woodworker, musician and consummate volunteer: Peter Larson, a man everyone called a natural-born leader, died Monday…

Micah Mershon, right, is West Homer Elementary School’s geography champion; Josiah Raymond, left, is runner up.-Photo provided

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Mershon prepares for state geography bee

Micah Mershon has won West Homer Elementary School’s National Geographic Geography Bee contest, and Josiah Raymond is the…