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    Mud, sweat and tears
    Mud, sweat and tears
    By Tom Kizzia • May 1, 2013 5:52 pm

    When Homer’s varsity soccer teams opened their seasons Friday on Colony High’s shiny new artificial turf playing field, it was…

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    E-cycle event again a success
    E-cycle event again a success
    By Dorothy Melambianakis • May 1, 2013 5:46 pm

    Once again, individuals, businesses, nonprofits and government agencies demonstrated their support for electronics recycling on the Kenai Peninsula by participating…

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    Graduates lining up for commencement at KBC
    Graduates lining up for commencement at KBC
    By McKibben Jackinsky • May 1, 2013 3:38 pm

    From GEDs to master’s degrees, 32 students will be honored at the May 8 commencement ceremony of Kachemak Bay Campus,…

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    Council: Where’s money for HERC building, bike path?
    Council: Where’s money for HERC building, bike path?
    By Michael Armstrong • April 24, 2013 5:13 pm

    Show me the money. While Mayor Beth Wythe and some council members didn’t say it in exactly those words, that…

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    2013 Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
    2013 Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
    April 24, 2013 3:40 pm

      WHEN: June 14-18 WHERE: Land’s End Resort Keynote speaker: Naomi Shihab Nye Cost: $375 through 5 p.m., May 4…

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    Mariner Wylie Donich rounds third base during a recent practice at the Homer Spit. The baseball field is still covered in snow — a situation facing other schools around the state.-Photo provided
    Mariners’ opening baseball game set for May 3...
    By Joey Klecka • April 24, 2013 3:04 pm

    Baseball season. Feels good just to say it, right? While a true summer has yet to arrive, the high school…

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    Agriculture community looks for land
    Agriculture community looks for land
    By Dan Schwartz • April 24, 2013 12:43 pm

    Kenai Peninsula residents want more agricultural use out of their public lands, according to a recent Kenai Peninsula Borough land…

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    Small business center offers Homer seminars
    Small business center offers Homer seminars
    April 24, 2013 12:19 pm

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

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    Local teachers recognized for teaching excellence
    Local teachers recognized for teaching excellence
    April 17, 2013 5:35 pm

    Two area teachers are among seven Kenai Peninsula Borough teachers honored as 2013 BP Teachers of Excellence. Donna Austin teaches…

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    Meeting to be held on extending gas line farther out East End
    Meeting to be held on extending gas line...
    April 17, 2013 5:11 pm

    An organizational meeting to gauge community interest in extending the natural gas line beyond Waterman Canyon on East End Road…

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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
    Area fares well in capital budget
    By BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG AND MCKIBBEN JACKINSKY • April 17, 2013 4:55 pm

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

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    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
    Wells Fargo presents checks to nonprofits
    April 17, 2013 3:22 pm

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

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    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
    Homer’s Best Bets
    April 10, 2013 4:02 pm

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

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