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Ice blocks harbor

Northerly winds last week pushed ice from the head of Kachemak Bay up against the end of the…

Mother Nature puts winter back into this year’s king tourney

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Mother Nature puts winter back into this year’s king tourney

The last few winters have featured weather more akin to petulant autumns throwing diminutive snit-fits of snow, wind…

Homer City Council member David Lewis

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Group files recall application against three council members

A group of 10 Homer citizens on Monday filed an application for a recall petition against Homer City…

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Homer testifies on inclusivity resolution

Editor’s note: In public comments lasting almost four hours, more than 100 people spoke on Resolution 17-019, Stating…

Photos by John Winters, Alaska Division of Forestry. A close-up of a spruce tree damaged by spruce aphids shows healthy needles compared to bare branches.

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Cold may curtail spruce aphids

As they defoliated Sitka spruce trees in Homer and other areas around Kachemak Bay, spruce aphids have been…

A boat is loaded at the Deep Water Dock on Tuesday afternoon at the Homer Harbor.

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Consulting firm briefs council on Deep Water Dock options

The Homer Harbor Deep Water Dock has served chip ships, crab boats, cruise ships, several jack-up rigs, US…

Sarah Vance speaks on Resolution 17-019 at the Homer City Council Committe of the Whole meeting on Monday night. Shahmeer Azmat, left, waits his turn.

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Council rejects inclusivity resolution

The Club Bar incident. Removing the Veterans Memorial from WKFL Park. Nuclear Free Homer. Annexation. Banning commercial cannabis.…

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Council to consider ‘inclusivity’ resolution at Monday’s meeting

At next Monday’s Homer City Council meeting, the council considers a resolution that “calls on all its citizens…

Jim Rearden in 2013.

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Legendary writer, scientist Rearden dies

Writer, photographer, editor, professor, biologist, outdoorsman, scholar, veteran, Alaskan and family man: in the history of Alaska’s post-World…

Willy Dunne, District 9 Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member.

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Assembly votes to introduce invocation elimination ordinance

The public will finally get a formal chance to weigh in on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s invocation…

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Council approves LED light replacement for harbor mast lights

At Monday’s meeting, the Homer City Council also awarded contracts for a used van and replacing the high-mast…

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Council creates Police Station Task Force

In a relatively short meeting that ended at 7:30 p.m. Monday, the Homer City Council brought back to…

State CBD oil seizures sow confusion in cannabis industry

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State CBD oil seizures sow confusion in cannabis industry

A statewide seizure of imported hemp cannabidiol oil products last week from licensed cannabis stores has shaken up…