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Soundview sidewalks get attention

The city of Homer has received a $500,000 state grant to improve pedestrian access and safety on Soundview…

A Smokey Bay Air Cessna 207 lies next to bollards protecting a service hatch near the Nanwalek Airport. The plane crashed on Tuesday morning. No passengers were on board and the pilot escaped injury.

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Air taxi crashes in Nanwalek

Air taxi crashes in Nanwalek A Smokey Bay Air plane crashed on landing at the Nanwalek Airport a…

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Hospice celebrates birthday with community party

Hospice of Homer has been serving the greater Homer area for 31 years, and this Saturday, its staff…

Cars move down a new extension of Grubstake Avenue and Snowbird Street on Aug. 16. Grubstake now connects Heath Street and Lake Street and Snowbird Street - formerly Waddell Way - connects Grubstake Avenue to the Homer Post Office and the Sterling Highway.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Lake-Heath connection now open

There were no brass bands and no city officials with big scissors cutting a ribbon, but at the…

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Commercial marijuana ban voter initiative validated

By ELIZABETH EARL Morris News Service – Alaska A citizen petition to ask voters whether commercial marijuana operations…

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No matter what happens, council will see new faces

With the closing of the city of Homer election filing period at noon Monday, five candidates have filed…

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Assembly won’t reconsider hospital service area boundary move

Voters won’t be asked whether a group of residents between Ninilchik and Clam Gulch should be moved into…

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Seaton leads with seven out of nine precincts counted

As of 10:40 p.m., with seven out of nine precincts tallied, Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, appears to be…

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Council saves for next year

In a Homer City Council meeting that covered everything from opposition to U.S. Navy war games in the…

The King Sam parade kicked off at the site of the human mosaic in the rodeo arena where a King Triton and salmon puppet Queen Marine led the procession as a speaker talked about the importance of clean Alaskan waters.

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Fishing for knowledge

While the annual Salmonfest has no shortage of entertaining musical acts, many festival-goers are attracted to Ninilchik each…

An Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office enforcement officer inspects a greenhouse operated by Greatland Ganja in Kasilof on July 29. A petition to ban commercial marijuana activity in the unincorporated areas of the Kenai Peninsula Borough came up 62 signatures short of the number needed to be placed on the October general election ballot.-Photo by DJ Summers, Morris News Service

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Marijuana ban petition won’t be on October ballot

A citizen initiative seeking to ask voters whether commercial marijuana is legal in the Kenai Peninsula Borough outside…

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Hiker injured in Kachemak Bay State Park bear attack

A Homer man shot and killed a charging sow brown bear at Humpy Creek last Friday. Kim Woodman,…

Gov. Bill Walker, left, listens to Homer mayor Beth Wythe, right, after Walker spoke to the Homer City Council on Tuesday. Homer Adivsory Planning Commissioner Roberta Highland, center, watches. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Walker: Alaskans must pull together to get out of state’s financial crisis

In a talk before the Homer City Council on Tuesday, Gov. Bill Walker mentioned a historic photo of…