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App gets people out to catch some monsters

Soldotna Creek Park’s playground looks safe enough in the sunshine with kids clambering over monkey bars, but to…

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Burn permits suspended

The Alaska Division of Forestry has issued a burn permit suspension as of 8 a.m. July 18 for…

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Chenault: House asks Senate for joint session on overrides

JUNEAU — The Alaska House has asked the Senate to meet in joint session to consider potential overrides…

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Grand jury indicts Vanbuskirk for Short Stop, espresso robbery

A Homer man who had robbery charges dismissed has now been indicted on three counts of first-degree robbery…

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Corrections

A caption for a photo in the July 7 Homer News incorrectly described how Joy Steward was named…

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NTSB releases preliminary report on Cove Crash

The National Transportation Safety Board last Friday released its preliminary report of a July 3 plane crash in…

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Sports physical clinic open to high school students, one day only

Homer Medical Center is hosting a sports physical clinic from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 16.…

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Early voting starts Aug. 1 at the Homer City Clerk’s office.

Early voting starts Aug. 1 at the Homer City Clerk’s office. Deadline to register online is 11:59 p.m.…

Samantha Cunningham, left, shows Bobby News how to work an automatic external defibrilator at the Anchor Point Senior Center. Cunningham is the Kenai Peninsula Borough Emergency Medical Services coordinator and Ness is president of the senior center board. Cunningham helped get a $43,000 grant from the Tesoro Foundation to install AEDs in public places on the peninsula, including Anchor Point.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Anchor Point gets life-saving machine

Search on Pulse Point, a smart phone app that locates nearby public-access automated external defibrillators, and in downtown…

Rep. Paul Seaton, R-Homer, rides a scooter in the Homer Fourth of July Parade.

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Republicans vie for District 31 seat

If lower Kenai Peninsula voters want a choice of who will represent them in the Alaska House for…

Cathy Stingley and Friends play lively music during South Peninsula Hospital's 60th Anniversary Party on Saturday, July 9.

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Community celebrates SP hospital’s 60 years with barbecue, camaraderie

Homer residents — young, old and in between — came together on Saturday, July 9, to celebrate the…

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School board revises transportation, operating budgets

The Board of Education approved a revised FY17 Operating budget at its Monday meeting, including a transfer of…

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Voter registration deadline nears

July 17 is the deadline to register to vote or update voter registration for the Aug. 16 primary…