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District closer to hiking fees for school-pool use
The price to use Kenai Peninsula Borough School District-owned pools may rise soon. Administrators are developing a proposed…
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Sprout seeks parents of young children for focus group
Sprout Family Services is hosting a focus group to understand community perceptions of Sprout and learn where parents…
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Boat House open house scheduled for Jan. 13
The Boat House Committee and architect Jason Swift from ECI/Hyer Anchorage hold an open house from 5-7 p.m.…
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Regulatory agency gets new head
ANCHORAGE (AP) — Gov. Bill Walker has decided to replace the head of the agency that sets rates…
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Cleanup follows stormy weather
Minor flooding continued on the Anchor Point Road from an ice jam on the Anchor River after a…
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City shuts down Spit camping area
The city on Jan. 1 shut down a winter camping site next to the Seafarers Memorial on the…
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Dead murres pile up on beach
Anyone who has walked Homer’s beaches the past few weeks has seen a horrid event. Every few yards…
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Standard & Poor’s lowers Alaska’s debt rating
Oil prices continue to lurk at less than $40 per barrel, and despite hope for a legislative salve,…
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Lower Peninsula cleans up after storm
A storm with hurricane-force winds that swept through the lower Kenai Peninsula last week knocked out power from…
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Alaska Supreme Court rules setnet ban initiative unconstitutional
The Alaska Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling on Thursday, declaring a ballot initiative to ban setnets…
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Storm knocks out power, floods Anchor, delays Tusty
A storm with winds up to 100 mph roared through the Kenai Peninsula, knocking out power for Homer…
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Nonprofit Needs
Editor’s Note: Every month to accompany the Pay It Forward column, which is coordinated by The Homer Foundation,…
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2015: Weirdest year ever?
As people sit back today and reflect on the past year, 2015 turns out to have been one…