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Police find basket vandal, but no charges yet filed

Tire tracks and a tip lead police last week to the man who burned and then destroyed the…

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Halibut Festival includes serious talk amid the fun

For many Homer residents, last weekend’s inaugural Halibut Festival provided an opportunity to be immersed in the marine…

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Body of missing Colorado man found near Kenai Lake shore

The body of 34-year-old Daniel Compeau, a Colorado man who went missing near Kenai Lake last month, has…

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Cannabis panel waits for state to finish regs

Now that cannabis, also known as marijuana, has been made legal in Alaska for possession and ultimately cultivation,…

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Mediation yields no results for school district, associations

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District and the Kenai Peninsula Education and the Kenai Peninsula Education Support associations…

Candidates for Homer City Council attend a debate at the Homer Public Library last Friday. From left to right are Joni Wise, Donna Aderhold, Beauregard Burgess, Tom Stroozas and Heath Smith. Candidate Bob Howard was not able to attend the debate. Micheal Neece’s name is on the ballot, but he said he has withdrawn from the race for two seats on the council.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Budget, beaches, bud hot subjects at debate

Homer got its first look at most of the Homer City Council candidates last Friday for the Friends…

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Co-op oysters safe despite Halibut Cove PSP scare

Although the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation last week shut down a Halibut Cove oyster farm because of…

R.E.C Room receives donations from Homer Elks

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R.E.C Room receives donations from Homer Elks

Homer Elks Lodge No. 2127 Exhaulted Ruler Justin Cole, second from right, and Marlena “Mo” Hodgdon PER and…

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Smoked seafood school offered in Kodiak

The Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program is offering a three-day smoked seafood school in Kodiak, Oct. 7-9.…

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Emergency listing sought for Prince of Wales Island wolves

ANCHORAGE — Six conservation groups have asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to use an emergency endangered…

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Funny River man improving after bear attack on Sunday

A Funny River resident is improving after being attacked by a brown bear near his home on Sunday.…

Mavis Muller speaks at Sunday’s Burning Basket.-photo by Michael Armstrong

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Vandals can’t stop Burning Basket event

Despite an attempted torching on Friday night and destruction of the Burning Basket early Sunday at Mariner Park,…

Decorated buoys on display at Alice’s Champagne Palace will be auctioned off during the Homer Halibut Festival.-Photo by Aryn Young

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First HALIBUT FEST: celebrating Homer’s big flatfish

Homer and halibut go hand in hand. After all, anyone can see from the top of Baycrest hill…