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Kyra Wagner stands by her beehouse at her house off East End Road. The wire protects her hives from being destroyed by bears.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Spring buzz

As spring bursts around the state, Alaskans note the changing of the season in many ways. Sandhill cranes…

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Jury selection still under way in murder trial

Jury selection stalled this week for the trial of DeMarqus Green as the court ran out of qualified…

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Seldovia fisherman found dead in K-Bay

Alaska State Troopers have recovered the body of a Seldovia fisherman reported missing while on a boating trip…

A truck heads east on Kachemak Drive from the Homer Spit Road about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The road reopened that night after workers repaired a mudslide that happened April 19. The mudslide pushed a clump of spruce trees into Mud Bay, seen at right in the photo.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Kachemak Drive reopens to traffic

Just nine days after a mudslide took out part of Kachemak Drive on the west end, repairs have…

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Lawmakers plan to work on marijuana bills over interim

JUNEAU — Alaska lawmakers say they will continue working on marijuana bills over the interim. Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux,…

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Nonprofit Needs

Homer Animal Friends needs a volunteer staff to spend a few hours at our new store. Donations of gently…

Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities workers inspect a repaired section of Kachemak Drive on Tuesday afternoon. The road should reopen Tuesday night.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Kachemak Drive to open Tuesday night

With the last bit of work to be done this afternoon, the west end of Kachemak Drive should…

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City, Castner agree to stay in judge’s order

The city of Homer and Ken Castner last Friday agreed to a stay of a judge’s order enforcing…

Lukyan Dax, 10, and Calvin Anderson,14, celebrate the distinction of being HoWL’s “Dirtiest DiRtBaGs” of 2014, each picking up more than 100 bags of trash during Cleanup Week in 2014. HoWL’s Cleanup week starts Monday and coincides with the community cleanup day on May 2.-Photo provided

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Youth take to streets to clean up

Spring is the perfect time for cleaning up after all of winter’s accumulation, and from April 27 to…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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A Homer Treasure

Mary Epperson, right, visits with Joy Steward, left, at a reception on Sunday at AJ’s Old Town Steakhouse…

Rodger McCampbell

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Ranger Roger retires

The history of Alaska State Parks Chief Ranger Roger MacCampbell’s career mirrors that of lower Kenai Peninsula state…

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Seldovia Bay Ferry releases schedule for summer season

Operated by Seldovia Village Tribe, the M/V Kachemak Voyager and the Seldovia Bay Ferry starts its summer schedule…

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Assembly takes food tax measure off table

After a lengthy debate about the morality of taxing food, funding for public schools, revenue for local cities…