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Kenai high school put on lockdown after student receives threatening text

A 15-year-old student was arrested at his home in Kenai after police said he sent a threatening text…

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Assembly sends food tax exemption change to voters

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct errors. The non-prepared food item tax measure approved by…

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Council to seek Supreme Court review of judge’s order

At an emergency meeting Wednesday night, the Homer City Council said it will petition the Alaska Supreme Court…

Homer artist Dan Coe, above, finishes a painting he did during a First Friday “paint in” on the back deck of the Homer Elks Lodge. At right, Coe starts his work. Organizers plan to have an artist every First Friday create an original work at the lodge. -Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Painting by the Bay

John Straley

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Lifelong Learning event celebrates Homer

How a community nurtures learning, and how libraries inspire that, kept coming up in speeches last Saturday for…

Time to talk about state income tax, says Seaton

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Time to talk about state income tax, says Seaton

In a move designed to start a conversation on other sources of state funding beyond oil and gas…

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Judge orders city to stop ‘unlawful’ gas assessments for condo owners

In a harsh rebuke to how the city of Homer assessed condominiums for the Homer Natural Gas Assessment…

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Body of missing Homer man found in Kodiak harbor

KODIAK (AP) — The body of a Homer man missing in Kodiak since Feb. 22 has been recovered.…

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Grant Lake hydroelectric project open to comments

Plans for a controversial hydroelectric plant are available for public examination in their most detailed form to date.…

Gardening all about enjoying it

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Gardening all about enjoying it

It WILL snow. Do not fear it. Our environment needs water and snow is one way to get…

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Kenai road proposal criticized

KENAI — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has criticized the City of Kenai’s proposal for a road…

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Judge orders city to cease assessing condos differently

In a harsh rebuke to how the city of Homer assessed condominiums, Kenai Superior Court Judge Charles Huguelet…

Crocuses have started to bloom around town, as seen in these flowers at the Homer Electric Association boxes.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Purple reign