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Murkowski, Sullivan receive committee assignments

JUNEAU (AP) — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has retained her spot on the Senate Appropriations Committee, while incoming…

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Seldovia seeking new police chief

Following the resignation in late October of Seldovia Police Chief Shad Haller, the city of Seldovia is seeking…

Matt North, center, co-owner of Alice’s Champagne Palace, samples some food made by chef Ryan Lee, right, in glasses, as other Alice’s workers zoom around the bar and restaurant.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Alice’s reopens Friday

On Monday as the owners and staff made final preparations for reopening Alice’s Champagne Palace, the atmosphere felt…

Making room for Santa are, from left, front row: Juan Sarimento, Cassidy Lush, Nolan “Santa” Bunting and Zane Wilkinson; middle row: Evan Boyer, August Kilcher and Zane Boyer; and back row: Remi Nagle, Jayce Miller, Hale Wilkinson and Damon Del Toro.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Santa takes center stage

The Homer High School concert choir, directed by Kyle Schneider, is joined by a special guest during the…

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Interim city manager named

A 22-year veteran in Alaska municipal government has been named interim city manager for Homer.  Marvin Yoder will…

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Don Jose’s burglary latest in rash of thefts

A burglary early Sunday morning of Don Jose’s Restaurant on Pioneer Avenue is the latest in a string…

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Council passes budget

If the Homer City Council does nothing else all year, to keep the city of Homer running, it…

Students in the Kachemak Bay Campus’ Semester by the Bay program pose in front of the Stejneger’s beaked whale they articulated. From left are Ryan Ward, Miranda Domico, biology professor Debbie Tobin, Chandler Jennings, Ashley Bothwell, Clarissa Perkins, Adriana Ferello, Lauren McCaslin and Shelby Spade. Not pictured is Stephen Fogarsi.-Photo by Lindsay Olsen

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Designed to inspire

Last Friday, students gathered in Kachemak Bay Campus’ Bayview Hall as the skeleton of a Stejneger’s beaked whale…

Homer City Manager Walt Wrede, right, gives Homer Mayor Beth Wythe a hug after she finishes making comments about his 12 years of service during Monday’s city council meeting. Wrede’s last day on the job is Dec. 31.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Public praises Wrede’s work

It was saved until the end of Monday’s regular city council meeting, but the lineup at the microphone,…

An American coot hides in grass at Beluga Slough last Saturday afternoon. Common in the Lower 48, coots are rare in Alaska. Local birders reported seeing the coot last Friday, too. It was feeding near where Beluga Lake empties into the slough.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Saturday will be the end of an era, Betsteroids. That’s right. On 12/13/14 it will be the last…

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No contact means no contact, say police

When a protective order says “no contact” with the person filing an order, that means no contact —…

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Changes on horizon for school district’s health-care program

As structural changes to health care insurance delivery continue to roll out under the Affordable Health Care Act…

In 2012 the community Christmas tree was lit for the first time at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center.-Photo by Jim Lavrakas

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Christmas Tree Lighting: It’s Happening Friday

BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER As Homer holiday traditions go, some have endured for decades, like the Nutcracker…