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Public gets a peek at possible public safety building scenarios

One floor or two floors? One phase or two phases? It was an agenda of possibilities at the…

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Shark bites Homer man visiting Maui

A Homer man said he is fine after being bitten by a shark last Thursday off the west…

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Consultants gather info, brief community on PARC survey

As an Anchorage consulting firm continues working on the city’s Park, Art, Recreation and Culture, or PARC, assessment,…

Ben Westphal, a senior at Homer High School, surprises the crowd at the Homer Outdoor Film Festival by leading the HoWL Skits ’n Scats crew in a flashmob dance number amid the audience. Westphal choreographed two dance numbers for HoWL’s event.-Photos by Don Pitcher

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Homer outdoor film fest raises funds, celebrates HoWL’s accomplishments

It was an evening of adventure, of hilarity, of community engagement. The Homer Outdoor Film Festival, also known…

The 765-foot Zhen Hua 15 loads the jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence in Kachemak Bay off the Homer Spit on Monday.

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Endeavour leaving Cook Inlet

In a delicate operation about as slow as watching the tide come in, on Monday the 765-foot heavy…

The 765-foot Zhen Hua 15 is anchored in Kachemak Bay on Friday. A heavy-lift vessel from Hong Kong, the Zhen Hua 15 will move the jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence from Alaska next week.

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Endeavour to leave Cook Inlet next week

The Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority sold its stake in Kenai Offshore Ventures for $25.6 million and…

Fran Van Sandt, left, and Amy Shumaker organize the packing of food boxes for the 2012 Lions Club Thanksgiving Basket Program. -Homer News file photo

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Thanksgiving baskets: sharing food for 30-plus years

If it seems like the Kachemak Bay Lions Club, Thanksgiving Basket program has been around forever, well, that…

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Heliport, helipad ordinance causes some confusion

Sometimes more isn’t better, it’s more confusing. Case in point, city of Homer Ordinance 14-49, with 136 words…

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BOEM holds meetings today

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, or BOEM, holds public scoping meetings at noon today in the…

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Helping the helpers

Snow or no snow, it’s becoming that time of year when resources get stretched a bit thin. Summertime…

Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Anchor Point Post, and American Legion Auxiliary, Post 16, salute during the playing of “Taps” at Veterans Day ceremonies at the Veterans Memorial at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center on Tuesday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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VA to vets: Let us help

BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER Sign up. That’s the message Susan Yeager, Alaska director of the U.S. Department…

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Ballot counts change numbers, but not results

Veterans Day may have been a holiday for some, but not for state Elections workers, who continued to…

Geologist Mike McCarthy stands at the base of a recent slide on the beach just west of the end of Saltwater Drive.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer: city on the move

Editor’s Note:  Last week, the Homer News looked at erosion affecting residents of Judy Rebecca Court in the…