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State closes child care facility after one child hurt by another

Following an assault on a child by another child at a Homer child care facility, the Alaska Department…

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Atwater announces resignation as school district superintendent

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Superintendent Steve Atwater announced his resignation during his superintendent’s report to the Board…

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Resetarits trial won’t be held next week

The trial for two brothers charged with sexual assault that was scheduled to begin next week has been…

Jim Herold of Charleston, S.C., rides on the Homer Spit on Tuesday afternoon. Herold finished the Hoka Hey 2014 Challenge at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday. He has finished all five Hoka Hey challenges, including the first one in 2010. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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First riders finish Hoka Hey Challenge

Seven days and 16 hours after they left Key West, Fla., the first riders finished the 2014 Hoka…

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‘Splash Bash’ celebrates clean water, healthy salmon

Author and scientist Dr. David Montgomery will speak at Cook Inletkeeper’s 17th annual “Splash Bash,” a free, public…

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Resetarits brothers’ assault trial slated to start Monday in Homer

The trial date for two brothers charged with sexual assault remains scheduled for Monday, but a hearing late…

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Nonprofit Needs

Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic & The R.E.C. Room needs volunteers to help with the Breast Cancer Run…

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One year later: Unsolved murder top priority for Homer police

A year after someone killed a Homer man near a popular downtown trail, Homer’s only unsolved murder remains…

Brush and trees line the path to the Homer Public Library and along Hazel Avenue.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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City makes plans to clear brush from Town Center, library land

Walk down a trail from the Homer Public Library to the Poopdeck Trail, and with brush in full…

A gull intrudes at the Buttwhacker cleaning table.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Gulls descend on cleaning tables

Cries of “fish on” and the splash of jumping silver salmon are welcome signs that after years of…

Roan Hall, left, poses with Flo Larson on Monday at Finn’s Pizza on the Homer Spit. He received the first Peter Larson scholarship, a $1,000 award.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Chugiak student awarded first Peter Larson scholarship

Roan Hall, 16, of Chugiak, has become the first recipient of the AFS-Peter Larson Memorial Scholarship. Hall was…

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No decision on natural gas condo assessments

In spite of Superior Court Judge Charles Huguelet’s decision in Castner vs. the city of Homer, condominium owners…

Father Robert Leising tends the garden at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.-Photo by Toni Ross

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Harvest from these gardens helps others

From swapping plant starts in the springtime to sharing ripe produce in the fall, gardens inspire an attitude…