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Who’s running for Homer mayor?

Editor’s note: This story has been changed to reflect that Chris Story is not running for Homer City…

The new Harbormaster Office will offer increased views of harbor activity.-Artist’s rendering

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Harbor office construction begins with award of bid

After, well, who knows how many years exactly, a new Homer Harbormaster’s Office is finally going to happen.…

Kim McNett kayaks around the new dock at the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies Peterson Bay Field Station.

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Sitting on the dock of the bay: CACS gets new access

Since the early days when the Peterson Bay Field Station opened in 1983, visitors to the Center for…

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GOP U.S. Senate candidates target issues, each other in Homer debate

Eileen Becker was clear about her reason for organizing Tuesday’s debate between Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, Joe…

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Navarre named to gasline advisory board

By KAYLEE OSOWSKI Gov. Sean Parnell named the members of the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board last…

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Homer chef to compete in seafood cook-off

Well-known Homer chef Chef Mandy Dixon will  represent Alaska in the 11th annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off at…

At right, Petty Officer 1st Class Kevin Biggs and Petty Officer 2nd Class Chris Moe remove worn engine parts aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory in Homer. Biggs and Moe are both machinery technicians who worked on the cutter’s top-end overhaul to prepare for the aids-to-navigation season.-Photo provided

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Hickory conducts overhaul on main propulsion engine

As part of an in-port maintenance period this week, the Homer-based Coast Guard Cutter Hickory conducted a top-end…

Mark Marette of Trails and Horse Adventures received the “best of show animal” award. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Parade and sunshine: a winning combination

Crowds of spectators lined Pioneer Avenue on Friday to watch the annual Fourth of July parade. Organized by…

Katie Jo Brock of Homer tosses the Braemar stone.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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31 compete in Highland Games

31 compete in Highland Games   BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER The 2014 Homer Highland Games on Saturday…

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Voters to advise assembly on animal control

Voters on Oct. 7 will be asked to advise the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly whether the borough should…

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Kachemak Selo school site gets board approval

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education approved a site for a proposed new Kachemak Selo…

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Troopers say alcohol likely a factor in fatal ATV crash

In three separate incidents last week, vehicle crashes killed a Wasilla woman and injured two Homer women. Police…

Jesse Rogde makes a rough dismount during bullriding competition at the Ninilchik Rodeo on Saturday. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Participants, crowds top the rodeo charts

It was standing room only at the Ninilchik Rodeo on Saturday, as a crowd of more than 650…