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Sydney Paulino, center, acts out a scene from a teen-suicide prevention film being made last week at Homer High School.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer youths creating suicide-prevention film

It’s a scene common to most any American high school. A girl walks down a crowded hallway, students…

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No injuries in Katmai National Park plane crash

A pilot and five passengers walked away from a Cessna 206 plane crash Sunday on a bear viewing…

Thinking ‘outside the bus’  gives Homer public transit

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Thinking ‘outside the bus’ gives Homer public transit

It isn’t a train, a streetcar or a bus. It’s a brand new Dodge minivan with room for…

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NOAA to hold teleconference on halibut plan

Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries and the Homer Chamber of Conference and Visitor Center…

Cash Allen Lewark-Photo provided

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U.S. Marshals seek suspect with ties to Alaska

The U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, in conjunction with the California Department of Corrections are seeking the public’s…

Mark Matthews: His death has been ruled a homicide. A reward leading to the arrest and conviction of Matthews’ killer is being offered.-Photo provided

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Reward doubled in trail homicide

Following a forensic examination and further investigation, Homer Police have ruled the death of Mark Matthews, 61, a…

Super Saturated Sugar Strings performs-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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The first two families that landed on Ninilchik’s shores in the mid-1800s could never have imagined a gathering…

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Hearing again continued for Resetarits brothers

With the 1-year anniversary coming up next month for the Sept. 8, 2012, teen drinking party incident in…

Mark Matthews in a recent photo.-Photo provided, Mark Matthews family

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Death of Homer man ruled homicide

Following a forensic examination and further investigation, Homer Police have ruled the death of Mark Matthews, 61, a…

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No injuries in Kamishak Bay plane crash

A pilot and five passengers walked away from a Cessna 206 plane crash on a bear viewing trip…

A Port of Homer truck blocks off Ice Dock Road on the Homer Spit during an evacuation and closure of the Fish Dock Road area on Monday afternoon. A possible carbon dioxide leak from a refrigeration unit at the Auction Block prompted harbor officials to close the area. The possible leak was caused by a refrigeration unit problem related to a power outage on the Spit and along the Sterling Highway.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Power outage shuts down Spit, other areas

  An electrical equipment failure shut down power from the Safeway grocery store on the Sterling Highway to…

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Hearing continued in 2012 boat arson case

A change of plea hearing scheduled for Monday in the case of Makai “Mike” Martushoff, 59, has been…

Photo by Dave Lyon

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Down, but not forgotten

The Surfbird sinks off the Deep Water Dock on Saturday afternoon. A salvage crew was attempting to refloat…