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    Homer students aid wounded homeless man while on trip to Anchorage for hockey
    Homer students aid wounded homeless man while on...
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:37 am

    Several young Homer hockey players got more than they bargained for this past weekend during a trip to Anchorage to…

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    This image taken from a Homer Advisory Planning Commission meeting packet shows the proposed location of an Aspen Hotel in town, which the commission recently granted a conditional use permit. (Photo courtesy City of Homer)
    Planning commission approves conditional use permit for Aspen...
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:37 am

    Workers could break ground on a new 72-room Aspen Hotel in Homer by May 2018 if all goes according to…

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    Vladimir Martushev, one of the first five families to settle Nikolaevsk, has died
    Vladimir Martushev, one of the first five families...
    By Michael Armstrong • November 2, 2017 10:51 am

    In 1968, the first five families arrived at the site of what would become Nikolaevsk, Alaska’s first Russian Old Believer…

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    City seeks to end land dispute with Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority by purchasing Homer Spit lot
    City seeks to end land dispute with Alaska...
    By Megan Pacer • November 2, 2017 10:47 am

    The Homer City Council introduced an ordinance at its Monday meeting that seeks to end a years-long legal dispute over…

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    Dream home plans changed by fall, paralysis
    Dream home plans changed by fall, paralysis
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 2, 2017 10:46 am

    When Yvonne Bouchard and Russ Morse vacationed in Homer two years ago they knew they’d found the place they wanted…

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    Charlie Pierce speaks during a forum for borough mayoral candidates in September. Pierce is headed for a runoff election against Linda Hutchings on Oct. 24. (Photo by Will Morrow/Peninsula Clarion)
    Pierce wins borough mayor’s seat
    By Elizabeth Earl • October 31, 2017 6:29 pm

    Charlie Pierce will take over as mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough. The final vote tally Tuesday showed Pierce leading…

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    Goat Hunts Open Nov. 1
    Goat Hunts Open Nov. 1
    By Staff report • October 26, 2017 9:48 am

    The Kenai Peninsula late-season registration goat hunt opens Nov. 1 and runs through Nov. 14. Healthy mountain goat numbers on…

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    Take a day to be well for Health Fair
    Take a day to be well for Health...
    By Megan Pacer • October 26, 2017 9:47 am

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Not Christmas, but the time when Homer residents can access free and…

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    Homer drafts budget for fiscal year 2018
    Homer drafts budget for fiscal year 2018
    By Megan Pacer • October 26, 2017 9:47 am

    It’s budget season once again, and city of Homer residents still have time to weigh in on said budget before…

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    Tyler Partin pretends to eviscerate fellow crew member Ben Bergeron during this year’s Haunted Hickory aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. Hundreds of residents young and old line up to have the living daylights scared out of them by the Hickory crew and their families, who spend nearly two full days decking out the ship. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    All aboard, if you dare: Haunted Hickory returns...
    By Megan Pacer • October 25, 2017 9:16 pm

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    Burglars hit Anchor Point businesses, cabins
    Burglars hit Anchor Point businesses, cabins
    By Michael Armstrong • October 19, 2017 10:21 am

    Burglars have robbed several lower Kenai Peninsula businesses and cabins since early September, stealing firearms, a vehicle, chainsaws, high-end fishing…

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    Mairiis “Mossy” Kilcher tells a story during a panel called Women Pioneers Speak on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 at the Homer Senior Citizens Center in Homer, Alaska. Four women whose families homesteaded in Alaska told tales of the early days to a crowd eager for stories. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Women pioneers talk early Alaska days
    By Megan Pacer • October 19, 2017 10:19 am

    Graduation held in an airport hangar, harrowing commutes to work across the tumultuous Cook Inlet, and mail dropped by airplanes…

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    Elks distribute drug disposal bags
    Elks distribute drug disposal bags
    By Michael Armstrong • October 12, 2017 1:01 pm

    As part of its mission to increase awareness of drug abuse, Alaska’s 15 Elks Lodges have partnered with the Alaska…

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