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Voznesenka man convicted in fed court of felon possessing firearms

A federal jury in Anchorage last Wednesday, Nov. 15, found guilty a Voznesenka man for being a felon…

Pinky Sarber skates on Beluga Lake last Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. With clear and cold weather, the lake has frozen enough to support ice skating. A slight dusting of snow last Thursday didn’t affect skating. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Skate away

Clear weather and sub-freezing cold the past few weeks froze Beluga Lake and other Homer area ponds thick…

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Council to host police station work session

Homer residents have another chance to weigh in on the city’s progression toward a new police station. The…

Boxes of food sit assembled on the floor of the United Methodist Church while a large group of volunteers puts together packages for Thanksgiving meals Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. The effort is lead by the Salvation Army and the Kachemak Bay Lions Club, though volunteers and donations come from many other community groups and individuals. The packages with fixings for a Thanksgiving holiday meal go to those who apply to the program. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Several churches, groups are offering free Thanksgiving meals in Homer

Sometimes pulling out all the stops for the Thanksgiving holiday is fun — having the whole family gather…

Mayor Bryan Zak delivers the first meal to be driven by the Homer Senior Citizen Center’s new Subaru to resident Marilyn Prevost on Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. Prevost, 80, has lived in Homer for 73 years and receives some of the more than 3,000 meals given out by the program each year. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer’s Meals on Wheels program gets new Subaru after winning grant

Those who are signed up to get daily deliveries from the Homer Senior Citizens Center’s Meals on Wheels…

A herd of Dall sheep graze on the side of one of the peaks in the Mystery Hills above the Skyline Trail in September 2017 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Photo by Elizabeth Earl/Peninsula Clarion)

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Board of Game upholds sheep spotting restriction

Using an airplane to spot Dall sheep while hunting will stay illegal in the state for now. The…

Veterans from several area outfits participate in a Veterans Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in front of the Islands and Oceans Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer celebrates Veterans Day in style

The increasingly bitter cold could not keep Homer residents from getting out to honor their fellow countrymen on…

This graphic taken from a Homer City Council meeting packet shows the preliminary design of a single story, $6 million police station. (Photo courtesy City of Homer)

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Preliminary concept designs for police station complete

The Homer City Council got its first look last week at what kind of new police station the…

Kachemak Emergency Services firefighter and medic Travis Ogden, pictured here Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 in Homer, Alaska, treated patients in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Las Vegas last month for 10 days on a deployment with the American Red Cross. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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KESA medic treated 19 patients after Las Vegas mass shooting

A Homer-area first responder deployed by the American Red Cross to help in the aftermath of the Las…

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Homer students aid wounded homeless man while on trip to Anchorage for hockey

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

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)

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Planning commission approves conditional use permit for Aspen Hotel across from Safeway

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

Vladimir Martushev, one of the first five families to settle Nikolaevsk, has died

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Vladimir Martushev, one of the first five families to settle Nikolaevsk, has died

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

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City seeks to end land dispute with Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority by purchasing Homer Spit lot

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