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Bed tax fails, sales tax cap goes to ballot

Kenai Peninsula voters will get to decide again if they want to raise the cap on taxable sales…

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News Divers recovered the bodies of three people killed when their plane…

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Council to host police station work session

Members of the Homer City Council will host a work session before their next meeting to discuss their…

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4.9 quake slightly rattles Homer

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook Homer and the lower Kenai Peninsula at 10:18 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10. Homer…

Margaret Anderson, sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s. (Homer News file photo)

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First woman elected to Homer public office dies

Margaret S. Anderson was so unassuming about her many accomplishments that many of today’s Homer residents are unlikely…

Kimberly Ketter

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Vance, Ketter file for Homer City Council

With the deadline to file for two Homer City Council candidates ending at noon Tuesday, Aug. 15, two…

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News Based on counts of visitors who stopped by the Homer Chamber…

Paving, curbs and sidewalks are complete on Homer’s newest street, Eric Lane off West Hill Road. (Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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New road built in Homer

Construction finished last month for Homer’s newest street, Eric Lane, a 1,200-foot side street off the lower end…

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Homer, Kenai play in Bridge tournament

The Kachemak Bay Bridge Club was visited by the Kenai River Kings & Queens last Tuesday. The 36…

Homer Police Officer Ed Stading puts a 27-year-old California man into a patrol vehicle about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday on the Homer Spit near Fish Dock Road. Police later released the man at the scene. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Man injured in Spit stabbing; no charges filed

A fight on the Homer Spit about 1 p.m. Wednesday sent a man to South Peninsula Hospital with…

Recall opponent Alex Koplin, center, with blue sign, joins pro-recall supporters at WKFL Park about 11 a.m. Tuesday as citizens rallied on Pioneer Avenue to state their sides in the recall special election. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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APOC assesses penalty against Heartbeat of Homer; spokesperson of group running for city council

Editor’s note: This story has been changed to list the members of Heartbeat of Homer – Assembly Recall…

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Marine Education conference is Aug. 7-11

Multiple education partners in Homer co-host the Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators (NAME) Conference in Homer next week,…

Peonies rest on a table shortly before a field to vase dinner tour hosted by Certified American Grown Flowers on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at Scenic Place Peony in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer peony farms booming

A recent field to vase dinner and tour at Scenic Place Peonies in Homer helped to highlight the…