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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

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to add a statement from Heartbeat of Homer’s attorney. The Alaska…

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Council stands by permanent fund decision

Homer’s loan for the construction of its library will officially be paid off in full, now that members…

Homer Police Officer Jim Knott walks about 12:45 p.m. Monday, July 24, 2017 by a broken guardrail where a truck plunged over the edge of the bluff at the Baycrest Hill turnout in Homer, Alaska. Kachemak Emergency Services and Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters searched for possible crash victims in a ravine below. Rescuers found a truck that had plunged over the edge, but did not find any victims. Friends of Thayr Watson, 32, later stopped by the scene to tell them Watson had crashed the truck earlier that weekend and was OK. Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News

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Short search ensues after truck found fallen off Baycrest Hill; driver had crashed days earlier

Homer Police continue investigating an incident in which a Homer man crashed his truck off Baycrest Hill over…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News From left to right: Josey Palm, Winter Herrmann and Elizabeth Parker welcome Oscar the ferret to their classroom at the Girassol Learning Center on Friday, July 21, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. Their class was treated to a special visit from the ferret and his owner, Jeannette Aragones, who read her book called “I Am Oscar. I Am in Charge.”

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A furry Friday: Oscar the ferret visits kids’ class for book reading

Several youngsters got a special treat Friday when Oscar the ferret, and his brother Cosmo, crashed a class…

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Port Graham man faces federal charges after faked death

A Port Graham man and his girlfriend face federal charges after the two conspired to fake his death…

Members of the Homer Police Department and the Homer Volunteer Fire Department investigate the scene of a two-vehicle, head-on crash between a black pickup truck and a navy blue Subaru on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at the intersection of Pioneer Avenue and Main Street in Homer, Alaska. One woman, the driver of the Subaru, was taken from the scene in an ambulance. The pickup was driven from the scene. Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News

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One woman injured after two-vehicle crash

One woman was taken by ambulance to the hospital following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Pioneer…

Aaron Glidden, a member of Kachemak Emergency Services, makes his way down the slope near Baycrest Overlook on Monday, July 24, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. First responders found a pickup truck that had fallen over the edge after hitting a guard rail on the Sterling Highway, and searched for a possible victim until getting a report that the driver had crashed several days earlier and had walked away uninjured. Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News

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First responders find truck off Baycrest Overlook; driver not hurt

This story has been updated at 5:20 p.m. to confirm that Homer Police contacted the crash victim. Members…

This photo from a National Transportation Safety Board report shows Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff’s Cessna 206 colliding with a tree, causing a float to break off, during a crash on July 3, 2016 in Halibut Cove, Alaska. The NTSB noted Rogoff’s attempted landing took place over glassy water conditions. (Photo courtesy NTSB)

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Glassy water cited in 2016 Halibut Cove plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board has released new details on a July 2016 plane crash in Halibut Cove,…

The Roof of the Arctic group pose for a photo next to whale jaws. From left to right are Bjørn Olson, Alayne Tetor, Kim McNett and Daniel Countiss. (Photo courtesy Bjørn Olson)

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Couple completes first fat bike journey from Point Hope to Utqiagvik

In the past 10 years since fat bikes have become popular for riding on beaches and snow in…

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Correction

Correction: In a July 17, 2017, story, “Ethics complaint could be denied,” the Homer News incorrectly described Anchorage…

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HEA fixes lower peninsula outages

Homer Electric Association tackled two outages this week covering much of the lower Kenai Peninsula that left thousands…

Need for assisted living homes increasing

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Need for assisted living homes increasing

Two words — “Oh, yeah!” — are all it takes for Ruth Babcock to know the importance of…

Members of the Homer Special Election Canvass Board to a hand count of the last batch of ballots on June 16, 2017, afternoon in the Cowles Council Chambers, Homer City Hall. From left to right are City Clerk Melissa Jacobsen, Deputy City Clerk Renee Krause, board member Terry Meyer and board member Maryann Lyda. The election to recall Homer City Council members Donna Aderhold, David Lewis and Catriona Reynolds failed, with the “no” votes winning by 57 percent for Aderhold and Lewis and 56 percent for Reynolds.

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Ethics complaint could be denied because it violated confidentiality

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated on July 17 to clarify that attorney Stacey Stone did not…