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Homer’s legislators ready to start session, solve state’s budget crisis

As Homer’s legislators get ready to head to Juneau for the start on Jan. 17 of the 30th…

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Sanding the beach?

A city worker spreads sand at the Mariner Park parking lot on the Homer Spit last Friday. Cold…

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Homer man gets 14 years for child abuse, porn

In a case that dates back to 2008, a Homer man pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual abuse of…

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Despite threat of repeal, sign up goes on for Obamacare insurance

Although President-elect Donald Trump has said he considers it a priority to repeal the Affordable Care Act, President…

Jennadean Bateman helps fills "Blessing Bags" with items to donate to homeless teens at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Homer in September.-photo provided

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Community has not forgotten problem of teen homelessness

Community members are working to find solutions for the issue of teen homeless in the Homer area ranging…

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Game board to consider wolf control on lower peninsula

The Alaska Board of Game plans to debate a proposal at its Bethel meeting that would reauthorize a…

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Assembly declines to change policy on invocations

Assembly declines to change policy on invocations The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly voted not to change its invocation…

Randall White, co-event lead chairperson for Relay for Life in Homer, backflips into the 40 degree Homer harbor water. Eighteen people jumped into the water at the first Homer Halibut Plunge, raising $1300 for the American Cancer Society, White said. Those who missed out can join in on the frigid fun next year, as the group plans to make it an annual event.

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2016: The news in review

January Homer’s beaches became the site of an environmental horror show as dead murres washed ashore in December…

Sherry Bess is retiring after 22 years as Homer's animal control officer.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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After 27 years of caring for Homer’s strays, Bess is taking some time off

From a building smaller than a lot of Homer dry cabins to a modern, heated animal shelter, Animal…

RoseMarie Daily checks her naughty and nice list dressed as Mrs. Claus at the Homer Senior Citizens fashion show in November.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Seniors’ project involves all ages

Homer Senior Citizens Inc. wants to better connect all generations in the Homer community to ease loneliness, improve…

Richard W. "Toby" Tyler

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Toby Tyler – ‘pillar of art community’ – dies

In homes and businesses throughout Homer and Alaska — and even the Lower 48 — almost everyone has…

South Peninsula Hospital nurse Rebecca Lundquist displays the Melissa Ann Peters Memorial Award she was recently given in recognition of her lifelong commitment to the nursing profession, for championing trauma care, and for her service across Alaska as a flight nurse, dynamic educator and humanitarian. The award was given by the Governor's Alaska council on Emergency Medical Services, or ACEMS.

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South Peninsula Hospital nurse receives statewide honor

A South Peninsula Hospital nurse has received statewide recognition for her lifelong commitment to the nursing profession, for…

Mossy Kilcher, left, poses with her niece, Jewel Kilcher, right, at the taping Dec. 11 and 13 in Nashville of "Holiday Homecoming with Jewel." The show airs at 9 a.m. Christmas Day locally on KTVA CBS Channel 11 and at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on other CBS TV stations.

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Homer Kilcher clan joins Jewel for holiday special

Homer will get a Christmas morning treat when CBS broadcasts a holiday special with the Kilcher family. “Holiday…