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    From left to right, Payton Tobin, Rita Burnham and Jill Burnham stand by fishing gear removed from a whale on June 22.-Photo by Deborah Boege-Tobin
    Humpback whale freed from mooring line
    By Michael Armstrong • June 29, 2016 4:46 pm

    A volunteer trained in disentangling whales and a National Oceanic and Atmoshpheric Administration law enforcement officer freed a juvenile humpback…

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    Pot ban petition fizzles
    Pot ban petition fizzles
    By Michael Armstrong • June 29, 2016 4:43 pm

    Editor’s note: The story has been updated to clarify why the citizen group did not turn in signatures. A citizen…

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    Council puts police station bond on ballot
    Council puts police station bond on ballot
    By Michael Armstrong • June 29, 2016 4:42 pm

    From police patrol cars to possibly a new station, the Homer City Council at its regular Monday night meeting offered…

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    Robin, David, April and Doug Stammen pose for a photo outside the Garden Cottage where they stayed at Bear Canyon Cottages in Homer. The Stammens were sent to Homer by A Special Wish Foundation to fulfill 16-year-old David's wish to halibut fish in Alaska.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News
    Ohio teen fulfills wish of halibut fishing in...
    By Anna Frost • June 29, 2016 4:42 pm

    David Stammen of Sidney, Ohio reeled in his first halibut aboard a Homer Ocean Charter boat on Tuesday, June 21…

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    The Exchange operates out of the South Peninsula Hospital Training Center on Pioneer Avenue. People coming to exchange syringes enter through the door at the back of the building, which allows them to come into the building without being seen from the street.
    Syringe exchange provides health services, sterile tools
    By Anna Frost • June 22, 2016 5:19 pm

    If an intravenous drug user goes into The Exchange at the South Peninsula Hospital Training Center to dispose of their…

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    Stephen R. Boyle is lead into the Homer Courthouse about 11 a.m. Friday, June 17, 2016, in Homer, Alaska. Boyle was arraigned on six counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor. He is the deputy chief for Kachemak Emergency Services.
    Deputy KES chief gets bail in sex abuse...
    By Michael Armstrong • June 22, 2016 5:18 pm

    Homer District Court Judge Margaret Murphy set bail and conditions of release on Wednesday for Stephen R. Boyle, 43, a…

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    Homer residents and visitors from abroad wrote down words of encouragement and support to show solidarity with the Orlando, Fla. LGBTQ community in their time of grief and mourning after the June 12 mass shooting at the nightclub Pulse.
    Homer shows Love for Orlando
    By Anna Frost • June 22, 2016 5:18 pm

    A group of Homer residents and visitors gathered around the gazebo in WKFL Park on Friday evening and read the…

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    Judicial services and jail officers lead Stephen R. Boyle into the Homer Courthouse about 11 a.m. Friday. Boyle was arraigned on six counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor. He is the deputy chief for Kachemak Emergency Services.                             -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Deputy KES chief arrested for sexual abuse of...
    By Michael Armstrong • June 17, 2016 3:31 pm

    Homer Police on Thursday arrested Stephen R. Boyle, the deputy fire chief for Kachemak Emergency Services, on six counts of…

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    Fishermen flocked to the banks of the Ninilchik River near Ninilchik,
    Fish & Game opens Ninilchik River to king...
    By Staff report • June 17, 2016 12:32 pm

    The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced today that the Ninilchik River will open to the harvest of hatchery-reared…

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    Sophia Park, left, and Neviya Reed of Team Puppies pause for a photo during the 2015 Relay for Life.
    Relay for Life is Saturday
    June 16, 2016 4:20 pm

             Homer Relay for Life, the annual American Cancer Society fundraiser, is 10 a.m.-midnight Saturday at the…

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    In Brief: Syringe exchange  program starts Tuesday
    In Brief: Syringe exchange program starts Tuesday
    June 16, 2016 3:51 pm

    A pilot syringe exchange program, The Exchange, starts with its first event from 5-7 p.m. next Tuesday, June 21, at…

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    Proposal would move hospital service area south
    Proposal would move hospital service area south
    By Elizabeth Earl • June 15, 2016 6:25 pm

    A proposed ordinance before the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly would move the hospital service area boundary south. The move would…

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    Wading weather  Warm temperatures on Tuesday prompted this group of young people to dip their toes in Kachemak Bay to cool off.
    Photo: Wading weather
    June 15, 2016 5:58 pm

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