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Kachemak Emergency Services volunteers, from left, Kerbey Lyon, Emergency Medical Technician I,  Phillip Boyle, EMT III,  and Joe Sallee, EMT III, pose with their awards by a KES ambulance.

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KESA EMTs win statewide awards

BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER Three Kachemak Emergency Service Area emergency medical technicians took third place in the…

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Outage cuts power to 16,000 meters

An outage at about 1:30 p.m. Nov. 19 cut power to 16,000 Homer Electric Association meters and affected…

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HVFD advises carbon monoxide detector check

A false carbon monoxide alert at a Homer residence earlier this month has prompted the Homer Volunteer Fire…

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Area residents involved with Walker transition

“Energizing and optimistic” was how Nancy Lord of Homer described her participation in two days of meetings last…

James Nelson, left, Science and Operations Officer, National Weather Service, Anchorage, presents the Thomas Jefferson Award to Allan Crawford, right, at a ceremony on Oct. 20 at the National Weather Service Anchorage forecast office.


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Weather observer wins national honor

At his home 8 miles northwest of Homer, weather observer Allan Crawford makes daily records of maximum and…

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Condo owners may pay for what they get

A recommendation from Tom Klinkner, attorney for the city of Homer, may mean local condo owners can relax…

Homer High School students Evan Boyer, Sarah Wolf and Zane Boyer help with the Kachemak Bay Lions Thanksgiving Basket Program at the Homer United Methodist Church on Saturday morning.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer’s recipe for a happy Thanksgiving

Forget the 9 a.m. posted start time for Kachemak Bay Lions Thanksgiving Basket Program’s packing of food boxes…

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Outage cuts power to 16,000 meters

An outage at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday cut power to 16,000 Homer Electric Association meters and affected members…

From left to right, Sherry Stead, Julian McFarlin, Annie Wiard and Diana Jeska serve soup at the Empty Bowls Luncheon last Friday at Homer United Methodist Church. Soup was provided by more than 20 local restaurants. A dozen local potters and students from the Homer High School advanced pottery class donated bowls to be sold and filled with soup. The luncheon raised money for the Homer Community Food Pantry.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Yes, soup for you

Sherry Stead, Julian McFarlin, Annie Wiard and Diana Jeska serve soup at the Empty Bowls Luncheon last Friday…

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Event designed to raise awareness of religious persecution

A report to Homer Police of suspicious activity at the NAPA parking lot on Main Street about 7:20…

Crime & Justice

Police respond to magazine salesmen complaints

Following a rash of citizen complaints last week of suspicious salesmen going door-to-door pitching magazine subscriptions, Homer Police…

Crime & Justice

Police arrest 4 in downtown burglary, theft

Some good old-fashioned police work, including an attentive dispatcher, lead to the arrest this week of four people…

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Wagon Wheel thief pleads guilty, gets 10 days in jail

A former Wagon Wheel employee who took $716 from the Ocean Drive store in September after falsely claiming…