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District 30 could get $7 million in capital projects

House District 30 and the lower and central Kenai Peninsula could get $7 million in capital projects if…

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Session goes on, but end in sight

Legislators have their boxes packed, computers have been shipped to local offices and some aides have boarded the…

Mavis Mueller

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‘The Dynamic Three’ featured in Homer Earth Day celebration

Poet Wendy Erd, political commentator Shannyn Moore and community activist-artist Mavis Muller will be the honored guests at…

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Earth Day event: a community celebration

What do electric cars, orchard pigs and prayer flags have in common? Stop by the Alaska Islands and…

The Easter Bunny was the special guest at American Legion Post 16’s Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, but it was the excitement of the egg hunt that had youngsters scouring the yard of the Dillon residence-McKibben Jackinsky

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Easter weekend: a time to build new memories

Fifty years ago, much of Alaska, including Homer, was still shaken by the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. For…

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Man injured in March car accident dies

A Homer man critically injured in a March 3 car crash near Anchor Point has died of his…

Isavra Basargin is back in school after a diving accident in December left him paralyzed.-Photo provided

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Diving accident leaves Razdolna teen paralyzed

Medical appointments took Gavriil and Fenya Basargin of Razdolna and their four children to Anchorage in December. Turning…

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Assembly defeats proposal to reduce its compensation

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly continued its debate about assembly member compensation at its Tuesday meeting in Seward.…

Old Town Artist in Residence Jarod Charzewski, upper right, poses with some of the people who helped create “Buoys and Barrels,” a community art project, last Friday at Bunnell Street Arts Center. From left to right are Michael Walsh, Peter Kauffman, Carl Bice, Asia Freeman, Jeremy Baugh , Wendy Erd, Darien Loftiem, Samantha Inman,  Desiree Hagen, Sarah Frary and Charzewski.-Photo by Michael Armstrong; Homer News

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Book advertising divides council; mayor votes to spend the money

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Book advertising divides council; mayor votes to spend the money

In a 3-3 tie broken by Mayor Beth Wythe, the Homer City Council at its regular meeting Monday…

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Board of Adjustment hears tower appeal

The Homer City Council, acting as the Board of Adjustment, heard an appeal Tuesday night of a conditional…

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Man injured in March car accident dies

A Homer man critically injured in a March 3 car crash near Anchor Point has died of his…

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Council amends recount procedure, takes other actions

Prompted by what Homer City Clerk Jo Johnson called “an inordinate amount of confusion” in city election recount…