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State hopes database will speed up Native land claims
The State of Alaska has created a database with more than 8 million acres of land listed in…
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Buccaneer temporarily moves jack-up rig to Port Graham
Although Homer city officials said they hoped the jack-up rig Endeavour-Spirit of Independence would moor at the Deep…
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Kenai re-elects Porter as mayor
The final ballots were reviewed Tuesday and numbers show voters re-elected Mayor Pat Porter to serve the city…
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Man arrested for trying to get into woman’s van
A Homer woman had a brief scare late last month when Homer Police said a drunk man tried…
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Assembly certifies borough results
The six-member Canvass Board of the Kenai Peninsula Borough met Tuesday to tally 1,295 questioned, absentee and special…
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Officials still investigating fatal Nikolaevsk house fire
Investigators have not yet determined the cause of a fire last Thursday that killed a 46-year-old man at…
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Best offense against break-ins is strong defense, say police
The recent theft and damage done to the Salvation Army Thrift Store on Pioneer Avenue has some good…
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Golden Days
Homer might not have the brilliant reds of New England maple trees, but the golds and yellows of…
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Zak pulls ahead to win re-election
In a squeaker of an election, incumbent Homer City Council member Bryan Zak made up a four-vote deficit…
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Fourth-place candidate asks for recount of city election
Even though he finished 255 votes behind Bryan Zak, the second-place candidate in the Homer City Council election,…
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Zak pulls ahead to win re-election to Homer City Council
In a squeaker of an election, after the city elections canvass board tallied absentee and other votes on…
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Hospice training a ‘personal journey’
Charlie Gibson wasn’t so sure he would enjoy volunteer work with Hospice of Homer. “I thought it was…