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Open house features state’s road projects

Pilot cars, new pavement, new striping. Homer’s seen it all this summer. And it isn’t over yet.  The…

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Filing period for borough, city candidates now open

If you ever wondered why an elected official voted this way or that, or were determined you could…

This map of the Kenai Peninsula House and enate districts show the Alaska Redistricting Board’s proposal. Homer would be in House District 31-P and Seldovia and Halibut Cove in House District 32-P.-Map provided, Alaska Redistricting Board

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Latest election districts a lot like pre-2012

Homer will go forward into the past with a redistricting plan passed last month by the Alaska Redistricting…

First Lady Sandy Parnell, left, and Gov. Sean Parnell, right, serve food to Thomas and Joanne Munger during the Governor’s Family Picnic at Karen Hornaday Park. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Gov. Parnell talks Alaska with Homer

On his visit to Homer last Thursday to be the host of the fifth Governor’s Family Picnic held…

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Homer planning commission rejects heliport permit

The Homer Advisory Planning Commission has denied a conditional use permit application by Eric Lee of Slingblade Aviation…

Nervis Rex plays at last weekend’s Concert on the Lawn, the major fundraiser for public radio station KBBI.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Another rockin’ COTL from KBBI

The first Concert on the Lawn was held 34 years ago. Although the weather was the best the…

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Hearing continued again in HHS fake bomb case

A preliminary hearing was continued on Friday, July 26, in the case of Zachary Fraley, the Homer High…

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Few details released on dead man found off Poopdeck Trail

BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER Homer Police are calling the death of a Homer man “suspicious.”  Two people…

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Homer boy still in Providence Hospital after near-drowning at Bishop’s Beach

A 9-year-old boy who nearly drowned at Bishop’s Beach last Thursday is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit…

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Man found dead off Poopdeck Trail

Homer Police are calling the death of a Homer man “suspicious.” Two people walking the Poopdeck Trail found…

The new waste transfer site offers more space for haulers.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Transformation of Homer landfill nears completion

Thirty years since the Kenai Peninsula Borough converted the Homer landfill to a baling-landfill facility, the site will…

Mark Landt-Photo provided

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No major news from Buccaneer

Buccaneer Alaska Operations updated city officials and the public on the oil and gas company’s current southern Kenai…

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Come one, Come all!

At 3 p.m., Gov. Sean Parnell will turn a valve at South Peninsula Hospital, marking the flow of…