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Bayview Park gets some TLC

A year ago, volunteers young and old, locals as well as visitors turned out in force to transform…

High school summer interns for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski are, from left, Corey Hester, Kelsey Cunningham, Thaddeus Isaacs, Madeleine Moore, Connor Hula, Sen. Murkowski, John Gutsch, Maggie Graham, Mitchell Forbes, Rachell Gulanes, Emelia Van Whye, Kenzie Bjerken and Ayla O’Scannell.-Photo provided

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Homer High graduate serves as Murkowski summer intern

WASHINGTON, D.C.  — A recent Homer High School graduate is among the second group of summer interns working…

Firefighters battle a Fourth of July blaze.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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House damaged in Fourth of July fire

A fire that started about 10 p.m. on the Fourth of July severely damaged a small house on…

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Hearing continued for brothers

A hearing held last Friday for Anthony Resetarits, 21, and Joseph Resetarits, 18, each charged with sexual assault…

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Dead man found near school

Maintenance workers with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District on Monday found the body of a 32-year-old Anchorage…

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Southern peninsula celebrates the Fourth of July

With the Fourth of July falling on Thursday, that leaves a nice long weekend to celebrate the nation’s…

Alaska State Troopers blocked the Sterling Highway on July 15, 2012,  after Tonee Walker shot at Alaska Wildlife Troopers Trent Chwialkowski.                        -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Highway shooter accepts plea agreement

An Anchor Point woman charged with attempted murder in a July 2012 Sterling Highway shooting involving an Alaska…

The Bossy Panties dancers and the Bossy Pants band and friends and family of Ray Garrity hold a second-line procession down Pioneer Avenue on Monday afternoon.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Friends celebrate Garrity’s life

The musician who helped bring New Orleans and Louisiana Cajun music to Homer, Ray Garrity, got a proper…

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Halibut changes on table

A revised version of the controversial halibut catch sharing plan is once again back up for federal review. …

Randy Clifford, center, poses with Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, left, and American Legion Post 16 Commandant Richard Turner, right, after Begich presented Clifford with a duplicate set of medals to replace those lost after Clifford was wounded in Vietnam. Standing by them is an honor guard from Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10221, Anchor Point.-Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Vietnam veteran gets new medals

As America celebrates the anniversary of its independence on July 4, a somber fact underlies the holiday of…

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Dogs and their people

Jake Moe of Anchorage is the first one ot cross the finish line of the 2013 10K Run for the Bay Spit Run today, with a time of 32:40.-McKibben Jackinsky

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Spit Run attracts more than 300 participants

Under sunny skies, more than 300 runners, walkers and strollers covered the distance between the Homer High School…

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Memorial is 5 p.m. Monday at Down East for Garrity

A memorial potluck for Ray Garrity, a Homer musician killed Wednesday in a 4-wheeler accident, is at 5…