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Council deletes Pier One from request for proposal

The Homer City Council on Monday amended a request for proposals to limit inquiries of its use to…

Craig Pennock, with fiancee Marti Kauffman, visits the city named for his great-grandfather.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer New

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Relative of Homer’s namesake visits city

Craig Pennock, great-grandson of Homer’s namesake, Homer Pennock, and a resident of West Palm Beach, Fla., made his…

Firefighters arrive by boat to fight the fire.-Photo by Heather Ericson

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Firefighters stop Hesketh Island wildland fire

A fire threatening inhabitants on Hesketh Island in Kachemak Bay was contained by Sunday after a response by…

One of the Alaska State Troopers 20,000-pound BearCat armored tactical response vehicles, shown here at a recent Special Emergency Reaction Team training session in the Matanuska-Susitna river valley area.-Photo by Megan Peters, Alaska State Troopers

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Homer man arrested in shooting SERT uses armored truck to respond

Alaska State Troopers used an armored tactical response vehicle last Wednesday to persuade a Homer man to surrender…

Lisa Allison walks her standard poodles, Bogart, left, and Louis, during an earlier Strut Your Mutt.

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Strut supports Animal Friends

Homer Animal Friends holds its 14th annual Strut Your Mutt at the city park on the corner of…

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Troopers: Nothing suspicious in moose shooting in Ninilchik

Alaska Wildlife Troopers do not suspect any criminal activity in a June 12 moose shooting in Ninilchik. “So…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, visits the SVT Health Center at an April  2012 trip to Homer.-Homer News file photo

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Murkowski celebrates 4th on southern peninsula

With a short break from her duties in Washington, D.C., Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is spending two days…

Land’s End chief financial officer Josh Garvey testifies on water-sewer rates at the Homer City Council.

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Water-sewer rate changes fail — back for reconsideration

To an observer at Monday night’s Homer City Council meeting, it might have looked like a tennis match…

During an evacuation drill at South Peninsula Hospital on Tuesday, a non-ambulatory patient, role-played by Lindsey Yates, is evacuated by hospital staff Martha Roderick, Kelly Luck and Jessie Cashman. In back, Sheridan Bishop of SPH, left, and Bob Becker of Incident Management Solutions, observe.-Photos by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Evacuation procedures focus of hospital drill

At 9:36 a.m. Tuesday, handheld radios buzzed to life at South Peninsula Hospital as Bob Letson, the hospital’s…

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Teacher, students honored

Ruth Sensenig, a teacher at Susan B. English Elementary-High School in Seldovia, has been awarded a James Madison…

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Homer man arrested in shooting incident

Alaska State Troopers used an armored tactical response vehicle Wednesday night to persuade a Homer man to surrender…

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Spit Run organizers hope to make annual race ‘fun and festive for everyone’

If running shoes and running shorts don’t make you excited, maybe a warmup in a jump suit to…

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Man indicted for alleged assault with wooden sword

A Kenai grand jury last week indicted a Homer man in the alleged beating of a woman with…