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From left: South Peninsula Hospital CEO Ryan Smith; Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Kelly Cooper; and South Peninsula Hospital Board of Directors member Beth Wythe address community questions regarding Proposition 1 authorizing a $38.5 million bond at a meeting last Friday, Sept. 13, 2024. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Town Hall addresses hospital bond questions

Proposition 1 will be voted on in the Oct. 1 election

Willy Dunne is running for a third term on the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly. (Courtesy photo)

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Willy Dunne seeks 3rd Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly term

There’s only one contender this year for the District 9 South Peninsula seat on the Kenai Peninsula Borough…

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Kachemak Emergency Services bids goodbye to chief

Robert Cicciarella, long-time chief for KESA, retired on Friday, Sept. 13

Dorris James, who will turn 100 on Sept. 28, 2024, displays a crocheted tablecloth that she made several decades ago. The photo was taken on Sept. 11, 2024, at her daughter’s home in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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A century of Alaska memories

Homer homesteader Dorris James turns 100

Chicago artist Kathleen Dose-Koehl and assistant RJ Nelson sit in front of the newly sketched mural on the side of a building on Homer Spit Road, ready to begin painting on Monday. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Chicago artist to create Spit mural

Artist Kathleen Dose-Koehl returns to Homer for Alaska World Arts Festival

Paris Chansons perform on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024, at Homer Council on the Arts as part of the Alaska World Arts Festival. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Jazz ensemble highlights first weekend of World Arts Fest

The first week of Homer’s sixth annual Alaska World Arts Festival kicked off last weekend with storytelling events…

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Trooper found ‘legally justified’ for July shooting and killing of man at Kasilof Beach

The former Kenai Police officer shot 67-year-old Kirk Medak

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2 dead in Friday morning plane crash

Troopers were notified around 11:30 a.m.

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Behavioral Health Service celebrates 45 years

The community is invited to an anniversary event, Sept. 12-13

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Homer Theatre under new ownership

The new owners will hold a grand reopening for the theater in December

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Summer months see spike in COVID cases

A summer spike in statewide COVID cases peaked at the end of July, with cases showing a decline…

“Party Time,” “Love and Roses,” and “Cherry Delight” cakes, created with acrylic, plastic foam and beads on cradled board, are part of Sami Ali’s collection “The Death of Retail” on display at Homer Council on the Arts through September 2024. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Exploring the fall of retail

A mixed media show by Anchorage artist Sami Ali opened Sept. 6 at HCOA

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Former KPBSD custodian charged with sex abuse of a minor

The charges stem from incidents alleged to have taken place while the man was working at Soldotna Middle…