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    Point of View
    From left to right, Wim Steenbakkers, Deb Smith and Ray Quintana serve soup at the annual Homer Community Food Pantry’s Empty Bowls fundraiser on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, at Homer United Methodist Church in Homer, Alaska. Quintana was visiting from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and volunteered his time during this stay. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Point of View: ‘We want to help’ is...
    By /// For the Homer News • December 11, 2019 5:30 am

    “We want to help” is a theme I’ve heard frequently while volunteering for the Homer Community Food Pantry.

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    Point of View: The process should not be rushed on JetSki ban change
    Point of View: The process should not be...
    By /// For the Homer News • December 11, 2019 5:30 am

    Last week the Gov. Mike Dunleavy administration announced that it plans to overturn the ban on personal watercraft, also known…

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    December 4, 2019 5:30 am

    Regarding the sale of BP’s assets to Hilcorp, John Shively, former commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Natural Resources and board…

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    Point of View: ‘Being Community’ means being like Lizzy
    Point of View: ‘Being Community’ means being like...
    By Flo Larson For the Homer News • November 26, 2019 5:30 am

    Lizzy was a common prairie woman, daughter of Norwegian parents who immigrated with little to their name except knowledge of…

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    The Seafarers Memorial parking lot is mostly empty on Oct. 25, 2019, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. The city has applied for a conditional use permit to fill in and extend the parking lot to the left in this photo, or toward the beach. The angled parking spaces by the Homer Spit Road also would be removed except in front of the Cannery Row Boardwalk.(Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Point of View: Think twice before destroying one...
    By Carol Harding For the Homer News • November 26, 2019 5:30 am

    No one will argue that parking on the Spit has been a constant problem. Over the years, the city has…

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    Point of View: Lower Cook Inlet should have moratorium on petroleum development
    Point of View: Lower Cook Inlet should have...
    By Josh Wisniewski For the Homer News • November 26, 2019 5:30 am

    This past August, Hilcorp made a presentation at Land’s End in Homer to describe the seismic testing they were conducting…

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    Lela Ryterski
    Point of View: Capitalism overshadows democracy — and...
    By Lela Ryterski For the Homer News • November 20, 2019 5:30 am

    We are so enamored with Capitalism. Trump represents money. Money is God so Trump is God. Plus his toupee looks…

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    Point of View: Oil spill prevention regs worth taking a fresh look at
    Point of View: Oil spill prevention regs worth...
    By Lynn Kent For the Homer News • November 13, 2019 5:30 am

    My work with the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) began as manager of its oil spill planning and response…

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    Point of View: Homer Thrift is more than a store
    Point of View: Homer Thrift is more than...
    By /// For the Homer News • November 6, 2019 5:30 am

    Many people do not realize that Homer Thrift, located on Ocean Drive, is a program of South Peninsula Haven House….

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    Point of View: State initiative puts Alaska’s coastal communities, consumers at risk
    Point of View: State initiative puts Alaska’s coastal...
    By /// For the Homer News • November 6, 2019 5:30 am

    Thirty years ago, the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill forever changed our relationship with Alaska’s oil production and transportation industries….

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    Point of View: Say ‘yes’ to Alaska Fair Share Oil Tax
    Point of View: Say ‘yes’ to Alaska Fair...
    By Paul Seaton For the Homer News • November 6, 2019 5:30 am

    Nearly all Alaskans have a common problem. They want more money for an increased Permanent Fund Dividend or they want…

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    Point of View: Alaskans should recall Dunleavy for...
    By Shelley Gill For the Homer News • October 30, 2019 5:30 am

    I’m sure by now most of Homer knows that the Homer writer’s conference was one of the first things to…

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    Alaska Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri A. Feige. (Photo provided)
    Opinion: This land is your land
    By Corri A. Feige • October 23, 2019 1:30 am

    The Department of Natural Resources shares Guthrie’s belief that “this land was made for you and me.”

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