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    Seward Highway
    At Bear Glacier near Seward, President Barack Obama talks about the rapid retreat of the ice and the large pieces calving off of the main body of ice during a tour of Kenai Fjords National Park on Tuesday.-Morris News Service - Alaska
    Seward trip provides close-up view of climate change...
    September 3, 2015 9:33 am

    Standing at the bow of the Viewfinder, President Barack Obama gripped the steel railing as the boat cut through the…

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    Gordon M. Layel
    Gordon M. Layel

    Longtime Alaskan and Homer resident Gordon M. Layel, 67, died June 2, 2015, at home from heart failure. Memorial services…

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    Road construction has begun:
    Road construction has begun:
    By Shana Lashbaugh • June 4, 2015 9:19 am

    Springtime in Alaska brings green-up and road construction. Cautionary road-work signs are blooming like flowers along Kenai Peninsula highways. Major…

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    Chlorus “Von” Vaughan Pointer
    Chlorus ‘Von’ Vaughan Pointer

    Chlorus Vaughn Pointer, also known as Von Pointer, 79, died on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Anchorage. A celebration of…

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    Clyde Duren Jr.
    Clyde Duren Jr.

    Clyde Duren Jr., 92, of Homer died Jan. 7, 2015, from heart failure at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage. A…

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    Paul McCartt
    Paul S. McCartt

    Longtime Homer resident Mr. Paul Samuel McCartt, 83, died Friday, July 4, 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer. No…

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    State Trooper Report
    State Trooper Report
    January 22, 2014 2:52 pm

    Jan. 11 Alaska Bureau of Highway Patrol Troopers at 9:30 p.m. made a traffic stop on a 1995 Chevrolet van…

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    State Trooper Report
    State Trooper Report
    October 9, 2013 2:20 pm

    Sept. 30 Alaska State Troopers at 9:06 p.m. stopped a driver for a moving violation near Mile 46 Seward Highway….

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    State Trooper Report
    State Trooper Report
    August 28, 2013 8:06 pm

    Troopers Aug. 22 Alaska State Troopers at 8:39 p.m. made a traffic stop on a 32-year-old Homer mean at Mile…

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    Lonnie T. Byars
    Lonnie T. Byars

    Lonnie Truman Byars, 67, a long-time Alaskan communication systems pioneer who was instrumental in implementing analog, satellite, microwave, digital, and…

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    Caroline Venuti asks questions of a DOT representative during an Aug. 5 open house.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Public turns out to hear of planned DOT...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • August 14, 2013 1:43 pm

    When the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities held an open house at Homer City Hall Aug. 5, Homer area…

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    Donna Muscia-Fields
    Donna Muscia-Fields

    Donna Muscia-Fields, 66, transitioned from this life on April 22, 2013, in Homer surrounded by the love of her many…

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    Edward P. "Mac" Maciariello
    Edward P. “Mac” Maciariello

    p>Longtime Sterling resident Mr. Edward P. “Mac” Maciariello, 83, died Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013, at his home in Sterling. Memorial…

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    Business Briefs
    Business Briefs
    March 4, 2013 3:33 pm

    Land’s End presents wedding, event expoLand’s End presents the Kenai Peninsula Wedding and Special Event Expo from 11 a.m. to…

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    Business Briefs
    Business Briefs
    February 25, 2013 2:09 pm

    Maritime Helicopters celebrates 40 yearsMaritime Helicopters Inc. celebrates 40 years of service in Alaska this year. Started by Don and…

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    Chet Frost
    Enstar awards contract for constructing trunk line
    By McKibben Jackinsky • January 24, 2013 4:25 pm

    There’s progress being made in Enstar Natural Gas’ plans to construct a trunk line to bring natural gas from Anchor…

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