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Veterans Day Ceremonies/Programs Announced Monday, Nov. 11

The 70th anniversary of the World War II military campaign in the Aleutians will be the focus of…

Tara Kain points out some of the inventory of her store, Anchor Point Natural Foods, now located at 345 Sterling Highway, Suite 105, next to Enstar’s office.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Anchor Point Natural Foods opens in Homer

Since opening Anchor Point Natural Foods in March, owner Tara Kain has found the need to expand her…

Douglas Blossom

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Douglas Blossom

Ninilchik Alaskan Pioneer, Mr. Doug Blossom, 74, died from an aneurism on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2013, in Anchorage…

This 1947 photo shows the Old Town area looking down Ohlson Lane.-Photo by William Wakeland,  courtesy of the Pratt Museum

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Old Town history survives in its buildings and stories

Editor’s note: In this two-part series, the Homer News looks at the history of Old Town and its…

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State Trooper Report

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

Robert (Bob) Moss-Photo provided

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Robert Hyde Moss

Robert Hyde Moss Nov. 23, 1922 – Sept. 17, 2013 Longtime Homer resident Robert (Bob) Moss died Sept.…

As in previous years, rain has caused damage to abutments of the Tall Tree Avenue bridge across Stariski Creek.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Tall Tree bridge fix in the works

Recent rains that caused flooding in the Seward and Cooper Landing areas, and along the Kenai River, left…

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Public weighs in on importance of recreation

The HERC — Homer Education and Recreational Complex — was the Homer City Council’s topic du jour Monday.…

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State Trooper Report

Troopers Sept. 16 Alaska State Troopers, Central Peninsula EMS and Life Flight Alaska at 2:14 p.m. responded to…

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State Trooper Report

Sept. 5 Alaska State Troopers at 11:02 p.m. went to a car crash at Mile 132 Sterling Highway…

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RV, car crash injures four

A Utah man remains in serious condition at Providence Medical Center, Anchorage, after being injured in a car…

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State Trooper Report

Aug. 8 Bureau of Highway Patrol Troopers at 9:41 p.m. made a traffic stop on a 53-year-old Kasilof…

Enstar technician John Dombovy takes gas readings at a monitoring pipe last Friday at the end of a 17-mile section of the Anchor Point-Homer natural gas trunk line, the main line bringing natural gas to Homer. Enstar workers and contractors energized the line last week, the first step in the process to actually bring natural gas service to Homer.                             -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer natural gas trunk line energized

The Anchor Point-Homer natural gas trunk line achieved an important step last Friday when Enstar Natural Gas energized…