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Caroline Venuti asks questions of a DOT representative during an Aug. 5 open house.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Public turns out to hear of planned DOT projects

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

The crowd-pleasing Kenai Peninsula Racing Pigs are making a return to the Kenai Peninsula State Fair in Ninilchik Aug. 16-18. The six little piggies are set to entertain as they race around the track to the cheering of fair crowds just as these little running porkers did in 2006.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky,  Homer News

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Pigs, parade back for ’13 Ninilchik fair

The Ninilchik fairgrounds was home to two days of rodeo excitement in July. Last weekend it was the…

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State Trooper Report

July 15 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 45-year-old Anchorage man for sport fishing in closed waters in Deep…

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HEA area meetings set for September, October

Homer Electric Association is hosting a series of area meetings throughout the Kenai Peninsula. The events will feature…

A Port of Homer truck blocks off Ice Dock Road on the Homer Spit during an evacuation and closure of the Fish Dock Road area on Monday afternoon. A possible carbon dioxide leak from a refrigeration unit at the Auction Block prompted harbor officials to close the area. The possible leak was caused by a refrigeration unit problem related to a power outage on the Spit and along the Sterling Highway.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Power outage shuts down Spit, other areas

  An electrical equipment failure shut down power from the Safeway grocery store on the Sterling Highway to…

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Open house features state’s road projects

Pilot cars, new pavement, new striping. Homer’s seen it all this summer. And it isn’t over yet.  The…

Peter J.T. Janke-Photo provided

Obituaries

Peter J.T. Janke

Peter J.T. Janke June 3, 1998-July 20, 2013 Lifelong Alaskan and Clam Gulch resident, Peter John Thomas Janke,…

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State Trooper Report

Troopers July 11 Alaska State Troopers at 2:33 p.m. received a report from a 34-year-old Kasilof woman that…

Rent Highest in Kodiak, Anchorage Two-Bedroom apartments, 2010

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Alaska: Still expensive place to live

Recent figures dissected by economists with the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development show increases in the…

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Homer man arraigned on mobile meth lab charges

A 27-year-old man was arraigned Tuesday in Superior Court at Kenai Courthouse on two additional drug charges from…

Swans glide across Beluga Lake.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsy, Homer News

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Birding, wildlife van tour a great way to see ‘home’

“You can’t see the forest for the trees” is a great description for what happens when you live…

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Homer Police Reports

July 8 A caller at 11:03 a.m. reported spruce boughs in the road on the Sterling Highway. Police…

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Wells Fargo names new Homer store manager; chamber mixer planned for Thursday at store

Wells Fargo will host the next Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center mixer. It will be from…