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Sandhill crane eggs have started to hatch. Please report any observations of sandhill crane colts (chicks) to Kachemak…

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Southern peninsula celebrates the Fourth of July

With the Fourth of July falling on Thursday, that leaves a nice long weekend to celebrate the nation’s…

Alaska State Troopers blocked the Sterling Highway on July 15, 2012,  after Tonee Walker shot at Alaska Wildlife Troopers Trent Chwialkowski.                        -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Highway shooter accepts plea agreement

An Anchor Point woman charged with attempted murder in a July 2012 Sterling Highway shooting involving an Alaska…

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State Trooper Report

Troopers June 20 Alaska State Troopers at 4:35 p.m. receive a report of fuel stolen from a tank…

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Motorhome parking offered

The city of Homer and the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center have set up summer parking…

Workers with United Technologies Inc. work on a distribution line on Bayview Avenue on Tuesday. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Enstar gas line build-out — questions answered

Anyone wondering about the progress of the Enstar Natural Gas trunk and distribution lines on the lower Kenai…

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State Trooper Report

Troopers June 8 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 34-year-old Soldotna man for not having a throwable personal floatation…

KPUW names new executive director

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KPUW names new executive director

Lisa J. Roberts has been named the executive director of the Kenai Peninsula United Way. Roberts grew up…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Sterling Highway work begins

Traffic is backed up on the Sterling Highway last Friday near Pioneer Avenue as workers replace curb cutouts…

Many involved in the process to secure funding for a new home for Ninilchik Emergency Services break ground on the project in a ceremony Saturday morning. From left are Konrad Jackson, assistant to Rep. Kurt Olson; Rep. Paul Seaton; Dr. Roy Boone, a Ninilchik Emergency Services board member; Mike Chihuly, fire chief of Ninilchik Emergency Services; Sen. Peter Micciche; Rep. Mike Chenault; Willard Bowman, a Ninilchik Emergency Services board member; Gina Wiste, EMS chief of Ninilchik Emergency Services; and Steve Vanek, a Ninilchik Emergency Services board member.-Photo provided

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Ninilchik Emergency Services expands to new site

With the ground finally thawing, Ninilchik Emergency Services held the official groundbreaking at the site for its new…

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State Trooper Report

May 23 Alaska State Troopers at 1:45 p.m. went to a home near Mile 130 Sterling Highway for…

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State Trooper Report

Troopers May 19 A 39-year-old Soldotna man was arrested by the South Peninsula Bureau of Highway Patrol for…

A large steamer offloads cargo at Seldovia Port during a long ago and busier time. The photo is believed to have been taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s.-Photo by William Wakeland, courtesy of the Selodvia Museum

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Seldovia: Today’s residents recall bustling, colorful yesterdays

The Seldovia of today is a quiet, remote Alaska community of fewer than 300 residents.There was a time,…