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Just in time for winter

The Salvation Army will hold a coat give-away at its 1468 Sterling Highway location from noon-2 p.m. Sept.…

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Mariner girls finish 3rd, boys 10th in XC meet

By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer At the Tsalteshi Invitational in Soldotna Saturday — the biggest cross-country event of…

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Man charged with DUI, driving in stream

Alaska State Troopers last week charged a Homer man with driving under the influence after investigating a report…

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State Trooper Report

Aug. 18 Alaska State Troopers at 9:32 p.m. went to a “report every dangerous driver immediately” complaint of…

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Man charged with car theft, DUI

An Anchorage man and reality TV star has pleaded not guilty to first-degree auto theft and driving under…

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State Trooper Report

Aug. 10 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited two Eagle River men for sport fishing with more than one line…

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Borough employee cited for texting while driving KPB truck

Alaska State Troopers earlier this month cited a Kenai Peninsula Borough temporary employee for texting while driving a…

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State Trooper Reports

July 28 Bureau of Highway Patrol troopers at 6:30 p.m. went to Mile 117 Sterling Highway for a…

Pig wrangler Robert McGinnis encourages two of the six Kenai Peninsula Racing Pigs toward the finish line at the 2013 Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik. The crowd-pleasing pigs’ popularity has also earned them a return to the Alaska State Fair in Palmer.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Kenai Peninsula Fair: 63 years old and counting

In 1951, the southern Kenai Peninsula had two fairs, one in Homer and one in Ninilchik. According to…

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State Trooper Reports

July 30 Alaska State Troopers at 9:52 a.m. received a report from a 53-year-old Nikolaevsk man that while…

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State Trooper Reports

July 14 Alaska State Troopers went to an all-terrain vehicle rollover on Glacier View Road in Homer. Troopers…

Jim Herold of Charleston, S.C., rides on the Homer Spit on Tuesday afternoon. Herold finished the Hoka Hey 2014 Challenge at 1:55 a.m. Tuesday. He has finished all five Hoka Hey challenges, including the first one in 2010. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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First riders finish Hoka Hey Challenge

Seven days and 16 hours after they left Key West, Fla., the first riders finished the 2014 Hoka…

Borough voters should decide bed-tax proposal

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Borough voters should decide bed-tax proposal

Over the past weeks the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly has heard testimony about  Ordinance 2014-25, to put before…