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Jan - 06 - 2005

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Biography brings Russian Alaskan to life art

The eating of art art

In Business business

Winter months give gardeners time to ponder gardening

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'Pig' ramblin' north letters

A heartfelt thank you letters

Era sponsorship appreciated letters

Nativity scene a blessing letters

NPR's report critiqued letters

Tsunami caused by testing? letters

War, Asian aid creates contrast letters

Todd family gets Christmas gift as son comes home for break neighbors

Annexed Homer fastest growing town in Alaska news

Assembly approves grant for hospital expansion news

College gears up for season with new classrooms news

Dinner works for adoptions in Africa news

Homer volunteer ready for spill clean up duty news

Making Homer's dreams a reality news

Man loses home in East End Road fire news

New owners look to sell Era's plane division news

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Nikiski fertilizer plant closure will leave void news

Peace Corps volunteer recounts South Pacific experience news

Pothole problems flatten state road crews news

Science fair gives kids bright IDEA's news

State upholds annexation news

Myrtle Francis Humbyrd obits

Patrick S. Campbell obits

Eagle facts provide plethora of interesting information oped

Thoreau's writings, message still pertain to modern life oped

Wanted: Applicants for scholarships oped

Culinary canvas photofeatures

First Friday openings photofeatures

Making ice on the Spit photofeatures

Slough view photofeatures

President's Cabinet commitee to look at ocean policy seawatch

M's battle with 3A's best at ACS sports

Mariner girls finish fourth at ACS sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Sports News sports

Three sets of brothers share ice for M's sports

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Jan - 13 - 2005

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'Spanglish' gets 3 stars art

Films provide two nights of entertainment art

O'Connell brings back art of singing art

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Aid efforts should fit catastrophe letters

Basket full of thanks letters

Betting on peace letters

Breathing easy letters

Bush disables Social Security letters

Chamber stance questioned letters

Community help appreciated letters

Community response humbling letters

Country run like Mafia letters

Doctor bids Homer adieu letters

Hospice help prized letters

Medical response applauded letters

Politics revisited letters

Short but sweet letters

Soldier fights for everyone's rights letters

Stevens' stance criticized letters

Anchor Point RFPs due Friday news

Beck to step down from council seat news

Brookside open house Friday news

City awards convention center study news

First baby of 2005 arrives news

Generating a plan for power news

Hospital's service board recommends Franz resign news

Investment Group celebrates decade news

KBBI annual meeting Tuesday news

KES sponsors ETT class news

Kranich joins planning commission news

Lawsuit filed against Anchor Point VFW New Year's Eve death two years ago followed party at VFW post news

Library board argues against new user fees news

Man arrested for first degree sexual abuse of a minor news

Nurse heads to India to help in relief effort news

Program creates big memories, fun for all ages news

School board changes district grading system news

Signs in mixed-use district up for review news

Size cap, sales tax on council table news

Wynn center offers youth education news

Rick LaPan obits

Lawrence (Larry) Ray McCubbins obits

City gets good return for its investment in museum oped

Feeding eagles hazardous; it should be outlawed oped

It's easy to keep up with legislators oped

K-Bay canvas photofeatures

Take a number photofeatures

Fish board to take comments at Soldotna meeting seawatch

Remote video technology to monitor salmon escapements seawatch

Greiner pins down new state, school mat records sports

HHS girls win hoops Challenge sports

HHS Hockey team drops two to Delta sports

Mariner hoopsters bloodied at SoHi Tipoff Tournament sports

Mariner skiers improve at Pursuit sports

SoHi New Year Pursuit Cross-Country Ski Meet sports

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Jan - 20 - 2005

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Jan - 27 - 2005

Homer's Best Bets activities

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Dancers, musicians team up for Jazzline art

Kodiak Island bear book showcases guides art

In Business business

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Applause for those who helped show letters

Art award winners in spotlight letters

Donation gives Homer skiers a lift letters

Foundation's help will help others letters

Hope in new currency of peace letters

Jump on for healthy hearts letters

Little Brother waiting for a 'Big' letters

Other carnival events in works letters

Peace walk gives reason to hope letters

Plunge donors appreciated letters

Public needs to know whole story letters

Setting record straight on VFW letters

Snowmads' donation helps seniors letters

Students say thanks for support letters

Truth about sales tax increase letters

VFW does great things for many letters

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City asks Legislature to help repair harbor news

City council approves $1.7 million library loan news

College to open new wing for classes Monday news

Community School to be run by KPC news

Emerging Artists submission deadline Friday news

Fish tax proposal hits public hearing news

Fuel leak discovered near Sterling Highway news

Marchers call for, celebrate peace news

Preliminary school budget shortfall smallest in years news

Retail size, sales tax hit public hearing news

Safeway hopes to remodel this summer news

Wood-splitting resident wins statewide volunteer award news

Betty Nelson obits

Dale Eugene Stout obits

Pamela Handrich obits

Food pantry reflects on year of giving oped

Increase in school funding needed oped

No need to circle this issue: roundabouts straightforward way to eliminate traffic jams Our future, our voice oped

Time to catch up on those pesky e-mail inquiries oped

Dunkin' for dollars photofeatures

Tsunami sweets photofeatures

Cook Inlet Pacific cod fishery gets new look seawatch

Boys drop two close games sports

M's girls cagers trounce Panthers sports

M's hockey team blasts Glennallen, heads to Houston sports

Mariner matmen ready for Region III tournament sports

Skiers warm up for Invite sports

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Feb - 03 - 2005

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Arts News art

Language of the body inspires gallery exhibit art

Youth string together beginning orchestra art

Heads up, zones have hidden meanings gardening

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Any majority vote is a mandate letters

Campus expansion great for Homer letters

Donation makes job easier letters

Hospital provides quality care letters

Majority wants bigger retail space letters

No discrepancy in city code letters

Schools need more money letters

Secret subsidies for Pebble Mine? letters

Support encourages young artist letters

Assembly considers bed tax news

Connections team claims victory on book battlefield news

Fire destroys mobile home news

Gear Shed, Schroeder win community awards news

Homer musher takes on 'Little T' news

Homer pastor to teach in Ukraine news

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Liquor store owners sell business after 28 years news

Scholarship search inspires community project news

SPH directors' board adds Marley, Thompson news

Trooper post headed to Anchor Point news

Winter Carnival thaws Homer's hearts news

Velma Ruth Edens obits

Yukiko O. "Miko" Rosko obits

A lot going on for town that some say is anti-growth oped

Celebrating winter oped

Higher taxes, fees needed to meet demands oped

Homer Rotarians help tsunami victims rebuild oped

Inspired to action oped

Dogfish days of winter photofeatures

Hard news photofeatures

Just Joking photofeatures

Science fair photofeatures

Alaska fish board finishes new plan for inlet salmon seawatch

Gilbert, M's whip Bulldogs sports

Girls fade, Nikiski girl breaks record sports

M's hockey drops pair to powerhouse Houston sports

M's to send 5 wrestlers to State sports

Mariner ski team makes most of final home race sports

Sports News sports

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Feb - 10 - 2005

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'Emerging Artists' show offers new artists gallery opportunity art

Arts News art

Photographer's exhibit captures Yup'ik life art

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45,000 square feet good compromise letters

An (n)ice time was had by all letters

Anchor River in need of attention letters

Arts program appreciated letters

Congrats to Parmleys letters

Council should OK 66,000 size letters

Family grateful for recent support letters

Free car-seat checkup offered Monday letters

Gift helps ensure safety letters

Homer should keep growth small letters

Hospice says thanks for donations letters

Jazzmania was huge hit letters

Mainstream media alternatives exist letters

Nutcracker supporters deserve much applause letters

Program keeps rolling letters

Alaskan re-enlists in Army Reserve at Saddam's palace news

Borough clears beetle-killed hazard news

Carnival provides welcome break from winter doldrums with big doses of fun news

City considering watershed changes news

Council set to vote on retail size increase news

FAA OKs wildlife plan for airport news

Homer pioneer Frances Thompson dies news

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New room offers long-term care residents privacy news

Safety and survival focus of training news

School officials, parents, chaperones freak out over teens 'dirty dancing' news

Second team takes top honors at battle of the books contest news

Significant number of students sick this winter news

Special elections bill passes Senate news

Elizabeth M. Werner obits

Frances G. Thompson obits

Jerry R. Wighs obits

Wesley C. Nixon obits

Economic system in need of major overhaul oped

Growth, change all part of being healthy community oped

In store-size debate, all positions worthy of council's attention oped

New library will provide opportunities for civic, economic development oped

Super Bowl not all it's played up to be oped

Blade boarder photofeatures

Carnival colors photofeatures

Just passing through photofeatures

Midwinter night's dream photofeatures

Cushion stars treat tide poolers in Kachemak Bay seawatch

Quotas set for 2005 halibut season seawatch

Daigle, Hagen lead wrestlers at State sports

Girls defense dominates sports

Mariner boys down hard-charging Bucs sports

Mariner hockey advances to State sports

Skiers compete at borough meet sports

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Feb - 17 - 2005

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Arts News art

Father, daughter team freezes out ice sculpting competition art

Mozart meets contemporary version of fairy tale art

Village spirit reaches thousands of miles, raises $3,300 art

Company links people to world of Web auctions business

Local Realtor recognized by peers business

Gardener talks about the birds and the trees gardening

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Council approves bigger store size news

HAC votes on 4 bear proposals news

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Lake Street store robbed again news

Program sends books to Malawi, Africa news

Proposed ferry based in Seldovia news

Scientists, mariners hold conference this week news

Snow, sleet, rain, wind hits peninsula news

Special election set for sales tax hike news

Sunday morning apartment fire injures two news

Three injured in Baycrest Hill accidents news

David J. Booth obits

Pamela Jean Handrich obits

Stephen A. Schachle obits

Bed tax for borough, hike in city sales tax worthy of 'yes' votes oped

Science undeservedly getting bad rap oped

Icicles on the beach photofeatures

No whining here photofeatures

Surf's up photofeatures

Swinging by photofeatures

College fair brings advice to students' front door schools

PTA offers local schools support, resources, funds schools

Boys, girls skiers finish 4th at Regions sports

Homer Hockey teams sweep Presidents Day Tournament sports

Mariner boys drop pair away sports

Mariner girls basketball team splits on road sports

Mariner hockey nets second sports

On your mark, get set, snow sports

Region III Cross-Country Skiing Championships sports

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Feb - 24 - 2005

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'Soul Soup' adds flavor to First Friday events art

Alaska inspired writer returns for Homer visit art

Arts News art

Homer authors offer action and adventure art

Construction starts on new Land's End Resort addition business

New shoe store business offers clothes to boot business

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Advice to council on replacement letters

Always something new in Homer letters

Businesses support the arts letters

Cheap underwear, but at what cost? letters

Coast Guard appreciates hospitality letters

Donation helps buy land letters

High standards keep business going letters

Highway increasingly hazardous letters

No whines over ski event letters

Road fix needed before fast ferries letters

Social Security for the future? letters

Tourism tax more fair than bed tax letters

Anchor River launch permit out to sea news

Bar association scores Homer Judge candidates news

Best of best perform in high school honor band news

Borough's savings dropping to worrisome levels news

City council to choose replacement Monday news

City facing annual hike in retirement payments news

Happy Valley man killed in shooting news

Historic wooden boat gutted in harbor fire news

Homer man found dead of apparent suicide news

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IRS writes sales-tax deduction table for Alaska news

Mardi Gras spirit continues at Snow Rondi news

One-year countdown to Arctic Winter Games begins news

Photographers flock to Homer Spit for eagle workshops news

Lila B. Rozak obits

Stephen A. Schachle obits

Walter Lambuth Thomas obits

Are you ready for disaster? oped

Elected representatives must steer DOT straight oped

Let Beck's ideas offer guidance in picking new council member oped

Clubs, volunteers groom area hills into winter playgrounds outdoors

Come sail away photofeatures

Fun in the sun photofeatures

Let the sun shine in photofeatures

NOAA seeks to foster fish farming in federal waters seawatch

Winter time, right time for birdwatching seawatch

Boys lose in rout, heartbreaker sports

M's girls drop pair to Knights, Moose sports

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Mar - 03 - 2005

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Arts News art

First Friday ushers in new exhibits at local galleries art

Locals show-off musical talent on 'World' stage art

Whale's tale lasts 25 years, keeps on going art

Starting seeds for summer harvest gardening

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Bowlers raise funds for cancer cure letters

Coastal program needs protection letters

Dangerous road must be fixed letters

Don't mess with Social Security letters

Donation helps support activities letters

Fred Meyer should get more space letters

Homer again shows giving nature letters

Homer shares spirit in big way letters

It takes a village to help a village letters

It's time to get new library built letters

Purple mats replace old mattresses letters

Reading is fun and good for you letters

Stranger's act of kindness inspiring letters

Student shares value of reading letters

U.S. should bring troops home letters

VFW does much good in the area letters

Artist, retired teacher heading to Sri Lanka news

City slough relocation project passes first test news

Cougar sightings in East Hill neighborhoods continue news

Council fails to fill seat news

Council OKs library bid, deletes computer fees news

Council opposes McNeil area bear proposals news

Hiring freeze chills services news

Homer man receives fake lottery money order news

Homer property assessments up 15 percent news

In brief news

Judge declares mistrial in second Martushev trial news

Literacy program builds family successes news

Literacy program targeted for cut news

State trooper vacancies filled news

Student science fair gets boost from Coast Guard news

Feeding eagles interferes with nature oped

Homer has received its fair share of federal funds; south side of bay needs ferry service oped

Proposed mine would be environmental disaster oped

Say 'yes' to fairness, 'no' to borough bed tax oped

Specifics of public spending would lead to better stewardship oped

Play "Freebird!" photofeatures

Rare birds photofeatures

Strike! photofeatures

Swan puddle photofeatures

The best dang student lounge view on the Kenai photofeatures

Halibut, cod season begin seawatch

M's skiers compete at State meet sports

Mariner girls right ship at Skyview sports

Mariners finish cold at Skyview sports

Middle School Borough Ski Race 2005 results sports

Wild tournament weekend ends with last-second shot sports

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Mar - 10 - 2005

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Arts News art

Homer artist and friends win awards for snow-scultped creations art

Northern Dynasty appoints new study director business

Pebble mine potential larger than previously thought business

Processing, marketing class offered business

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Alaska needs to do right for its kids letters

Chamber clarifies parade categories letters

Couple deserving of recognition letters

Family appreciates kindnesses letters

Food Pantry could use helping hand letters

HCOA says thanks for donation letters

HHA appreciates generous support letters

Highway must be made safer letters

Mountain lion deserves a chance letters

Newcomer deserves shot at council letters

Presentation gives valuable insight letters

Privacy room is welcome addition letters

Volunteers are heart of hospice letters

Vote 'yes' on sales tax hike letters

What is nation becoming? letters

Alternative program opens doors at middle school news

Bed tax gets mixed review at Borough meeting news

City hopes to better fund capital depreciation news

City manager answers sales tax questions news

Community school gets short-term reprieve after college says 'no' news

Dream of Homer ice rink nearing completion news

Education funding legislation draws public comments news

Higher costs drive vote on sales tax news

Homer fisherman seeks judicial review of halibut share transfer news

Iditarod 2005 news

In brief news

Month draws attention to challenges of developmental disabilities news

Month focuses on developmental disability issues news

Peninsula schools don't get fair share of education funds news

Ralph Cowles, first Homer mayor, dies news

Seaton's fish tax bill changed, but passes first committee test news

State identifies Anchor River launch manager news

Trip to nation's capital starts with fund-raising steps news

Ralph Gano Cowles obits

Susan Helen Crum Wold obits

Wilhelmina Artz obits

For eagles, food is all about survival; it's wrong to allow them to be baited oped

KPBSD deserves its fair share of state education dollars oped

Substantial cuts in service face Homer without new revenue oped

This is no way to run a business — or a city oped

Weird happenings harbinger of fishing season oped

A new head gasket and it's good as new photofeatures

Fire for ice photofeatures

Going to First Friday photofeatures

In memoriam photofeatures

Nose for the trail photofeatures

Restraint for sale photofeatures

Winner? photofeatures

Final crab rationalization rules announced seawatch

Girls take to mat for USGWA Alaska Wrestling Championship sports

HHS Boys win first 4A game of season sports

KNSC to hold ski marathon sports

Mariner girls vie for top seed in division sports

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Mar - 17 - 2005

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Arts News art

Homer artist to be guest curator in Anchorage museum art

Quilters piece together colorful, fun weekend art

Plan now for overwintering plants gardening

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Carnival proves a winner letters

Combined efforts mean success letters

Credit given for successful season letters

Eagle education not a dirty word letters

Feeding versus baiting letters

Invest locally letters

Outraged by government spending letters

Proposition raises hackles letters

Rain check on tax letters

Rally support appreciated letters

Snacks not same as feeding letters

Spreading message letters

Tax decision up to voters letters

Tax proposal supports city resources letters

Views raise questions letters

Volunteers benefit Homer letters

Where have flowers gone? letters

Auxiliarists work hard to keep Alaska boaters safe news

Bills would increase funding for peninsula, state schools news

Boating safety enhanced by teamwork, commitment news

City Manager says economy healthy, but finances bleak news

Council standoff continues news

Game board approves '07 Kamishak bear hunt news

Good stories need good tellers; Anchor Point has one news

Homer attorney among five nominees for Homer District Court vacancy news

In brief news

March 20 to 26 is National Poison Prevention Week news

Police allege text message violates TRO news

Science brings community and students together news

Service board demands hospital board respond news

West Hill water extension gets underway news

Women in Black continue weekly silent vigil news

Yellow ribbons still hanging for lower peninsula military news

Christopher Dean Ryder obits

Daniel F. Murphy obits

Homer voters need to say 'yes' to hike in city's sales tax oped

Just imagine: a new library oped

March is National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month oped

Reasons abound for 'yes' vote, including tax deductions oped

Vote 'yes' on raising sales taxes, it's responsible oped

Cash and release photofeatures

Four-foot drive photofeatures

Going fishing photofeatures

Gone to the dogs photofeatures

King for a day photofeatures

Launch time photofeatures

Signs of spring photofeatures

Groundfish bill drawing fire in legislature seawatch

Anglers gear up for Winter King Tournament sports

Boys, girls warm up for Regions sports

Popeye wrestlers medal in Wasilla tournament sports

Skiers brave slush for fun, marathon sports

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Mar - 24 - 2005

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Arts News art

Couple combines music with visual art art

Month of March honors role of art education art

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Actions spark response letters

Borough tax needs attention letters

Close Up students say 'thanks' letters

Common sense and facts needed letters

Defensive driving urged letters

Feeding debate draws comments letters

Feeding support explained letters

Is Homer a dirty little town letters

Science Fair a community effort letters

Search efforts applauded letters

Student project needs Alaska input letters

Work for brighter future letters

World Café a success letters

AP man in 3-wheel truck arrested news

Bed tax hearing set for Monday in Homer news

Cellars make great room for storing produce news

Channel relocated at Beluga Slough news

Fisherman sues publisher and author for libel news

Frankenfish bill lurches through Juneau news

In brief news

Patient survives 2-story fall at SPH news

Sales tax increase passes by 3-2 margin news

Secretary wears many hats at McNeil Canyon Elementary news

Use of root cellars a piece of peninsula history news

Vigil draws 200 to observe second anniversary of Iraqi War news

Whale rescued in Bay news

Homer voters say 'yes' to maintaining their quality of life oped

Dusty days photofeatures

Guts and glory photofeatures

The Contender photofeatures

Where have all the flowers gone? photofeatures

Alaska Supreme Court strikes down Chignik co-op seawatch

Rare waterfowl visit Kachemak Bay seawatch

Boys season ends with region tourney loss to Stars sports

Kline is king in record-setting tournament sports

Mariner girls earn State birth sports

Squirts take third at State sports

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Mar - 31 - 2005

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Arts News art

First Friday introduces new exhibits to local galleries art

New gallery opening door for new artists art

Tile mosaics turn heads art

Warming climate allows early planting gardening

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All that glitters isn't good letters

Carnival fun helps support students letters

Eagles should not be fed by humans letters

Eagles, music big treat for residents letters

Event nourishes body, mind spirit letters

Filibusters help protect rights letters

Filibusters part of checks, balances letters

Foundation's vision helps others letters

Gift marked for trail improvements letters

Homer helps women in Nepal letters

Lower peninsula should go own way letters

Scout to build lost-and-found box letters

Businesses bash bed tax proposal news

Council fails to find Beck replacement news

Fringe Benefit Fund to boost morale of women in need news

Helping comes naturally to high school students news

Hospital boards to review contract news

Ice rink to open Saturday news

In brief news

Man dies in ATV crash news

Middle school students push to front of the pack news

Refuge managers on both sides of date line meet news

Seaton discusses PERS-TRS, other action in Juneau news

Students deliver message to Legislature in person news

Taking a quick tour of the heavens news

USDA OKs $2.5 million for library funds news

David Allen Norton obits

Howard Crandell obits

Council not helping itself by not naming Beck's replacement oped

It is time to celebrate oped

Last Frontier needs time, space reality check oped

There's water, water everywhere oped

All your eggs in one basket photofeatures

Cross walk photofeatures

Homecoming photofeatures

Ice dream photofeatures

Ninja copepod photofeatures

Pot cod season ends with high catch rates seawatch

Area high schoolers cowboy up for rodeo sports

Mariner spring sports preview 2005 sports

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Apr - 07 - 2005

Homer's Best Bets activities

Arts News art

Beads, fibers prove winning combination art

Homer artists head to Fairbanks art

Plankton exhibited at Pratt Museum art

English Bay Corporation buys Alice's business

Homestead Restaurant sold to employees business

Bartlett Street needs some attention letters

Candidate creates vision for HEA letters

Effort aims to keep kids safe letters

Food Pantry says thanks for support letters

Help for getting speaker inspiring letters

New animal shelter reason for pride letters

Organ donor celebrates life letters

Stiffer pot laws not the answer letters

Students appreciate Juneau trip letters

Arctic Winter Games looking for volunteers news

Assembly drops bed tax from 8 to 4 percent news

Bald eagle hits worker at Homer Spit news

Head of Homer Trooper post to retire, join Homer Police news

High tides fill Beluga Slough news

House and senate clash over student funding news

In brief news

New faces apply for council vacancy, 4 drop out news

Not too late to 'buy' local public radio station news

Road projects kick off construction season tax proposal news

Count on it: Tax man will come April 15 ready or not oped

Homer volunteers needed for 2006 Arctic Winter Games oped

Picture painted by the facts shows reality of Homer is not anti-growth oped

Going for the repeat photofeatures

Good luck hat photofeatures

Senior day photofeatures

Ski, bike, runner up photofeatures

Swans adrift photofeatures

Staffing changes announced for Homer area schools schools

Longliner landings line up with last year seawatch

Bridge Creek Classic marks 26 fun years sports

Mariner girls finish fourth at state sports

Town shoots, scores with ice rink sports

Triathletes tackle sea to ski race sports

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220 miles of bliss visitors

Air taxis fly visitors into unique experience visitors

Anchor Point visitors

Area shops offer big selection of unique, Alaska merchandise visitors

Bear viewing can offer close, safe encounters with wildlife, but there are rules to follow visitors

Being prepared is key to having a good time in area's wilderness visitors

Birding visitors

Catching a big fish visitors

Charters visitors

Clamming visitors

Derbies visitors

Education meets recreation at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center visitors

Environmental education adds new dimension to the views visitors

Finding Homer's heart visitors

Halibut Cove visitors

Hiking, biking perfect ways to experience Homer's beauty visitors

Homer library offers respite from hectic summer pace visitors

Homer walking (and driving) tour connects visitors with community's history visitors

Information and Emergency Phone Numbers visitors

Kachemak Bay State Park visitors

M/V Tustumena visitors

Museum's new exhibit tells the story of Kachemak Bay from a personal angle visitors

Parks provide outdoor opportunities within city limits visitors

Regulations visitors

Sea kayaking popular way to experience region's natural wonders up close and personal visitors

Seldovia visitors

Shorebird Festival visitors

Species visitors

Spectacular scenery featured at every turn of self-guided tours visitors

The Fishing Hole visitors

Traversing the Spit visitors

Welcome to Homer visitors

Where to go visitors

Apr - 14 - 2005

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Arts News art

Bay is alive with sound of community band art

Costumes add authenticity to 'The Mikado' art

Ocean Art and Nature at Pratt features artists, poets art

Business up in KPB; sales break $2 billion business

Crocus blooms spring gardener into action gardening

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Act targets frivolous lawsuits letters

Assembly aims to cut tax relief letters

Bed tax births lots of taxing ideas letters

Board system should be examined letters

Foundation's work appreciated letters

Help adds up to fun learning event letters

Here's how you spell success letters

Hirsch would be asset to HEA board letters

Reflections on attitude toward Pope letters

Time to celebrate library's successes letters

Volunteers make race possible letters

Amazon River adventure opens eyes of Homer travelers news

Area property values, demand rising news

Bishop's Beach permit headed back to city for review news

City, borough spar over hospital property news

Civil Air Patrol celebrates 33 years in Homer news

Gravel pit plan spurs court case news

Heimbuch wins seat on council news

In brief news

SAFEBoat program launched for Kachemak Bay news

SPWS announces Women of Distinction Awards news

Dolly Spencer obits

Lois Seaton obits

Alaska enjoys lowest per capita tax bill of any state in nation oped

Clean energy will spark brighter future for peninsula oped

Should Homer have a permanent fund? oped

Climbers seek year-round adventure outdoors

Blowing darts photofeatures

Having a ball photofeatures

Keep those campfires safe photofeatures

Plankton on Parade photofeatures

Homer student tries hand at spelling bee schools

Students debate formation of new borough schools

Mariner soccer teams win openers sports

Popeyes win tourney sports

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Apr - 21 - 2005

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Arts News art

Film at international festival based on local author's writing art

Masterful imaginations help kids grasp artistic techniques art

Woodstock icon to entertain Homer art

In business business

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A drop of water wears away stone letters

Applause for great show letters

College students are Alaskans letters

Community cleanup set for April 30 letters

Contributors not forgotten letters

Donations help kids enjoy winter letters

Earth Day chance to change routine letters

Funds get put to good use letters

Global food laws unhealthy letters

Homer prepares to celebrate peace letters

Many contribute to safer fishing letters

More proof of Homer's heart letters

Mural will brighten school letters

No debate here, just lots of thanks letters

Scouts appreciate support letters

Senior appreciates kind service letters

Series helps paint picture of the arts letters

Tax break given at others' expense letters

Theater helps Head Start, others letters

Bartlett construction will mean new sidewalks news

Charter school needs space; elementary school says not here news

Cleanup will award prize for recycling news

East End paving crew aims for July finish news

Fiber-optic cable coming to Kenai Peninsula news

Fred Meyer to present new plans next week news

Governor appoints new Homer judge news

Home show returns news

Homer McMoose photo: It's a long way from Madawaska news

Homer reporters win Alaska Press Club awards news

Hospice of Homer to discuss living wills, advanced directives news

In brief news

Lake Clark NP opens new office news

New executive director excited about Games news

New Kenai Peninsula Borough clerk to start May 1 news

Proposal to cap borough tax exemption blasted news

Residents say don't touch PFD news

Elected officials want, need to hear from public to do best job they can oped

Government speeding down road to ruin oped

Legislators should not touch fund oped

Property tax should be based on sales price, not assessment oped

Stewardship focus of several events oped

New fishing regs published outdoors

Researchers monitor salinity, temperature in Kachemak Bay outdoors

'The Mikado' on stage this weekend photofeatures

Climbing prices photofeatures

Dedication photofeatures

Feeding time at the museum photofeatures

Just for kicks photofeatures

Kindergarten fever hits Anchor Point photofeatures

Signs of summer photofeatures

Silent interpretation photofeatures

Spacing out photofeatures

Spring time photofeatures

Newly formed high school debate team wins state awards schools

Country of origin labels for salmon now mandatory seawatch

M's track off and running sports

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Apr - 28 - 2005

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Arts News art

Creativity pushes definition of 'student' art

Former Homer resident opens LA gallery art

Homer and Halibut Cove mud in show art

Gardener divides time gardening

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Alaska needs real conservatives letters

AP gearing up for weekend of fun letters

Complaint sinks program letters

Crosswalks don't offer protection letters

Don't police have better things to do letters

Generous donations help meet needs letters

GOP power grab must be stopped letters

Hospital needs, deserves support letters

School awaits board's decision letters

Setting record straight about store letters

Social Security helping families now letters

Students get chance to learn life skill letters

Supporters are gold to KBCSA letters

Anchor Point readies for Memorial Day weekend news

Applicants no match for middle school principal news

Borough mayor to help tackle hospital issues news

City considers cuts to public library design news

College and career fair goes across the bay news

Council mulls property tax reduction news

Council supports traffic signal news

Darling arrested for murder in wife's death news

Fred Meyer brings large store plans to Homer news

Friends report seeing missing man news

In brief news

Lock-up beats goal news

New advanced health directive offers more choices news

Ninilchik students take three awards in 'Caring for the Kenai' news

Proposed ordinance to regulate sex-oriented businesses news

Renewable energy advocate challenges HEA incumbent news

Schools and arts tackle issues of appropriate art, clothing news

Clarence Paul Young obits

Peggy Sprague-Pulliam obits

Tom Schoder obits

Borough tax policy needs reassessing; wealthy should not drive taxes higher oped

Celebration aims to heal through story telling oped

Don't get burned; exercise caution during fire season oped

Hospital boards need preventive care, not major surgery oped

Kenai Peninsula Safe Kids Coalition marks its 13th anniversary with fair, bike rodeo oped

Dead bear dumped near Diamond Ridge outdoors

Halibut derby turns 20 years old this week outdoors

Almost ready for business photofeatures

Catching some air photofeatures

Cockroach mania photofeatures

How a watershed works photofeatures

Shopping for junk photofeatures

Fish board, CFEC sign DAP program agreement seawatch

Boys soccer splits 4 games sports

Girls soccer remains unbeaten sports

M's baseball doubleheader washed out sports

Mariner track team improves at Skyview Invitational sports

Softball warms up against Homer women sports

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May - 03 - 2005

Homer fire nears Anchor River news

May - 05 - 2005

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Festival promises sizzling solstice in Seldovia art

First Friday heralds Shorebird Festival art

Students' community impressions inspire colorful design, welcome sign for blank wall art

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Community's help appreciated letters

Friend grateful case pursued letters

Gallery incident troubling letters

Gas won't last; there's a better way letters

Gift will help in natural disaster letters

Great musical acts need support letters

Intolerance sparks business idea letters

Kids no excuse to raid fund letters

KPHI grateful to firm's generosity letters

Locked out woman can't get help letters

One Lord Sunday offers hope letters

Ordinance would control exemption letters

Public servants there when needed letters

Students get practical pointers letters

Support helps students reach higher letters

Thoughts on art, civic responsibility letters

Trail's cleaning makes for safer ride letters

Volunteers make it happen letters

Wealthy do pay their fair share letters

4,800-acre fire almost contained news

Dunn to command local troopers news

Festival brings stories, wooden boat builders to Spit news

Fueling firefighters no small task news

Gun, blood found on ferry news

In brief news

Lawsuit looms over planned Fred Meyer landscape news

Monitoring important nutrients in Kachemak Bay news

Neighbors help save Bald Mountain house news

Residents recall start of blaze news

School board says charter, non-charter schools must share news

Shorebird keynote speaker to talk on 'Wild America' news

State Forestry will address fire's environmental effects news

Stressed powerline, cracked insulator believed to cause Tracy Avenue fire news

Tourism conference scheduled for Homer next week news

Bruce Rentmeester obits

Robert Eugene "Bob" Evans obits

Chirp, twitter, caw, squawk: Spring's here oped

Fire season here; are you prepared? oped

Two Alaskan love stories, but will the cranes survive? oped

A little too close for comfort photofeatures

Augustine mirage photofeatures

Haul out photofeatures

Jealousy loves company photofeatures

Man's best friend photofeatures

Recycling Homer photofeatures

Togiak herring fishermen get plenty of opportunities seawatch

Girls drop first game sports

M's run away from competition sports

M's softball team takes 5; games that is sports

Mariner boys grab four wins sports

Smoke doesn't slow Mariner tracksters sports

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May - 12 - 2005

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Art News art

Millions of viewers in United States and Europe to get look at Homer art

Quilters add color, texture and stories to Homer's Shorebird Festival weekend art

Young filmmakers take top honors at district film festival art

Roses by any other name still thorny gardening

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Art opens door to discussion letters

Center grateful for support letters

City funding goes a long way letters

Community's kindness appreciated letters

Donations make trip possible letters

Eagle Scout grateful for help letters

Fire reveals caring community letters

Friends of Library look to future letters

HEA candidate appreciates support letters

Homer youth give gift of public art letters

Human, pet receive lots of TLC letters

Many contribute to safe summer letters

Mixing two schools short sighted letters

Parents, teach kids about fire safety letters

Residents again show their heart letters

Teachers deserve praise, thanks letters

Wildfire plan needs residents' input letters

Borough asks city for hospital land news

Burn-permit suspension remains in effect for all of Kenai Peninsula news

Community's hands reach out with help news

Firefighters respond to smaller wildland fires news

Firefighters urge creation of defensible space news

Fred Meyer intends to build next year news

Homer students sweep state's second Envirothon news

House passes genetically altered fish bill news

In brief news

Local contractor awarded bid for new library news

Northern Dynasty chips away at logistical issues news

Police close East End Road, schools during manhunt news

Schantz fund winner among visitors flocking to Homer news

Seniors, disabled vets keep tax exemption news

Special session addresses key issues news

State will fix drainage near Kachemak Drive news

Troopers identify man missing from M/V Tustumena news

Wildfire flare-up contained news

Word power fuels love of reading, offers big wins news

Larry L. Hedrick obits

Arts education comes in all types of forms oped

It's too early to say 'no' to Pebble mine oped

Pupil-teacher ratio at heart of fight between charter, traditional schools oped

Colorful kayaks photofeatures

Come sail away photofeatures

Roadrunners photofeatures

State resumes repaving on Sterling Highway photofeatures

Senior from small school awarded national scholarship schools

Students complete chapter in their pursuit of education schools

Chignik ruling prompts emergency meeting seawatch

Boys soccer drops pair sports

M's blast Colony, Seward sports

M's softball continues to cruise sports

Seniors shine in girls soccer wins sports

Tracksters gear up for region meet sports

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May - 19 - 2005

Homer's Best Bets activities

The Homer News Calendar activities

Arts News art

Bluegrass band returns with concert, camps, more instructors art

Homer pianist in concert, releases new CD art

Students create colorful mural with a little help from community art

Building boom leads some to look for tradesmen business

In Business business

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'Mixing zones' likely to resurface letters

Award creates beautiful memories letters

Business gift improves playground letters

City grant appreciated letters

Donors make residency possible letters

Foster families make big difference letters

Gift touches heartstrings letters

Grant helps monitoring program letters

Homer can be proud of new library letters

Homer High as it was letters

Mariner baseball team gives thanks letters

Mine's size, location raise red flags letters

Musical vision becomes reality letters

New library a group effort letters

Not all art appropriate for all kids letters

Nursing grad expresses appreciation letters

Risks too great to allow Pebble mine letters

Scholarship allows pursuit of dream letters

Sponsorship appreciated letters

Students, teachers say 'thanks' letters

Assembly votes for bed tax ballot measure news

Band instructor sets baton aside news

Courts hear arguments in initiative lawsuit news

Donors break ground at new Homer library site news

Firefighters continue to monitor Tracy Avenue fire news

Fishing boat burns near Kodiak Island news

Former enemies gather for reconciliation news

Graduates mark educational center's first decade of success news

In brief news

Jamaica is focus of Homer resident's global thinking news

Man shoots brown bear in defense of life and property news

Stein appeals order to start Wallace trial news

Tourism industry bands together to reach market news

Trooper, citizen investigation leads to theft arrest news

Workers allegedly scammed by fake North Slope training course news

Karen Nathanson obits

Lawrence R. "Larry" Thoma obits

Congratulations to class of 2005 oped

Nervous Nellie Man survived; odds not as good for today's Superman oped

Trip across the bay teaches lessons for life oped

King season kicks off at Anchor River, Spit outdoors

Five generations of women photofeatures

No one print is the same photofeatures

Putting her mark on the park photofeatures

Sprucing up photofeatures

Boys soccer bounced early sports

Klaar heads to state after speedy meet sports

M's softball wins four sports

Repeat Region III champs sports

Taylor, M's shut down Moose 10-0 sports

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May - 26 - 2005

Homer's Best Bets activities

The Homer News Calendar activities

'Upstream' rings chord with Homer youth art

Arts News art

California writer's new novel set in Homer art

Festival combines international flavors art

Latin rhythms heat Homer dance scene art

In Business business

Time to plant garden with something new gardening

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Borough at fault on tax exemption letters

Brown bears have always been here letters

Community will miss Kelly family letters

Donation helps get meals to seniors letters

Donation puts students closer to goal letters

Gift expands educational horizons letters

Grant shows commitment to youth letters

HEA's derby help appreciated letters

Hospital asset to Homer letters

Issues remain over Fireweed move letters

Mine opposition should grow letters

No one wants to be a wimp ... letters

Organization appreciates support letters

Park Day brightens Homer letters

Reconciliation possible on big scale letters

Student enjoys best field trip ever letters

Volunteers make things happen letters

Anchor Point trooper post not officially open news

Coast Guard, auxiliary busy past week news

Council considers fund for future news

District 35 fares well in budget news

Former high school mates get maritime degrees news

Hospital honors employees news

In brief news

Memorial Day more than the beginning of summer news

Pit operator faces charges news

Police arrest man on charges of assault with necktie : news

Property tax draws talk at council meeting news

Wallace trial rescheduled news

Women's specialist plans Homer clinic news

Young writers get special attention at upcoming writers conference news

Fireweed Academy's move offers opportunity to model cooperation oped

Kucinich gives hope for brighter future oped

Now is good time to hunt for hazards in your home oped

Remember reason for long weekend oped

Gathering teaches outdoor skills, safety to area women outdoors

Opener brings some solitude, fish outdoors

Outdoor News outdoors

Anchor Angler photofeatures

Babes in the woods photofeatures

Grumpy Grad photofeatures

Like a giant baguette photofeatures

Rescue me photofeatures

Change and success themes of graduation ceremonies schools

Class of 2017 takes giant step from kindergarten to first grade schools

Graduates 2005 schools

Ninilchik graduates face future by remembering times past schools

Red salmon arriving early to Kodiak Island seawatch

City league softball begins season sports

Girls win 2 at state sports

M's drop game then blast Bears sports

Mariner softball team split in Seward, eye State sports

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Jun - 02 - 2005

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Arts News art

Beach theme dominates First Friday art

Homer author receives honorary degree art

Plankton links worlds of science and art on big screen art

In Business business

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Donation provides meals to seniors letters

Event offers chance to enjoy trails letters

Family appreciates support letters

Groups urge probe of Bush actions letters

Helping hands spruce up Homer letters

Lessons help kids swim like fish letters

Prevention education made fun letters

Student appreciates support letters

Students learn about homesteading letters

Swimming lessons invaluable letters

Wait-and-see attitude inappropriate letters

Wooden boat festival great success letters

Borough considers cutting hours of Homer's annex office news

Broad-based tourist tax proposed news

Energy fix needed, says Anchorage Mayor Begich news

Flexibility key to town center plan news

In brief news

New judge starts work news

Roundabout considered for Homer news

Traditions mark Memorial Day on peninsula news

Trails Day a cheap way to get across the bay news

Troopers, police busy over holiday news

James E. Glass obits

Full-time borough office needed for southern peninsula oped

Humans should do all they can to preserve bird population oped

Lodge owners not against new taxes, but there's better way than bed tax oped

Summer is here and the fishing is beautiful oped

Year in review: Exchange student enjoys life Homer-style oped

Clammers enjoy low tides, inlet's bounty outdoors

Outdoor News outdoors

Summer begins with plenty of fishing options outdoors

When it comes to cleaning clams, she's the queen outdoors

Not likely to get stuck photofeatures

Rock on photofeatures

Touch of color photofeatures

2004-2005 school year wraps up with big finish schools

Weather service commissions research vessels seawatch

M's punch ticket to state with thriller sports

Softball gears up for state sports

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Jun - 09 - 2005

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Agents, authors, poets, publishers part of conference faculty art

Arts News art

Free public events part of conference art

Speaker's role to bring poetry to people art

In Business business

Hard work pays off for spectacular garden gardening

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Cheerleader cheers her supporters letters

Derby reflects state of charter fleet letters

Funds make field trip possible letters

Gifts make memorable Mother's Day letters

Graduates appreciate taxi vouchers letters

Kucinich inspires hope for future letters

Many make weekend big success letters

Milestone events prompt musing letters

Questions follow accidents letters

Response to Kucinich overwhelming letters

Roundabouts raise safety concerns letters

Scholarships reduce college burden letters

Seventh graders get survival lessons letters

Snowmads offer safety lessons letters

Trails Day means lots of work, fun letters

U.S. needs exit plan to leave Iraq letters

Anchor Point family loses home in fire news

Anchor Point man delivers crushing blow to junkers news

Assembly raises sales tax news

Assembly restores Homer office funds news

City told review of documents should be free news

Court upholds suppression of child porn evidence news

Homer student's flag essay wins local, state, national competition news

Hospital boards agree to talk more news

In brief news

Kucinich touts community of peace during Homer visit news

New principal selected for Homer Middle School news

Open houses set for town center, traffic studies news

Quiet Creek creates uproar news

Reading kept alive during summer vacation news

State seeks hike in limited-entry permit fees news

Summer institute begins for 54 Project GRAD students news

Tourist season on southern peninsula well under way news

James E. Glass obits

Cooperation key to strong Alaska oped

Fishing season heats up on lower peninsula waters outdoors

'Tis the season photofeatures

Boys of summer photofeatures

Carving a niche photofeatures

Chignik salmon co-op wins wild ride in court seawatch

M's drop heartbreaking title game sports

Softballers exit early in small schools tourney sports

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Jun - 16 - 2005

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'Rambling thoughts' set conference tone art

Music fills year's longest days on south side of Kachemak Bay art

On hearing Billy Collins read one rainbow-splattered night art

Out-of-staters get taste for conference art

Southern Kenai Peninsula invaded by musical British mice art

Era Aviation sold to group of West Coast investors business

New Alice's owners apply for liquor license transfer business

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Bluegrass week proves to be big hit letters

Consequences outweigh infraction letters

Did Bush lie about reasons for war? letters

Evolution should be debate topic letters

Grants put focus on young people letters

Homer wins art honor — again letters

Impeachment would be right word letters

Mutt strutters help furry friends letters

Residents touch visitors' hearts letters

Roundabouts: visionary solution letters

Stress one obstacle to good health letters

Student appreciates her community letters

War doesn't promote culture of life letters

Assembly leaves property tax levy untouched at 6.5 mills news

City council approves changes to watershed code news

Committee unveils plan for downtown news

Dog days of summer bring friends together news

DOT pitches options news

Homeless teen survey results presented news

Homer man's proposal doesn't keep tax off ballot news

In brief news

Man charged with sexual abuse of a minor news

Pool dedicated to memory of community's own news

Radio station increases message-sending power news

Sexual Assault Response Team gets new digital cameras news

So far, four declare intent to run for borough mayor news

State funds village water, sewer projects news

Marjory Daniels obits

Best advice during quake: drop, cover and hold on oped

Let's start moving on roundabouts oped

Special thanks for help with special project oped

Hot action abounds in lower peninsula fisheries outdoors

Kids land kings, trophies in Anchor River derby outdoors

Ninilchik school hopes to raise money with fishing vacation raffle outdoors

A wrong turn photofeatures

Fishing for rainbows photofeatures

Girl's best friend photofeatures

Pickup truck sentiments photofeatures

Queen salmon photofeatures

Standing room only photofeatures

Look who slithered into summer school schools

Shellfish thrive in Kachemak Bay's water seawatch

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Jun - 23 - 2005

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Conversation on censorship continues museum dialogue art

Life, racing battles grab readers' attention art

Tour of homes bids public to step inside art

Trio brings jazz harp's soothing sounds to Pier One's stage art

Borough Assembly votes down sex business ordinance business

In Business business

Outdoor market opens near Spit business

Shuttle business takes to road business

Time, fences essential to thriving gardens gardening

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Alaska vacation too expensive letters

Another traffic solution: tunnels letters

Couplets better solution to traffic letters

Emblem Club's gift appreciated letters

Event helps foster music, dance letters

Foster parents honored at picnic letters

Homer honored again letters

Issues about Iraq won't disappear letters

Many help feed those in need letters

Overpass should be considered letters

Partnerships fuel learning, service letters

Region champions express thanks letters

Rooms needed for volunteer troupe letters

Roundabouts keep traffic moving letters

Roundabouts not way to go letters

Student says thanks letters

Theft of flags dishonors veterans letters

Writers' conference big hit letters

Alaska public broadcasting faces budget cut news

APOC tests electronic system for elections news

Assembly examines tax appeal process news

Chapman and Nikolaevsk to share school principal news

City, police consider moving dispatch services to Soldotna news

Closure of Agrium will hurt farmers, ranchers news

Court upholds size-cap election results news

Foundation's 50th anniversary puts spotlight on grantees news

Homer lawyers taking year off in Armenia news

In brief news

New housing to be built for Tyonek teachers news

School administrators get short, powerful dose of summer learning news

Scientists present erosion studies news

Thieves steal flags from Veterans Memorial news

Union aims to cut class size news

Eugene Martin Effler obits

Marjory Daniels obits

Homer: painter, moron poet, fan — and more oped

Option to bed tax deserves pursuing oped

You don't have to be wealthy to become a philanthropist oped

Fishing options abound for official start of summer outdoors

Man lands 365-pounder outdoors

'A' classic road trip photofeatures

All in a day's work photofeatures

Beluga bear photofeatures

Fish on photofeatures

Rock on photofeatures

To market, to market photofeatures

Researchers look at shellfish farms' impacts seawatch

Salmon season begins seawatch

Habit too hard to break for Homer octogenarian sports

Racers to hoist sails for regatta this weekend sports

Spit run on tap Saturday sports

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Jun - 30 - 2005

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Grammy winner, activist at festival art

July brings exhibit change to galleries art

Owls give wide-eyed focal point for multi-artist exhibit art

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Borough assembly is anti-tourism letters

Boys State memorable experience letters

Car-crushing effort beautiful move letters

Drunken brawl not neighborly letters

Hospital offers outstanding care letters

Lights, not roundabouts, needed letters

Many make conference successful letters

Racing Lions appreciate support letters

Reason on side of roundabouts letters

Roundabouts make good sense letters

Scholarship recipient says thanks letters

Seldovia rolls out warm welcome letters

Tour of Homes benefits the arts letters

Truck arguments don't pull weight letters

U.S. troops have done their duty letters

50 years in priesthood celebrated news

Anchorage family rescued from burning boat news

City adopts traffic plan news

City, state laws regulate portable signs news

Council tells planners to reconsider hospital permit news

Farm service considers cutting Homer office news

Injured hiker rescued from Sadie Knob news

Kachemak Bay area prepares for big weekend news

Setnetters reporting low catch news

Tax cap initiative petition OK'd news

Thunderstorm starts fires off East End Road news

Wallace gets new lawyer; trial date rescheduled for Aug. 22 news

Remembering our roots of freedom oped

Kachemak Bay State Park offers relaxation, adventure outdoors

Park offers plenty of trails outdoors

Public use cabin reservations made easy with Internet outdoors

Residents set to go dippy outdoors

Come sail away photofeatures

Lining up for Lance photofeatures

Surf's up photofeatures

NOAA proposes new fishery management guidelines seawatch

Sailors catch fair winds in two-day regatta sports

Spit Run draws fun-loving crowd sports

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Jul - 14 - 2005

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Artistry of winemaking offers local flavors art

Arts News art

Outdoor fun at fair art

Popularity means return engagement art

Signing gives early 'voice' to babies art

Two-day festival takes crowds deep into music, good times art

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Action dishonors U.S. soldiers letters

Auxiliary looking for new members letters

Boaters asked to slow down letters

Homer helps clinic in Jamaica letters

Hospice of Homer says thanks letters

Kindness makes bad night better letters

Many help make community safer letters

Open house donations appreciated letters

Property taxes must go letters

Signal needed before someone killed letters

U.S. should intervene in Sudan letters

Volunteers add sparkle to Fourth letters

What's the cure for growing pains? letters

Where's help when you need it? letters

Wrong needs to be righted letters

Anchor Point to get new trooper position news

Anchor River protected as deal struck news

Another U.S. flag stolen from public building news

Assembly postpones decision on Funny River Bridge advisory vote news

Center opens to provide community health care news

East Coast youngsters travel thousands of miles to make new friends news

Experience backs up police force news

Games guests lacking lodging news

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Lisa Murkowski comments on energy, Supreme Court news

Museum interns find dead whale with GullCam news

New keeper program set to launch in state news

Ohio author speaks about history of ANILCA news

Retiree Return Program changes for cities, public employers news

School board approves budget, goals, personnel changes news

Study: Alaskans pay nearly double what they did in 1980 news

Young Homer environmental activists attend ANILCA conference news

Barbara L. Gunzinger obits

Mary Isabelle (McCoy) Bowman obits

Democratic Board of Wildlife should govern Board of Game oped

Dogs mark summer solstice by confronting visiting bear oped

Energy bill could be fuel for opportunity oped

Homer residents can do much more to improve relationship with bears oped

Anglers net bounty at China Poot Creek outdoors

Bruin-watching leads to end of fishing drought outdoors

From the bluff: a firsthand look at living legends outdoors

Teachers, scientists learn about brown bears on the Chenik River outdoors

Bird watcher photofeatures

Not much to salvage photofeatures

Star-studded affair photofeatures

Worth the hike photofeatures

Organisms colonize docks, boats seawatch

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Jul - 21 - 2005

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Artists open gallery doors to public art

Concert celebrates 25th birthday on the lawn art

Prose penned in storytelling style art

Station adds news programming art

Investment group completes Era purchase business

Location key to successful corner business

Wake up, deadheaders, there's work to do gardening

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Bearaphobics should live elsewhere letters

Festival provides good music, fun letters

Front-page stickers vandalize paper letters

Impatient drivers endanger wildlife letters

Movie stigmatizes mentally ill letters

News leak takes center stage letters

Simple, cheap solution for traffic letters

Slow down for moose calves letters

Thoughts about retire-rehire story letters

Trustees' dinner great success letters

Water safety important letters

Charter boat sinks; all hands rescued news

Cooperation helps ease Spit parking news

Garbage bears: A growing problem? news

Gilman's death touches hearts across Alaska news

Gilman's work helped improve life on peninsula news

Guides, transporter charged with fish, game violations news

Neighbors dig in for gravel fight news

NTSB finishes field investigation of plane crash news

RFK Jr. thanks Keeper's hard work news

Salmon catch slows; price above last year's news

Barbara Lee Martin obits

Joseph Paul Lawlor obits

Wes Marks obits

Don Gilman's life made a difference oped

Last exit for Homer: go, stop, spin around or get organized oped

New approaches would benefit public, Board of Game process oped

Anglers gear up, get away for Dollies outdoors

Pair of big fish take derby lead, dazzle Kenai onlookers outdoors

Potter partiers parade costumes photofeatures

Rock on photofeatures

Street fairies photofeatures

Peninsula high school students enter national rodeo competition sports

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Jul - 28 - 2005

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Chickburgers and More art

Orchestra festival creates very busy two-week schedule art

Peninsula-wide orchestra strikes up festival art

Who's an old bag? art

Written word takes center stage art

Business Briefs business

DNR mulls new Homer building business

Seldovia gets second online paper business

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Accurate reporting appreciated letters

Another view on front-page stickers letters

Bear series offers good information letters

Coast Guard sets record straight letters

Cure for stress: listen to silence letters

Day set aside to celebrate kids letters

Daylight Savings Time unnecessary letters

Donation makes big difference letters

Fans appreciated by seniors letters

Fund-raiser helps promote the arts letters

Future filmmakers capture spotlight letters

Generous offer to sail well received letters

Many contribute to fair's success letters

Peninsula grieves loss of 3 heroes letters

Project hurts neighboring property letters

Stickers appeal to entrepreneurs letters

Support helps dream come true letters

Young people make good impression letters

Borough action on subdivisions worries city news

Candidates getting jump on campaigns news

City's input required news

Coast Guard rescues two men, boy from Augustine Island news

Developer plans subdivision meeting news

Finding water easier with dowsing news

Fisherman, civic leader leaves legacy news

Habitat for Humanity volunteers build second home in Homer news

High-speed crash kills four youths news

Museum awarded two-year federal grant news

Neighbors ask city to rethink RV park permit news

Permanent fund goes to committee news

Popularity of bears sparks multi-million dollar industry news

Questions of community survival take Anchorage legislator statewide news

Residents weigh in on subdivision news

Settlement gives wetlands, easements to land trust news

Teenager rolls SUV news

Drew Scalzi obits

John Wayne Blackshear-Walker obits

Lynnette Elaine White obits

Marjorie Marie Moyer obits

Toni Gregoire and Randall Wallstrand obits

Don't forget animals in your family when putting together disaster kits oped

Homer mourns its many losses oped

A short hike to the call of Reuben's Bench outdoors

Fishermen catch rare halibut outdoors

Lesson taught, learned at Fishing Hole outdoors

Sailing club goes clamming on south side of Kachemak Bay outdoors

A home away from home photofeatures

Halibut on the fly photofeatures

Road trip photofeatures

Sitting on the dock of the bay photofeatures

For the love of it, a fisherman's tale seawatch

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Aug - 04 - 2005

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Arts News art

Bands blend Latin, Afro-Cuban, jazz art

Receptions preview new exhibits art

Third book blazes into series art

Weekend lawn party draws fun-loving crowd art

Growing oyster industry gets grant business

In Business business

Invasive species talk gives gardener pause gardening

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Bristol Bay not open to leasing letters

Committee needs to finish its job letters

Days invest unselfishly in bears letters

Different issue, same Bush tactics letters

Donation for education appreciated letters

Drew Scalzi made state better place letters

Family appreciates support letters

Family says thanks for kindness letters

Gossip not needed after tragedy letters

More on front-page ads letters

Roberts’ nomination opposed letters

Study on homeless teens available letters

City asks for light news

Community mourns four killed in car wreck news

Community offers help for grief news

Council candidates begin filing for municipal election news

Disaster drill a multi-agency event news

Five rescued from sinking boat; boat washes up at Anchor Point news

In Brief news

Pilot, helicopter play key role in priest’s canonization news

School board hears proposal to cut $4.6 million in seven years news

Shuttle service will be provided for Scalzi services Friday news

Two Seldovia teenagers die this week news

Ulmer to discuss climate change Aug. 13 news

Vial contains life-saving information news

Bernard C. “Bill” Miller obits

Drew Scalzi obits

John Wayne Blackshear-Walker obits

Randall Martin Walstrand obits

Rebecca Atwater obits

W.I. “Bob” Palmer obits

Changes in PERS, TRS programs clarified oped

In the mailbag: roundabouts, humor (not) and fishing oped

Jay Hammond, 1922-2005 oped

Changing seasons photofeatures

Lunchtime concerts part of festival photofeatures

Picking wildflowers photofeatures

Summer break photofeatures

Whale dentures photofeatures

Anglers take bead on Dollies sports

Coach retells wrestling stories in new book sports

Florida retiree takes solo ride to Alaska; at age 76 sports

HHS runners hit trail with new coach sports

Mariners gear up for football season sports

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Aug - 11 - 2005

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Arts News art

Cajun music, taste adds spice to Crawdad Fest art

Music takes listeners on time-travel journey art

Natural history society celebrates 50 years art

Contest seeks ideas for new businesses business

In Business business

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Bring back the penguins letters

Congress should act now letters

Donation helps promote literacy letters

Here’s fun way to help those in need letters

Homer wins hearts of school hosts letters

Poetry week provides inspiration letters

Tax would mean fewer tourists letters

Three cheers for Spenard’s support letters

‘Prof. Popsicle’ seeks big chill news

City buys watershed property news

City dock gets $2 million boost from U.S. Congress news

Environmental youth visit Homer for annual gathering news

Friends and family gather to honor Drew Scalzi news

Golf tournament links fun to fund-raising news

Grant boosts Kenai Peninsula Arctic Winter Games news

Harbor tour perfect for landlubbers news

Homer truck driver injured news

Ice cream party wraps up summer reading program news

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Ordinance frees up assembly members news

Ordinance would drop tax rate news

Planners nix larger business district news

Roads could solve future traffic congestion, says builder news

Volunteer trail-builders forge international connections news

Woman files suit against SNA over locked gate news

Women’s Services becomes Haven House news

Wreck injures 2 on Jerrel’s Hill news

Among Hammond’s many accomplishments was protecting Kachemak Bay’s resources oped

Community health centers improve access to medical care for millions oped

Human actions can help, hurt wildlife oped

Observations on the role of the public in the community’s planning process oped

Public process plays key role in community planning oped

Freezer-filling fishing season nearing end outdoors

All in a good day’s catch photofeatures

Flash on First Friday photofeatures

Good grip photofeatures

Not much left to salvage photofeatures

Ready for the next tide photofeatures

Kasitsna Bay Laboratory undergoes big renovations seawatch

Coach nets big group of talented spikers sports

Familiar faces lead deep Mariner swim, diving teams sports

Homer Ice Rink re-opens, draws crowd at camp sports

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Aug - 18 - 2005

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Arts News art

Bay ‘brothers’ land on peninsula art

Creativity fueled by life in remote setting art

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Give potted plants what they need: a garden spot gardening

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Close call prompts reminder letters

Habitat home is community effort letters

Hospice says thanks letters

KPO’s praises sung letters

Last request fulfilled letters

Liberalism not evil letters

Pressure to drill increases letters

Spirit of Homer alive, well letters

Sterling Highway needs to be fixed letters

Summer program big hit letters

Tax will hurt Homer most letters

Trail workers appreciate support letters

Wanted: Ritz memorabilia letters

Anchor Point leases could see action soon news

Charter IFQs delayed, debate heats up news

Company to survey offshore oil prospect near Anchor Point news

Congressional staffers tour peninsula to hear concerns news

Former trooper sergeant avoids speeding driver, is injured in motorcycle accident news

Homer Rotary welcomes delegation from Thailand news

Hospital becomes homier with new room news

Peninsula fair promises ‘time of your life’ news

Planning piques interest news

Students cross state for climate conference in Homer news

Tests results show driver in fatal crash was intoxicated news

Three file for two Homer council seats news

U.S. Navy warship takes break to pay visit news

Toni Lou Gregoire obits

As they prepare to leave, students make one plea: Keep Homer’s special qualities oped

In brief oped

Planning essential to manage growth oped

Flatfish, silvers, clams entice anglers to get out outdoors

Hunters gear up for moose season outdoors

Hunting sockeye rips in upper Cook Inlet outdoors

One-week crew license offered outdoors

Fair days photofeatures

Farm league photofeatures

The part that’s art photofeatures

We got pride photofeatures

Peninsula schools miss AYP schools

State releases school performance status schools

Fleet has left Kenai River, but fish still flood in seawatch

Angler/Keepers win city softball tourney sports

Mariners’ comeback falls short sports

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Alaska loses three of its best citizens

Aug - 25 - 2005

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Arts News art

Film features familiar sweeping seascapes of southern Kenai Peninsula art

Filmmakers offer tips, skills at upcoming workshop art

Musical tour of good old days wraps up theater season art

Young artist awarded cover of state publication art

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Crawdad Fest helps good cause letters

Donation helps preserve history letters

Donations benefit food pantry letters

Festival brings great music to town letters

Golf tourney raises funds for pantry letters

Great fair, but uniforms should go letters

Keeper says thanks to volunteers letters

Planning can help conserve fuel letters

Scalzi family says thanks to Homer letters

Seniors enjoy ‘joy ride’ on bay letters

All’s fun at the state fair news

Assembly changes date for increase in sales tax in case initiative passes news

Bears steal man’s fishing gear news

Borough planners back change governing gravel pit operations news

Cost-cutting options for hospital expansion examined news

Familiar face at City Hall retiring soon news

Forestry to host stewardship class in Homer news

High winds knock out power to Seldovia news

Homer artist takes anti-war protest to Bush’s ranch news

In brief news

Jury convicts Homer man on 5 charges of dealing drugs news

Ocean Drive permit to get new hearing news

Road crews wrap up East End work news

Students get back to books news

Vote on tax exemption likely to be rescheduled news

Berniece S. Cooper obits

Frances Thompson obits

George Donald Wheat obits

City officials could use community’s help in planning for posterity and prosperity oped

Homer grad expresses thanks to community for raising her right oped

Some disasters require learning to shelter in place oped

Success in school requires teamwork oped

A hard-fought series photofeatures

Heave ho, fishermen photofeatures

Rough ride wows crowd photofeatures

Welcome back photofeatures

Crab fishery opens under new rules seawatch

Fish still biting despite tides, foul weather sports

Mariner girls face jamboree challenge sports

Mariners raid Valdez Buccaneers, 58-8 sports

Mariners runners meet best in state sports

Oilers slide into second place at state tournament sports

River run charts unique course sports

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Sep - 01 - 2005

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Childhood memories inspire revival of story art

Literature as art focus of exhibit art

Local production continues, with or without sponsor art

New exhibits to galleries in September art

Young Dubliners crash southern Kenai Peninsula art

Minnesota corn farmer gets earful from gardener gardening

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Community making big difference letters

Despite change, show will go on letters

Friends of library deserve support letters

Gallery gets publicity boost letters

Grant goes toward new dance floor letters

Grant targets young musicians letters

It’s true: Homer never leaves you letters

Mayor wrong about Greenpeace letters

Now is the time to check headlights letters

Run for Women celebrates life letters

Special Olympics needs help letters

Support of program appreciated letters

Coast Guard Auxiliary guides boat to safe harbor news

Coastal Studies Center receives grant from Rasmuson news

Commerce chief touts exploring for resources news

Gravel pit rules debated news

Homer woman charged with assault, criminal mischief news

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Nikolaevsk student receives statewide award news

Other comments heard at last week’s meeting on gravel pit rules: news

Outage lights up need for tree clearing news

Release slated for orphaned seal found in Nikiski news

Residents fly to help hurricane victims news

Restored truck torched in lot news

Secondary power lines homeowner’s responsibility news

Seldovia fishing boat sinks news

Sister cities celebrate two decades of kinship news

State, neighbors fight pit owners news

State’s local ‘bird guy’ offers raptor-saving advice news

David E. Webb obits

Kimberly Jean “Kimmer” Jones obits

Roberta Louise Fields obits

Ronald Arthur Roderick obits

Howard acts as bait to lure unsuspecting tourists to reveal thoughts about Homer oped

Voters need to start studying for election oped

Spend Labor Day weekend productively, go fishing outdoors

A woman’s best friend photofeatures

Barn door photofeatures

Kids don’t float, but gumby suits do photofeatures

Path to fitness photofeatures

College opens doors to fall semester schools

Counselor hired for district’s 10 small schools schools

Peninsula schools receive six-figure, six-year grant schools

Kodiak fishermen work to reauthorize Magnuson-Stevens seawatch

2005 Run for Woman Results sports

M’s challenge state runners at Skyview sports

Mariners hound Bulldogs sports

Spikers net pair of wins sports

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Sep - 08 - 2005

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Art makes leap from trash to treasure art

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Boy Scout makes gift baskets for domestic violence victims news

Company works to make bomb-checking jobs safer news

Cyber Cop to teach parents, students about Internet safety news

Election could change school board, assembly news

Gas prices bite charter companies news

Groups join, warn of Bristol Bay mining news

Habitat for Humanity selling vacated house news

Homer teacher makes final four news

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Jury fails to reach verdict on sexual assault charges news

New assistant fire chief hired news

New Homer cop on the job news

October ballot offers choice for council news

Swiss chalet a labor of love for owner news

Voters consider everything from bridges to taxes news

Voters to put bed-tax debate to rest news

What will the forests in the Anchor River watershed look like 50 years from now? news

Complications arise when office-holders run for new positions oped

Letters to the Editor oped

Into the wild photofeatures

School meals come in many flavors, offer many benefits schools

Alaska fisheries stocks fare well under regional management seawatch

Boys runners take third at Homer Invite sports

Get your picks ready; the NFL season starts today sports

Iron-folk brave rain for triathlon sports

M’s drop pair sports

Mariners outshine Stars sports

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Sep - 15 - 2005

Calendar activities

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Art donations needed art

Danny Schmidt brings original sounds to Homer art

Leo Vait’s ‘Bone Music’ resurrected as public art art

Year’s top documentaries chosen for festival art

Bill Smith - District 8 (Homer) elections

Council candidates answer questions at chamber forum elections

Ed Oberts - Borough Mayor elections

Gary Superman - Borough Mayor elections

Heidi Fielding - District 8 (Homer) elections

John Torgerson - Borough Mayor elections

John Williams - Borough Mayor elections

Matt Shadle - Homer City Council elections

Michael Yourkowski - Homer City Council elections

Mike Heimbuch - Homer City Council elections

Ray Vin Zant - Borough Mayor elections

Torgerson leads mayoral candidates in spending elections

Garden season comes to a close gardening

Gardener thinks PeeGee is peachy gardening

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Assembly candidate has good idea letters

Bush wrong man to lead probe letters

Chamber inspires participation letters

Dreams snared by bureaucracy letters

Family appreciates caregivers letters

Homer shares its heart with South letters

Hospice grateful for support letters

Still more to the Greenpeace story letters

Students invited to get involved letters

Summer full of magical moments letters

Visitors will be back to Homer letters

Early analysis suggests tourist season fair to good news

Gravel’s role grabs attention news

Jane Bishop, Bishop’s Beach namesake, dies at 84 news

Judge Murphy formally installed at Homer court news

Planning commission continues work on proposed subdivision news

Power outage on entire Kenai news

Pratt hires education director news

Rare elephant seal washes up at Anchor Point news

Snagging opens on Spit news

Taxis, healthcare providers review transportation news

Vet Center expands picnic news

Richard W. Smithson Jr. obits

Steven “Simo” Simonson obits

Sue Ann Hoffman obits

Virginia L. Wilson obits

Recommendations on borough propositions oped

Time to lose the scarlet letter oped

Dersham’s new Fish and Game post leaves Board of Fish hole outdoors

Three charged in commercial fishing violations outdoors

Home crowd photofeatures

Borough Assembly approves road funds schools

Enrollment drop, fuel costs hit school district schools

Nanwalek celebrates grand opening of new Head Start schools

School board race raises issues, choices schools

Alaska fishermen providing relief to hurricane victims seawatch

Defense muzzles Bears sports

Fire and ‘Iceman’ win surfing competition sports

M’s Runners find stride at road meets sports

Mariners net four wins with trip to Kodiak sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Swimmers shine at Homer Invite sports

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Sep - 22 - 2005

Calendar activities

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‘Magic’ brings film director to Homer art

Artist readies basket for second beach burning art

Auditions scheduled art

Gallery raises funds art

Games get culture art

Grants available art

Homer artist awarded art

Local leaders honored art

More dancers sought art

Musicians jam for old-fashioned good time art

Poetry in limelight art

Poets slam at workshop, public invited to final performance art

Potters needed art

Students write authors art

Assembly candidates discuss ballot propositions elections

Bill Smith elections

Deb Germano elections

Heidi Fielding elections

Matt Shadle elections

Michael Yourkowski elections

Mike Heimbuch elections

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Adults needed to make difference letters

Bridge: a waste of tax dollars letters

Conservatives have winning edge letters

Cosmic Hams cycle for good cause letters

Figure skater appreciates support letters

Filmmaking course in spotlight letters

Funny River bridge not needed letters

Homer chamber earns state award letters

Homer responds in time of need letters

IFQs will hurt more than charters letters

Mentally ill cannot be forgotten letters

Minority should not ruleletters

Politicians need competency exams letters

Program helps support youth letters

State park needs help letters

Student appreciates scholarship letters

Students fish for science letters

Vote ‘no’ on Propositions 4, 5 letters

Airline anticipates Homer to Anchorage schedule news

Assembly delays gravel pit decision news

Chamber named state’s best news

Day of remembrance marked with rock-solid tribute news

Farm agency offers relief news

Four-day search suspended for missing man news

Freddy’s changes its plans news

Hospice of Homer offering talks, volunteer training news

Passport applications available news

Task force calls for longer fishing news

Testimony on gravel pits reveal divide news

TRAILS program makes recreation accessible news

James Gamble obits

Candidates deserve thanks for running oped

Unbalanced Alaskans just not ready for even-keeled equinox oped

Paws and tires on asphalt: man, dogs cross continent outdoors

Food for funds photofeatures

Incoming photofeatures

Leader of the pack photofeatures

You can get there from here photofeatures

Campbell appointed to Board of Fisheries seawatch

Mariners net fourth in Valdez sports

Runners fare well on sloppy borough trails sports

South upends Mariners sports

Swimmers roll at sea, in Kodiak sports

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Sep - 29 - 2005

Homer’s Best Bets activities

Classics raise funds for orchestra art

Dance company comes to Alaska art

Dancing at the end of the road art

Growing company of musicians supports orchestra art

Human circus to perform art

Learn to tell art

Marionettes create big presence on little stage art

Poetry circle resumes art

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Alaska waters need protection letters

Better candidates for fish job letters

Bike theft prompts letter letters

Community shows it cares letters

Crabbers should unite letters

Crew’s courtesy appreciated letters

Garden helps cultivate community letters

Group grateful for gift of signs letters

Hospice looking for volunteers letters

Many contribute to walk’s success letters

Many make seminar possible letters

Naturopathy via anatomy letters

Path popularity warms heart letters

Positive news belongs in front letters

Reality check on Fred’s coming letters

Remembrance Circle thanks letters

Standing ovation for Homer Theatre letters

Appointments made news

Condos sell deluxe lifestyle news

Health center hosts flu clinic news

Homer groups make time for World Wilderness Congress news

House committee eyes state’s retirement liability news

Local cook wins big news

Lower peninsula homesteader, Margret Pate, dies at age 94 news

Marine Highway receives award news

Outcry over mixing zones gives state officials pause news

Owners keep open space in subdivision news

Pebble official warns of ‘fear mongering’ news

Planning discussion hits council table news

Polls open Tuesday for local elections news

Potato buyers cautioned against spreading disease news

Speaker announced news

State gives borough funds for variety of area projects news

State to install traffic signal news

Subdivision planned near elementary school not ready, says commission news

Testimony shows support for limited fishery access news

U.S. readies for bird flu news

Underage drinking still problem outside of city, troopers say news

Wallace trial postponed news

James Lee Gamble obits

Charlotte A. Elvsaas obits

Kristin E. Parke obits

Laurence Edward Stanley obits

Luella Marie Reimer Smith obits

Margret Sullivan Pate obits

Petreena Getty obits

Point of View - Bald eagles should be placed on Alaska’s ‘do not feed’ list oped

Point of View - Planning key to weathering floods on peninsula oped

Voting good antidote for community’s ills oped

Kachemak Gardener - Trip to Denali gives garden chance to flourish outdoors

New home for Project GRAD photofeatures

One rough beach landing too many photofeatures

Whirling and swirling photofeatures

Contest puts smile on face of young writers schools

Student safety keeps parent volunteer active schools

Students collect coins for Katrina schools

NOAA studying breeding and nursery habits of skates seawatch

Cyclists raise money for multiple sclerosis research sports

Kards roll over Mariners sports

M’s duo runs to State sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Spikers gain momentum sports

Wythe, boys sprint to wins at Pentathlon sports

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Oct - 06 - 2005

Homer’s Best Bets activities

Art Shop Gallery art

Backdoor Studio art

Bunnell Street Gallery art

Calien Galleries art

Family publishes book of Homer homesteading days art

Fireweed Gallery art

Homer Council on the Arts art

Latitude 59 art

Performances showcase decades of experience art

Picture Alaska art gallery art

Pratt Museum art

Ptarmigan Arts Back Room Gallery art

Cap on sales tax succeeds at polls elections

Germano tops Smith for assembly elections

Homer voters tap Shadle, Heimbuch for council seats elections

Race not over for Torgerson, Williams elections

Voters say ‘no’ to bed tax; ‘yes’ to fire station bonds elections

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Mine’s benefits can’t be overlooked letters

Canoe trip teaches many lessons letters

Collection captures creativity letters

Community shows its support letters

Estuaries Day mixes fun, learning letters

Homer can’t forget middle class letters

Homer Foundation earns praise letters

Mine coverage unbalanced letters

Mother appreciates kindness letters

Officials absent from mine update letters

Photos of those in military sought letters

Artists program offers residencies news

Bay Science - Salmon Nutrients Contribute to Riparian Vegetation news

Borough offers Community Emergency Response Team training news

Borough, SPH trade concerns following audit news

City, borough close to extending hospital lease news

Council meets Monday news

Derby winner nets $48,504 news

KES still looking for fire hall site on Diamond Ridge news

Pebble meets local groups, residents news

Peninsula offers safe haven after hurricane news

Election results signal changes oped

Point of View - Every issue has two sides; here’s another on feeding eagles, gulls oped

Unhinged Alaska - Ready or not, winter quickly makes way to Kachemak Bay oped

Fall view photofeatures

Sign of the times photofeatures

Solitude photofeatures

School board plans for more public input schools

Crab quotas up as Bering Sea fleet trims down seawatch

Cross-country invitational a hit with elementary students sports

M’s dominate home meet sports

M’s make history, state playoffs sports

Pair makes state run sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Skyview blanks M’s netters sports

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Oct - 13 - 2005

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19th century journalist comes to Homer stage art

Art News - Art classes for kids begin art

Art News - Campus unveils art art

Art News - Gallery awarded grant art

Art News - Homer artist in master artist series art

Art News - Music festival marks season change art

Art News - Owls star in exhibit art

Art News - Quilting classes offered art

Art News - Stranded artists offered help art

Folk approach sets strong sounds art

Seldovia stands tall in world of arts and artists art

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Alaskans have chance to do it right letters

Book sale raises $1,800 for library letters

Concert provides more than music letters

Dallas Brass deserves applause letters

Director looking for home in Homer letters

Feast marks end of farmers’market letters

Films were informative, inspiring letters

Homer’s support appreciated letters

Meeting to feature new drug plan letters

Politics needs to take turn for better letters

Project connects earth, spirit letters

Simple things make huge difference letters

Thanks, planners, for listening letters

Trainers to talk dog at open house letters

Volleyball team appreciates support letters

White Cane Safety Day is Saturday letters

‘Church for unchurched’ back on Pioneer news

Board members’ support of Wong raises questions news

Council begins budget review news

Dividends still boost businesses news

Family writes letter to PTA after teens trash house news

Guest conductor blends peninsula high school voices news

Happenings in Anchor Point - Anchor Point chamber to celebrate 17th birthday with Saturday party news

HEA to examine coal plant options news

Housing scarce for low, middle incomes news

In Brief - City seeks finance director news

In Brief - Contest fosters readiness news

In Brief - Election results certified news

In Brief - KESA receives grant news

In Brief - Palin files for state office news

Look, up in the sky — it’s space trash, not a meteor news

Neighborhood wants to bury utility lines along Hohe Street news

Sidewalks soon to be completed on Hohe news

Subdivisions move through planning process news

Troopers dedicate Anchor Point post news

What will 2005 dividend buy? news

Gerry Alexander obits

Margaret “Maggie” Corbisier obits

Point of View - Community needs fair, balanced look at proposed Pebble project oped

Spending, saving, sharing for future oped

Fall brown bear season closed before it opens outdoors

The Kachemak Gardener - It’s tricky, but you can produce fruit at latitude 59 outdoors

Heading south photofeatures

Keeping it clean photofeatures

Our own Mallory Square photofeatures

Sailors receive awards photofeatures

Unidentified floating object photofeatures

School district works to demystify budget process schools

Homer swimmers outdistance their competitors sports

Mariners make goal, even with Eielson loss sports

Netters trounce Soldotna sports

Pigskin Picker sports

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Oct - 20 - 2005

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Art News - DVD shortcut available arts

Art News - Exhibition seeks entries arts

Art News - Painting workshop set arts

Arts News - Basket burning recorded arts

Arts News - Honor choir named arts

Arts News - It’s mask-making season arts

Love of music inspires concert, scholarship fund arts

Visiting musicians to treat Homer to concert, dance arts

Torgerson, Williams explain why they’d be best in mayor’s position elections

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Many contribute to success of show letters

No such thing as a pretty condo letters

Planning process a good one letters

Project helps support partnerships letters

Recent disasters serve as warnings letters

Running for office exciting time letters

Stop the feeding of eagles letters

Student info should be confidential letters

Thoughts on Pebble project, life letters

City looking at zoning appeal process news

Fire department asks people to call in controlled burns news

Fred Meyer resumes talk with CIRI news

Happenings in Anchor Point - VFW, auxiliary once again sponsors two essay contests news

In Brief - McLay new mayor pro tempore news

In Brief - Stevens to visit Homer news

In Brief - Water, dock top city lists news

Moms aim to keep kids’ info from military recruiters news

Off The Blotter - Police charge three in theft of advertising banners news

Retired butcher gets tools back news

Seldovia library announces new online resource news

South Central Radar celebrates 30 years in Homer news

Starter homes in short supply news

Henrietta Combs obits

Borough mayoral candidates deserve good poll turnout oped

On Shaky Ground - Information is critical tool during disaster oped

Our Future, Our Voice - Staying mad doesn’t make world a better place; taking action does oped

Point of View - There is huge difference in feeding predatory eagles and tiny songbirds oped

Bear rips up Skyline Drive area cabin outdoors

Homer’s disaster plan in need of update outdoors

The best surfing west of Yakutat photofeatures

The real end of tourist season photofeatures

Bus drivers get pat on back for safety schools

Downing replaces Germano schools

Playing with fire can twirl into art schools

Village school expands with we’ll-do-it-ourselves attitude schools

HHS spikers find success at tourney sports

Iron will sports

Mariner girls swim to Valley Invite victory sports

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Sports News - Basketball camp on tap sports

Sports News - Football players honored sports

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Oct - 27 - 2005

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Art News - Actors and techies needed arts

Art News - Concert creates scholarship fund arts

Art News - Gallery seeks visual art exhibits arts

Art News - It’s the season arts

Art News - Kids’ art begins again arts

Art News - Marimbas on stage arts

Art News - Nutcracker Faire coming soon arts

Art News - Poet and artist honored arts

Art News - Pumpkin carvers party arts

Art News - Student musicians wanted arts

Aurora lights pages of book from long-time photographers arts

Foreign Film Fridays begins season with ‘work of art’ arts

Salsa adds spice to high school Spanish class arts

Top Secret tunes Homer on Halloween arts

Bay Realty’s Debra Leisek makes Top-100 Business Women list business

Bookshop wins for creativity business

Bus service scheduled for 2006 business

Food buying club continues at Coal Point Trading Company business

Governor calls for easing restrictions to encourage lease sale participation business

Wal-Mart is coming to Kenai business

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Act makes discrimination OK letters

Administration plays war games letters

City’s leadership in question letters

Donation helps prepare for disaster letters

Emblem Club donates for ‘Battle’ letters

Everyone gains from artist’s visit letters

Family appreciates return of bike letters

Gold no good if earth destroyed letters

Hospice grateful for support letters

Let’s get rid of all kinds of confusion letters

Parents should hold kids responsible letters

Past no reason to deny Pebble mine letters

Time to think about holiday giving letters

Bay Science - Tidal flats support abundant, diverse diatom population news

Community gathers to discuss Pebble Project news

Donations flood through narrow one-hour window news

Educational matrix gears up to train future mine workers news

Happenings in Anchor Point - Time to get your snowmachine, calendar filled up news

In Brief - Board tables fishery proposal news

In Brief - Fabric store turns 5 news

In Brief - Mary Kay Ash Foundation awards grant to Haven House news

In Brief - Set clocks back Sunday news

In Brief - Storms hit wrecked ship news

Letters express delight over ship’s ‘pumpkin run’ news

Mayor looks back at first year, looks forward to future news

Mixing Zone proposal gets a new look news

Pebble deposits may be richer than thought news

Planning Commission gives subdivision early OK news

Proposal would ‘phase-in’ underground utilities news

Safety comes first when trick-or-treating this Halloween news

Special delivery news

Stark questions council members’ retirement eligibility news

Students lend hands to design harbor expansion news

Students view possibilities at college, career fair news

Wallace pleads no contest news

Williams wins mayoral runoff news

Dorothy “Debi” Evelyn Barker obits

Helena Gladys Ashby obits

Council members deserve some sort of compensation oped

Life Is... - Warm Northwest Passage puts Alaska at center of world map oped

Point of View - City violates its code on Hohe Street oped

Point of View - Homer can avoid extremes, chart its own course oped

Kachemak Gardener - How tough is gardening? Just look at my gloves outdoors

Borough Champs photofeatures

Cloudy Day photofeatures

Swimming photofeatures

They’ve got your back photofeatures

Board to look at Chignik co-op seawatch

Borough champs sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Puck set to drop on M’s new season sports

Valley teams saddle M’s with pair of losses sports

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Nov - 03 - 2005

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Arts News - Orchestra begins winter series arts

Author raises awareness of battles on American soil arts

Drama takes slamming, but keeps on happening arts

Homer rolls out red carpet for artrageous weekend arts

November exhibits open arts

New KPB mayor forms transition team elections

Williams sworn in as Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor elections

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Are Alaskans ready for disaster? letters

City wrong about Hohe Street letters

City’s volunteers are priceless letters

Coast Guard families say thanks letters

Homer is town gone to the dogs letters

Legislation does not help elderly letters

Many being helped by Food Pantry letters

School grateful for donation letters

Season presents opportunity to give letters

Swimmers provide reason to cheer letters

Tips for good health shared letters

Voznesenka students inspire artist letters

Water-sewer project earns praise letters

What are council member’s plans? letters

Another Homer resident finds herself in eye of Florida storm news

City extends application deadline for new finance director news

Commission investigates unorganized lands in Alaska news

Couple deny knowing tools belonged to butcher news

Driven wild news

Exploration work continues off Anchor Point news

Fishermen sue over restrictions news

Homer chaplain returns from Red Cross relief tour news

Homer city water rates set to drop, sewer rates to rise news

In Brief - Attorney general warns of jury duty scam news

In Brief - Fish and Game advisors meet news

Off the Blotter - Paintball vandals injure man over Halloween weekend news

Safeway remodel on track news

Series of hurricanes stalks Homer man news

Speed bump shouldn’t halt town-center, organizer says news

Joseph H. Sterling obits

Homer residents invited to dream together oped

Only games in town deserving of support oped

Point of View - City cannot afford to lose Community School program oped

Point of View - Homer needs detailed utility ordinance oped

Unhinged Alaska - Recent news items make it clear: It’s going to be long, cold winter oped

Bay Science - The food web supporting Kachemak Bay shellfish: a trophic detective story outdoors

A little white on the roof photofeatures

Day is done photofeatures

Goblins and ghosts and ghouls oh my photofeatures

Use the force photofeatures

Registration issue debated schools

Salmon catch third largest on record, state says seawatch

Hockey team holds own at home sports

Mariner matmen ready to rumble, start season sports

Mariner swimmers sweep regions sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Sports News - Meet the new basketball coach sports

Teams claim tournament honors sports

Tournament makes way for volleyball-playing mamas sports

Volleyball team finishes regular season with wins sports

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Nov - 10 - 2005

Happenings in Anchor Point - Community calendar full, residents busy activities

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Arts News - Artist exhibits in Soldotna arts

Arts News - Basket maker awarded grant arts

Arts News - Choir cooks up fund-raiser arts

Arts News - Grant proposals accepted arts

Arts News - Make your own movie arts

Arts News - Owls migrate to Homer arts

Arts News - Student to honor band arts

Gypsy music arrives on violin’s strings arts

Make that four for Sam arts

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‘Blooming spring’ awaits letters

ARTrageous thanks for fab weekend letters

Can’t have it both ways letters

Candidate appreciates support letters

Center applauds artist, program letters

Fish mounts help catch interest letters

Forget the dream, U.S. is sleeping letters

Ideas on capital projects sought letters

Little moments mean big magic letters

Patient appreciates care received letters

Successful CoastWalk celebrated letters

Volunteers save night — and house letters

‘Homer’s Happening’ challenges community news

Alaska Supreme Court upholds jail officer’s disability benefits news

And then there were 15 news

Blood screening offers a chance to monitor one’s health news

Brushing still necessary despite technology news

Committee advises council on permanent fund news

Community prepares to share holiday spirit news

Fair saves lives, educates news

From the fryers to the tires: drivers turn grease into gas news

Homer man killed in Ninilchik auto accident news

Homer not immune to childhood obesity news

In Brief - ADEC opens butterclam harvest news

In Brief - Bank cited as leading lender news

In Brief - Chamber elects new president news

In Brief - Council meets Monday news

In Brief - Mining forum scheduled news

Iraq War veteran feels connection with other vets after tour news

Parents get pointers for surviving ‘toxic culture’ news

Subdivision rules cause problems news

Traditional Veterans Day events planned news

What is the purpose of a health fair? news

Woman passes on car, wins $15,000 in Chamber raffle news

Gabriel Dylan Ritchie obits

Events link youths, past and present oped

Point of View - Can Homer survive, or will paradise be lost? oped

Point of View - More on the subject of eagle feeding oped

Youth energized to act on global warming oped

A lot of snow photofeatures

Back from Louisville photofeatures

Gallery openings mark First Friday photofeatures

Lots to laugh about photofeatures

Stop and go traffic light photofeatures

Enrollment decrease raises district’s concern schools

Cod fishermen clean up quota in central Gulf region seawatch

Hockey splits at Peninsula Invitational sports

M’s net win at Northern Lights Championships sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Swimmers make waves at state sports

Wrestlers hit mat for start of season sports

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Nov - 15 - 2005

Holiday shoppers a target for scams breakingnews

Krispy Kreme fans have to wait for chain's Alaska arrival breakingnews

U.S.-Israeli ties withstand outside pressures breakingnews

Nov - 17 - 2005

Happenings in Anchor Point - Snow brings tidings of new season activities

Homer’s Best Bets activities

‘Cream-of-crop’ musicians to all-state festival arts

Arts News - Art for kids begins again arts

Arts News - Council sponsors holiday activities arts

Arts News - Deadline for photographs arts

Arts News - Gingerbread deadline arts

Arts News - Grant applications available arts

Arts News - Poster design needed arts

Arts News - Savings is focus of drawing contest arts

Arts News - Student musicians needed arts

Arts News - Tea party format for meeting arts

Opera has enthusiastic fans on peninsula arts

The ‘eyes’ have it when it comes to owls arts

In Business - Homer student named delegate business

In Business - Program nominees sought business

In Business - U.S. Senate approves report business

Appeal process necessary tool letters

Dream destroyed based on lies letters

Eagles are best left alone letters

Event just the beginning letters

Good friend remembered, missed letters

Lots of accidents waiting to happen letters

Messages of condolence appreciated letters

More thanks for workshop support letters

Movie night raises funds for kids letters

Oppression begets oppression letters

Some landlords shirking their duties letters

Standing ovation for event support letters

Support for veterans appreciated letters

Volunteers make moving easy letters

Water quality efforts appreciated letters

‘Young ones,’ ‘elder ones’ come together for Homer’s Happening news

Benson earns national award news

Council approves pay hike news

Council tackles rationalization, dock construction issues news

District hurries to distribute revised opt-out form news

Family files presumptive death petition for man lost 37 years ago news

Homer man involved in fatal car wreck arrested for DUI news

Meetings to focus on capital needs from rural communities news

Mining discussion tonight news

Municipal mayors sign cooperation pact news

New mayor re-examines hospital expansion news

Out of sight no reason to stop news

Police arrest couple for burglary of Quicky Mart news

Political prisoner shares experience, gives advice news

Point of View - Healy coal project offers solution to energy problem oped

Point of View - Support for mentally ill sought to keep drop-in center open oped

Still much to be done before Games begin oped

Carrying the colors photofeatures

Ice falls photofeatures

Prescription for health photofeatures

Remembering photofeatures

Snow falling on mountain ash trees photofeatures

To your health photofeatures

Processor quotas left out of reauthorization bill seawatch

Daigle takes second at Bob Bailey sports

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Sports News - Team Alaska looking for athletes sports

Sweet revenge sports

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Nov - 21 - 2005

Horses help youth relax, have fun at Harvest Farms holiday

Learning math Tlingit-style - with fish holiday

Letter-writing program teaches fathers to open hearts to children holiday

Spice up your cooking holiday

Tips on how to avoid a holiday spending hangover holiday

Turkey on the grill lets the chef spread his wings holiday

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Happenings in Anchor Point - Grab your turkeys, calendar for Thanksgiving activities

Homer’s Best Bets activities

Art guild sponsors fair arts

Council activities fill holidays arts

Kachemak Bay sized for coffee tables arts

Literary review benefits gallery annual fund arts

Museum schedules busy season arts

One week of auction remains arts

Poster contest winners announced arts

Seniors reflect on Nutcracker experience arts

Ushers to benefit nonprofits arts

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Everyone loves holiday food, but it's best in moderation holiday

Find a reason to be thankful holiday

Kachemak Cuisine - The 2005 holiday season has begun. holiday

Tom's surname not likely to soar with eagles holiday

Turkey traditions holiday

When you take a vacation, don't take a vacation from safety' holiday

World's largest stocking makers shoot for record gifts holiday

‘Gabe’ Ritchie remembered letters

Choir exceeds goals with auction letters

Compassion appreciated letters

Kayaking catches on letters

Many provide ‘gift of life’ letters

Marine science education gets boost letters

Mining forum great success letters

More evidence of town’s generosity letters

Pebble mine cannot happen letters

What about diplomacy? letters

Cohousing finds home in Homer news

Commission approves Quiet Creek Park preliminary plat news

Global climate change not just about warming, park ranger says news

High school students add to Hurricane Katrina account news

In Brief - Grant to streamline data gathering news

In Brief - Peninsula host families needed news

In Brief - Seafood workers needed news

Longtime Homer resident, former mayor Harry Gregoire dies news

Military opt-out interest increases news

New mayor pulling no punches about fiscal crunch news

Open pit forum raises questions, eyebrows news

Peninsula average income lags behind other parts of state news

Push for more funding ‘going to be ugly,’ legislator tells school board news

SPH expansion on life support news

Harry E. Gregoire obits

Life Is... - At last, all competitors for first Thanksgiving Day now on table oped

Point of View - City codes don’t protect longtime residents oped

Thanksgiving dishes up tasty reminder of all that’s really important oped

Book ’em photofeatures

Dance fever photofeatures

Mining for information photofeatures

Halibut prices up as season ends seawatch

Daigle bros lead pack at North/South sports

Kards sting Mariners 9-0 sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Skiers slide into season sports

Swimmers shine at first meet sports

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Dec - 01 - 2005

Community library expands hours, programs activities

Happenings in Anchor Point - Signs of Christmas are upon us activities

Homer’s Best Bets activities

‘Ice’ explores vanishing medium arts

Adventure film takes winter to new heights arts

Calendar aids canines arts

Holiday season sets exhibit themes arts

Samba on Saturday arts

Ski club organizes for season arts

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Coping with the Holidays holiday

Kachemak Cuisine holiday

Traditions can be light of the holiday season holiday

Artist appreciates warm reception letters

City should fund Community School letters

Events enrich residents’ lives letters

Funding for cancer research needed letters

Home schoolers under attack letters

Public must OK hospital project letters

Purple Heart rules need changing letters

Secrecy has no place in government letters

Seniors count their blessings letters

Shooting takes life of pet rabbit letters

Council reduces stipend news

Fishermen lawsuit dead in water, state predicts news

Going to Santa’s rescue news

Hospital boards to discuss expansion today news

In Brief - Chiropractor retires news

In Brief - Gardeners update guide news

In Brief - Ninilchik woman dies news

In Brief - Reform program receives support news

In Brief - Sterling State Byway planning begins news

Judge issues protective orders news

Stop Light 101: Homer’s first full signal ready to go news

Students commit random acts of theater news

Web cams place Homer in global spotlight news

Williams faces challenges as he takes reins of borough news

Claudia Faye Nichols obits

John P. Vaughan Sr. obits

Robert J. Gillas obits

Hospital expansion should proceed, but with accountability oped

Point of View - Other side of the story: Eagle feeding is hazardous oped

Point of View - U.S. needs to get back on track oped

Unhinged Alaska - Simple letter to jolly old elf turns holiday season into ongoing feud oped

Wild winter photofeatures

Forecast predicts Bristol Bay red run of 32.7 million seawatch

Boys start practice with new coach sports

Cross country meet moved to Homer sports

Mariner girls gear up for new season sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Wrestlers score in final home meet sports

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Dec - 08 - 2005

Homer’s Best Bets activities

New tube park opening on Ohlson Mt. activities

Thirty-something learns downhill fun isn’t just for kids activities

Book highlights fruitful times arts

Gift store still open arts

In world of museums, Pratt wins ‘Oscar’ arts

Museum holds holiday event arts

Nutcracker continues arts

Orchestra presents winter recital arts

Practice makes perfect arts

Printmakers open studio, invite others inside arts

Reserve your singing card arts

Santa lining up visits arts

Singing in the holidays arts

Student musicians needed arts

Students unveil art arts

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Kachemak Cuisine - Season of Sweets holiday

Recipes - Almond Toffee Bark holiday

Recipes - Gianduia Gold Cups holiday

Sharing old family traditions and creating new ones holiday

Act amounts to corporate giveaway letters

Community School enriches lives letters

Cooperation lights up holiday event letters

Council doing business a new way letters

Government must control itself letters

Homer offers ‘Proof’ that it cares letters

Lots of goodness resides in Homer letters

Plastic bags must be stopped letters

Projects should be reinstated letters

Question: To feed eagles or not? letters

Red Cross raffle a success letters

School appreciates club’s donation letters

Short cuts cost more in long run letters

Thanks to those who keep U.S. free letters

U.S. must get out of mess in Iraq letters

Writers unveil ‘Voices’ on CD letters

Arctic Winter Games trying to work out shortfall with state news

Bay Science - Sitka periwinkles are hardy grazers news

Borough assembly works late to wrap up year’s last meeting news

Community ideas sought for scenic byway planning news

Emotion-filled presenters grab school board’s attention news

Fred Meyer, CIRI near agreement news

Happenings in Anchor Point - Girls basketball team takes third news

HHA plans to buy rink, asks city for AWG money news

Holiday lights brighten up Homer hillside news

Hospital project may not face as pressing a deadline news

In Brief - Charter IFQs brought up again news

In Brief - Traffic signal delayed a week news

Planning Commission relaxes setbacks for bay roads news

Program asks city for help news

Revenue plan held up by election news

Several budget changes offered news

Thurmond arrested on murder charges for fall fatal accident news

Volcano Observatory raises Augustine Volcano to code yellow news

Deborah Bacon obits

Robert J. Gillas obits

Ruth Attaway obits

On Shaky Ground - Do you know what to do if disaster requires evacuation? oped

What are options for Community School? oped

Totally tubular photofeatures

Yes, Katie, there is a Santa Claus photofeatures

Seawatch - Fish bycatch problem serious, study shows seawatch

Hockey team comes home sports

M’s duo sweeps top spots sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Sports News - Legends set to hit the ice sports

Sports News - Peewees drop pair in tough division sports

Wrestlers warm up against SoHi sports

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Dec - 15 - 2005

Happenings in Anchor Point - Christmas season sparks anticipation, cabin fever activities

Homer’s Best Bets activities

Art in memoriam arts

Art swap coming arts

Don’t trash that mouse pad arts

Movie raises funds for students arts

Out of the drawer, into circulation arts

Painters make cards arts

Poets wanted arts

Proposals sought arts

Voices lift tales from page arts

Winning design lands in top drawer arts

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Holiday dinner’s on the house holiday

Homer’s faithful honor diverse traditions holiday

Recipe - Greek Salad Salso with Toasted Pita Chips holiday

Recipe - Spiced Moroccan-Style Shrimp holiday

Recipe - Toasted Pita Chips holiday

Animals at shelter need love letters

Birds, wildlife pose risk to aircraft letters

Chapman appreciates support letters

Difference of opinion on Iraq letters

Genocide in Darfur must stop letters

Grant targets school’s major goal letters

No link betweem Iraq, 9/11 attacks letters

Nordic ski club appreciates donation letters

Police make beach safer for all letters

Setting council record straight letters

Ski club fund-raiser total success letters

Smith’s letter appreciated letters

Trails need more than snow letters

Annual Christmas bird count is Saturday news

Augustine volcano spewing steam news

Body dumped near Stariski Creek news

Bristol Bay fishing group opposes Pebble mine news

Council OKs ’06 budget news

Council pulls charter IFQ plan news

Fred Meyer unveils new plan news

In Brief - Opportunity for innovative ideas news

In Brief - Registration started at college news

In Brief - Seniors alerted to fraud news

In Brief - Voter registration list updated news

Officials urge action for dangerous road news

Residents warm up to new ice news

State requests fishing lawsuit be dismissed news

Students help Homer’s four-legged homeless news

Students inducted into National Honor Society news

University budget has Homer planning for future news

Helen S. Burns-Logan obits

Madeline E. Doan obits

Changes needed in the way birth, pregnancy perceived oped

Point of View - Mining law needs changing, but not way that’s proposed oped

Point of View - Year in review: 2005 has been good to Alaska oped

Proposal sends mixed message oped

An early Christmas present photofeatures

Can we keep it? photofeatures

Crossroads photofeatures

Lights for rights photofeatures

Commercial halibut quotas to decrease slightly seawatch

Free throws cost boys in opening loss sports

Girls split to open season sports

Hockey team beats Skyview sports

Pigskin Picker sports

Ski team rained out sports

Wrestlers clip Kards in dual sports

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Dec - 22 - 2005

Happening in Anchor Point - Lack of snow doesn’t dampen community spirit activities

Homer’s Best Bets activities

Arts News - Anchor Point musicians perform arts

Arts News - Quilt winner chosen arts

Arts News - Submissions needed arts

Carnegie Hall comes to McNeil Canyon arts

Make that one more gift for three Homer artists arts

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Far away from home for the holidays holiday

Kachemak Cuisine holiday

Kachemak Cuisine - Christmas Memories and Celebrations holiday

Let it snow: Residents wishing for white Christmas may get it holiday

Rack of Lamb with Rosemary Scallion Crust holiday

Borough mayor’s flip-flop confusing letters

Beautiful ornaments help hospice letters

Capital punishment not the solution letters

Food Pantry appreciates support letters

For now, just happy holidays letters

Grants available for youth activities letters

Killing in Iraq cannot be justified letters

Kudos on mixing zones opposition letters

More than one side to war’s story letters

Religion, science don’t mix letters

School appreciates donation letters

Service of jurors appreciated letters

Support for benefit appreciated letters

Thoughts on holiday, language letters

Top Drawer encourages submissions letters

U.S. rules should govern mine letters

Youth workshop great success letters

Bay Science - Biologists on the hunt for invaders news

Bone marrow drive organized news

Get out the panty hose: What to do if Augustine blows news

Haven House selects new logo news

HEA nativity scene vandalized news

Homer reacts to new draft of Fred Meyer design news

In Brief - Calendar honors Alaska news

In Brief - Park permits not quite ready news

In Brief - Realtors raise $12,569 for charity news

In Brief - Scholarships awarded news

No dramatic increase in Augustine activity seen news

Plan to close farm office fuels outcry news

Small town athletes take on college sports news

Students experience challenge of disabilities news

Updated wetlands map raises permit concerns news

Vicki Ann Hangstefer obits

Alaskans should refuse some gifts oped

Life Is...Christmas Eve past conjures up present blessing, wish for future oped

Point of View - The mat and the gender gap oped

And heaven and nature sing photofeatures

Home for the holidays photofeatures

Looking for Rudolph photofeatures

Still steaming photofeatures

NPFMC votes to increase quota for Pacific cod seawatch

Buckets hard to find for boys at Invite sports

Last-second shot stops run at Grace sports

Penalties dash skaters’ hopes sports

Skiers compete at Besh Cup sports

Wrestlers take on Southeast before break sports

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Dec - 29 - 2005

Homer’s Best Bets activities

The Homer News Calendar activities

Art invites public into classroom environment arts

Arts News arts

Homer student wins T-200 poster contest arts

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Kachemak Cuisine holiday

Mediterranean Cheesy Bruschetta holiday

Prime Rib Rolls holiday

The Guys Little Smokies Crock Pot Recipe holiday

Tips for perfect New Year’s party holiday

Want to make a difference? Resolve to say ‘thanks’ in 2006 holiday

Artist grateful for fund’s support letters

Baiting likely to cause eagle injuries letters

Donations enrich education letters

Every moment of time precious letters

Feeding does not hurt eagles letters

Foundation grant appreciated letters

No words to express appreciation letters

2005 has plenty of bright spots news

2005: A look back news

ANWR vote disappoints lawmakers news

Arctic Winter Games gets shot in the arm with pledges news

Bill targets proposed changes to DEC rules news

Historic Anchor Point church lost in fire news

Homer Electric begins assessing Healy coal plant news

Homer taxis offer free rides home on New Year’s Day news

In Brief news

Land Trust Fund appropriation at issue in ACT letter to borough attorney news

No change in Augustine activity news

Scaled-down hospital plan is suggested news

Vacation: a time to volunteer news

Wildlife snared in various controversies throughout the year throughout the news

William H. Sherwood IV obits

Let’s add respect when we exercise right to free speech oped

Climbing prices photofeatures

Rising from the ashes photofeatures

Santa’s helper photofeatures

Skating Santa photofeatures

War of the Wolverines photofeatures

Alumni squeak out win sports

Alumni women take Mariners down to the wire sports

M’s rough up alums in hockey sports

Pigskin Picker sports

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