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Craig Pennock, with fiancee Marti Kauffman, visits the city named for his great-grandfather.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer New
Relative of Homer’s namesake visits city
By McKibben Jackinsky • June 26, 2013 6:11 pm

Craig Pennock, great-grandson of Homer’s namesake, Homer Pennock, and a resident of West Palm Beach, Fla., made his first visit…

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Firefighters arrive by boat to fight the fire.-Photo by Heather Ericson
Firefighters stop Hesketh Island wildland fire
By HEATHER ERICSON • June 26, 2013 6:11 pm

A fire threatening inhabitants on Hesketh Island in Kachemak Bay was contained by Sunday after a response by Alaska Division…

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One of the Alaska State Troopers 20,000-pound BearCat armored tactical response vehicles, shown here at a recent Special Emergency Reaction Team training session in the Matanuska-Susitna river valley area.-Photo by Megan Peters, Alaska State Troopers
Homer man arrested in shooting SERT uses armored...
By Michael Armstrong • June 26, 2013 6:07 pm

Alaska State Troopers used an armored tactical response vehicle last Wednesday to persuade a Homer man to surrender after troopers…

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Lisa Allison walks her standard poodles, Bogart, left, and Louis, during an earlier Strut Your Mutt.
Strut supports Animal Friends
June 26, 2013 6:06 pm

Homer Animal Friends holds its 14th annual Strut Your Mutt at the city park on the corner of the Sterling…

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Troopers: Nothing suspicious in moose shooting in Ninilchik
Troopers: Nothing suspicious in moose shooting in Ninilchik
By Dan Schwartz • June 26, 2013 6:04 pm

Alaska Wildlife Troopers do not suspect any criminal activity in a June 12 moose shooting in Ninilchik. “So far as…

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, visits the SVT Health Center at an April  2012 trip to Homer.-Homer News file photo
Murkowski celebrates 4th on southern peninsula
By McKibben Jackinsky • June 26, 2013 5:58 pm

With a short break from her duties in Washington, D.C., Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski is spending two days with residents…

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Land’s End chief financial officer Josh Garvey testifies on water-sewer rates at the Homer City Council.
Water-sewer rate changes fail — back for reconsideration
By Michael Armstrong • June 26, 2013 5:56 pm

To an observer at Monday night’s Homer City Council meeting, it might have looked like a tennis match between Maria…

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During an evacuation drill at South Peninsula Hospital on Tuesday, a non-ambulatory patient, role-played by Lindsey Yates, is evacuated by hospital staff Martha Roderick, Kelly Luck and Jessie Cashman. In back, Sheridan Bishop of SPH, left, and Bob Becker of Incident Management Solutions, observe.-Photos by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
Evacuation procedures focus of hospital drill
By McKibben Jackinsky • June 26, 2013 5:52 pm

At 9:36 a.m. Tuesday, handheld radios buzzed to life at South Peninsula Hospital as Bob Letson, the hospital’s chief executive…

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Homer inspires musical composition
Homer inspires musical composition
By Conrad Winslow • June 26, 2013 5:44 pm

When I lived in Homer, my teachers, mentors and friends knew me as a pianist. Since leaving Homer, I became…

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Extreme weather could be catalyst for change
Extreme weather could be catalyst for change
By Tim O’Leary • June 26, 2013 5:42 pm

Hearing what Mayor Michael Bloomberg is planning to dump into New York over the next 10 years to fortify it…

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Thoughts on marriage equality:  Pursuit of happiness without interference from government
Thoughts on marriage equality: Pursuit of happiness without...
By Lisa Murkowski • June 26, 2013 5:41 pm

(Editor’s Note: Last week, Sen. Lisa Murkowski made news by sharing her view that marriage equality combines two key precepts…

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Thanks for HCOA scholarship
Thanks for HCOA scholarship
June 26, 2013 5:39 pm

I would like to thank the Homer Council on the Arts for awarding me a scholarship. Music is my passion,…

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Student appreciates college support
Student appreciates college support
June 26, 2013 5:38 pm

I would like give a huge thank you to the Kachemak Bay Lions Club for awarding me a generous scholarship…

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