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Point of View: Unity through giving

There are many deserving organizations in Homer’s arts and culture sector

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Soldotna City Council member Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings (courtesy photo)

Voices of the Peninsula: Strong leadership is needed

I look forward to earning your vote on Feb. 14

Soldotna City Council member Linda Farnsworth-Hutchings (courtesy photo)
The Alaska Marine Highway ferry Malaspina heads up Lynn Canal towards Haines and Skagway from Juneau in 2008. (Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Rising freight costs continue to stifle Southeast economy

Adding trucking (via road) would place downward pressure on what many contend is a freight monopoly.

The Alaska Marine Highway ferry Malaspina heads up Lynn Canal towards Haines and Skagway from Juneau in 2008. (Juneau Empire File)
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Advent: Preparing for Christmas

Hope, love, joy, peace and Jesus Christ Himself are all celebrated and appreciated during advent

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Alaska State Rep. David Eastman, a Wasilla Republican, is shown seated on the House floor on April 29 in Juneau. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer File)

Case against lawmaker with Oath Keepers ties moves to trial

Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna denied a request by Republican Rep. David Eastman to dismiss the lawsuit

Alaska State Rep. David Eastman, a Wasilla Republican, is shown seated on the House floor on April 29 in Juneau. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer File)
A parent takes a selfie with a child and Santa and Mrs. Claus in Nuiqsut, Alaska, on Nov. 29, 2022. Operation Santa Claus, the Alaska National Guard’s outreach program, attempts to bring Santa and Mrs. Claus and gifts to children in two or three Alaska Native villages each year, including Nuiqsut in 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Santa visit brings joy to a frosty Alaska Inupiat village

Operation Santa Claus began back in 1956

A parent takes a selfie with a child and Santa and Mrs. Claus in Nuiqsut, Alaska, on Nov. 29, 2022. Operation Santa Claus, the Alaska National Guard’s outreach program, attempts to bring Santa and Mrs. Claus and gifts to children in two or three Alaska Native villages each year, including Nuiqsut in 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
Martine Cyriacks Sorensen poses in her store, Faux Ever Green, on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, on East End Road in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

Faux Ever Green finds seasonal home

Mission: to keep items out of landfills.

Martine Cyriacks Sorensen poses in her store, Faux Ever Green, on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, on East End Road in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)
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Minister’s Message: Human doings or human beings, that is the question

In my experience, one truth trumps: Our identity is in Christ

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Alaska State Rep. David Eastman, a Wasilla Republican, is shown seated on the House floor on April 29, 2022, in Juneau. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer File)

Judge weighs how to proceed on case against Eastman

A lawsuit alleges that the lawmaker’s ties to the far-right Oath Keepers group disqualifies him from holding office

Alaska State Rep. David Eastman, a Wasilla Republican, is shown seated on the House floor on April 29, 2022, in Juneau. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer File)
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Point of View: The joys of finding an apartment in Homer

Life here is fantastic until you venture into finding accommodation

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A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Alaska should adopt New Voices legislation

The education system must promote the use of constitutional freedoms

A vintage Underwood typewriter sits on a table on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
The Alaska State Capitol is seen in this undated photo in Juneau, Alaska. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: The rising purple tide in the state Senate

A purple tide threatens to inundate the uncompromising wing of the state Republican Party.

The Alaska State Capitol is seen in this undated photo in Juneau, Alaska. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire File)
The artists who created the Mother exhibit pose for a group photo on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer. From left to right are Myesha Callahan Freet, Lily Wooshkindein Da.Aat Hope, Brianna Allen, Amy Meissner, Somer Hahm, Amy Komar and Carla Kilnker Cope. (Photo by Adele Person.)

Motherhood on display

Artists collaborate on exhibit exploring the challenges of being mothers and makers

The artists who created the Mother exhibit pose for a group photo on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer. From left to right are Myesha Callahan Freet, Lily Wooshkindein Da.Aat Hope, Brianna Allen, Amy Meissner, Somer Hahm, Amy Komar and Carla Kilnker Cope. (Photo by Adele Person.)
U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo

Two crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Naushon and a member from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement (NOAA OLE) pose for a picture with allegedly illegally-retained halibut in Homer, Alaska, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. While conducting a boarding of a commercial fishing vessel, a Cutter Naushon boarding team member discovered a total of 117 pounds of illegally-retained halibut aboard the vessel and handed them over to NOAA OLE representatives in Homer.

USCG, NOAA seize illegal halibut

Naushon boarding crew discovers unlogged halibut.

U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo

Two crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Naushon and a member from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Law Enforcement (NOAA OLE) pose for a picture with allegedly illegally-retained halibut in Homer, Alaska, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. While conducting a boarding of a commercial fishing vessel, a Cutter Naushon boarding team member discovered a total of 117 pounds of illegally-retained halibut aboard the vessel and handed them over to NOAA OLE representatives in Homer.
This July 16, 2019, file photo shows the Capitol Dome in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Opinion: The Respect for Marriage Act represents a balanced approach

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has supported a “fairness for all” approach

This July 16, 2019, file photo shows the Capitol Dome in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Deven Mitchell greets his fellow members of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.’s Board of Trustees at the start of his interview to be the APFC’s new executive director on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)

Opinion: It’s an honor to now lead Alaska’s largest renewable resource

As a lifelong Alaskan, leading APFC is my childhood dream come true

Deven Mitchell greets his fellow members of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.’s Board of Trustees at the start of his interview to be the APFC’s new executive director on Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Empire)
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Minister’s Message: Keep your faith focused on Jesus

Don’t let fear make you slip from faith

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In this July 13, 2007, photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)

EPA proposes restrictions to block Pebble Mine

Mine developer Pebble Limited Partnershi called the EPA’s decision a preemptive veto

In this July 13, 2007, photo, workers with the Pebble Mine project test drill in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska, near the village of Iliamma. (AP Photo / Al Grillo)
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This photo and information from a “prison book” at San Quentin state prison in California shows Arthur Vernon Watson when he entered the prison at age 23.

Justice wasn’t elementary, Watson, Part 2

Well before he shot and killed a man in Soldotna in 1961, Arthur Vernon Watson was considered trouble

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This photo and information from a “prison book” at San Quentin state prison in California shows Arthur Vernon Watson when he entered the prison at age 23.