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Dharmic Spruce owner Branden Elded performs a Get Glowing spa facial treatment on a customer in April <ins>2023 in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Meet Your Neighbor: Dharmic Spruce Studio & Spa

Homer woman creates community space for wellness and well being

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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School announcements

Homer Flex High School

The Juneau Empire printing press produces the Friday paper on Thursday evening. Beginning May 3, the Juneau Empire will be printed in Washington state, and delivered on Wednesdays and Saturdays. (Clarise Larson / Juneau Empire)

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Clarion to print 2 days a week beginning May 3

The paper will be moving to off-site printing

U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to a joint session of the Alaska State Legislature at the Alaska State Capitol on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. (Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Point of View: Dan Sullivan’s convenient amnesia

Here’s a history lesson that Sullivan’s public persona is desperate to forget.

Jesse Bjorkman (Courtesy)

Opinion

Point of View: Our next big fight — The erosion of Alaska’s wildlife management authority

The National Park Service is targeting Alaska’s wildlife management practices on preserves

Butterflies in rehearsal for 'Dancing Through Wonderland' at the Art Barn in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Breezy Berryman.

Community

Best Bets

The Betster has been busy putting away winter gear and gearing up for spring. Premature? Maybe, but I’m…

Years Ago

Community

Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

Opinion

Point of View: Our politicians should listen to Alaskans on public school funding

The Alaska Policy Forum is actually part of a sprawling and coordinated web of lobbying groups and so-called…

The 2022 Homer Steps champions, the “Sweaty Bettys,” attend the end-of-challenge awards event in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital)

Sports

Registration open for 2023 Homer Steps Up walking challenge

South Peninsula Hospital announced Monday that registration is open for its Homer Steps Up walking challenge, an annual…

Photo by Christina Whiting
Karalee Bechtol, owner of Divinitea, is photographed in her store on Thursday, March 16.

News

Meet Your Neighbor: Divinitea

Where tasty treats and treasures abound, Homer woman strives to build community through her store

Community

Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police, and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

Spaghetti carbonara. (Photo by Tressa Dale)

Community

Spaghetti carbonara: Post-adventure satisfaction

We wrestled our feisty little one into his snow gear Sunday morning for our weekly family adventure in…

(Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)

Opinion

Point of View: Dunleavy is punting tax hikes to his successor

The only promise he hasn’t broken is not raising taxes.