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Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday

Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 11. Turn clocks ahead one hour before going to…

Opinion

Stand for Salmon moving forward

The controversial Stand For Salmon ballot initiative aiming for a place on the November 2018 state-wide ballot has…

Community

Arts briefs

Marilyn Sigman launches book Author Marilyn Sigman visits Homer this weekend for the launch of her book, “Entangled:…

A cow moose munches on some bushes Thursday, March 1, 2018 on Ohlson Mountain Road outside Homer, Alaska. She, another moose and a calf browsed just along the side of the road, where the snow was slightly less deep. With March bringing with it the whiplash of repeated snow falls and thawing, many moose are gravitating toward roads to give themselves an easier time navigating. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Parents, brace yourselves. If you thought figuring out what to do with your various offspring for an extra…

Pet of the Week: Cinch

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Pet of the Week: Cinch

Pet of the Week Cinch is a 3 to 5-year-old male. This poor guy came to the shelter…

Announcements

Town Crier

Kachemak Advocates of Recycling (KARe) will meet from 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 at the Center for Alaskan…

Patricia Mary Heppeard

Obituaries

Patricia Mary Heppeard May 21, 1927-Feb. 22, 2018

Patricia Mary Heppeard, 90, died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018, at South Peninsula Hospital. “It is with great sadness…

Louis Christian Audette Sr.

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Louis Christian Audette Sr. Jan. 24, 1930-Feb. 6, 2018

Former Homer resident Louis Christian Audette Sr., 88, died Feb. 6, 2018. “Our father, Louis Christian Audette Sr.,…

Sports

Young swimmers prove their worth in Juneau

Just after Valentine’s Day, 19 swimmers and two coaches from the Kachemak Swim Club (KSC) in Homer made…

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School briefs

Homer High School: Thursday, March 1 — Spirit Week: Class Color Day Friday, March 2 — There will…

Sports

Guest Commentary: Basketball builds family — a family of athletes

In my last piece, I wrote a lot about specific games and how we did against the teams…

Tracy Asselin, owner of Baycrest Greenhouse, tends seedlings that she started in January. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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It’s March: prepare to garden

I’m sorry to take the zippity-do-dah out of your step, but February is not spring and March is…

Stephanie Stillwell

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A Community Response to an Opioid Epidemic

The conversations began in 2015 with a public lecture at Kachemak Bay Campus called “Heroin Hits Homer: The…