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Resolve to connect with others more

Editor’s Note: MAPP, Mobilizing for Action through- Planning & Partnerships, is a local coalition that aims to use…

Kevin Worrell of the Super Saturated Sugar Strings plays the upright bass on the River Stage at Salmonfest on Saturday, August 6.-Homer News file photo

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Salmonfest holds concert series at Alice’s

Starting Friday, Alice’s Champagne Palace teams up with Salmonfest to bring a music series, the Salmonfest Concert Series,…

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Only one show scheduled for this week’s First Friday

With many galleries closing or on hiatus for January, one only gallery this month, Ptarmigan Arts, holds a…

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Just in time for Kenai Peninsula history conference, films from 1974 event found

Volunteers planning the 2017 Kenai Peninsula local history conference got a wonderful surprise in December. Long-lost films of…

South Peninsula Hospital Emergency Room physicians participate in a recent training on new tele-stroke equipment and service now available at SPH. ER physicians attending included Drs. Martha Cotten and Guilia Tortora, both standing in center, who are listening to one of the trainers from Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage. -Photo provided

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SPH offers telemedicine to help stroke victims

South Peninsula Hospital now offers telemedicine that saves time and lives. Every minute counts when someone is experiencing…

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Legislation designed to protect U.S. fisheries

President Barak Obama took the time in the waning days of his administration to sign a bill that…

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Hope in oil industry as prices inch up

The New Year starts with hope in Alaska’s oil industry as prices continue to inch toward $60 per…

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Plenty of ways to celebrate the New Year

For New Year’s Eve in Homer, bars celebrate in two time zones: New York style at 8 p.m.,…

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Growing Readers: Children’s books open up windows to another world

Children’s books are powerful. On the surface they entertain with laugh-out-loud humor, magical adventures, and puzzling mysteries. They…

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School events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District   Chapman School Dec. 23-Jan.8: Winter break, no school. Jan. 9: Back to…

Randall White, co-event lead chairperson for Relay for Life in Homer, backflips into the 40 degree Homer harbor water. Eighteen people jumped into the water at the first Homer Halibut Plunge, raising $1300 for the American Cancer Society, White said. Those who missed out can join in on the frigid fun next year, as the group plans to make it an annual event.

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2016: The news in review

January Homer’s beaches became the site of an environmental horror show as dead murres washed ashore in December…

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Lance Petersen to receive awards for arts, humanities

Former Pier One Theatre director Lance Petersen has received the Governor’s Awards for the Arts and Humanities for…

RoseMarie Daily checks her naughty and nice list dressed as Mrs. Claus at the Homer Senior Citizens fashion show in November.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Seniors’ project involves all ages

Homer Senior Citizens Inc. wants to better connect all generations in the Homer community to ease loneliness, improve…