Denny Daily of Homer, right, blocks the passing efforts of Ryan Wolf of the Central Peninsula. -McKibben Jackinsky

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Special Olympic basketball, swimming athletes compete

If you thought basketball season was over, you haven’t been watching the NBA playoffs. Or you weren’t at…

Birds of a feather, Heidi Johnson, Macy Marquez and Michelle Drake of Homer lineup at Sunday’s Migration Run.-McKibben Jackinsky

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More than 170 runners flock to 2014 Migration Run

Yes, the shorebirds showed up. So did lots of visitors for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. And there…

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Sports In Brief

Mariner boys soccer racks up three winsThe Homer High School Mariners boys soccer team scored a 2-1 win…

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Homer’s Best Bets

Here at the News it takes a Cray supercomputer to keep track of everyone’s summer vacation schedules. We’re…

Passengers disembark from the M/V Silver Shadow on Wednesday at the Deep Water Dock. The Silver Shadow is the first cruise ship in Homer since 2012. The M/V Amsterdam arrives May 26.-McKibben Jackinsky

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They’re Here

Rose Kinney Hedlund (1917–2004) in the 1930s wears the k’anyagi dress that is featured in the Dena’inaq Huch’ulyeshi exhibition. The dress is made from wool, beads, dentalium shells, caribou hide and fur. -Photo courtesy Emma Hill

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‘The Dena’ina Way of Living’ opens Friday at Pratt

On loan from the Anchorage Musuem, “Dena’inaq’ Huch’ulyeshi: The Dena’ina Way of Living” opens Friday with a reception…

Emmet Meyer, left, and Laura Norton, center, and Esther Lowe, right, put up the Pier One Theatre sign on the Homer Spit on Saturday.-Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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The Arts In Brief

Friends of Homer Public Library get Big Read grantThe National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Friends…

Homer Middle School students are using marine debris to create a sculpture of their school’s mascot.-Sarah Richardson

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Middle School art students create Husky sculpture from marine debris

Homer Middle School art students are learning a powerful lesson about environmental footprints and collaboration with a giant…

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2014 KBC Graduates

Kenai Peninsula College Associate of Arts Degree: Jesse Bolt, Karmen Classen, Rachel Coe, Adam DePesa, Robert Eagan, Paul…

Lenore Swanson smiles after receiving her master of arts in teaching at Kachemak Bay Campus commencement May 7 at the Mariner Theatre.-Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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KBC graduates ‘charge ahead’ at May 7 commencement

Take risks. Say thank you. Smile. Be kind to yourself. Start something new.That was among the advice given…

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Kachemak Bay Campus history

July 1, 1964: University of Alaska Board of Regents approves request by the Kenai City School District to…

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Kachemak Bay Campus: Furthering education for 48 years

When the Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchorage awarded degrees or certificates to 151…

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Parnell signs Alaska LNG legislation

Gov. Sean Parnell signed into law the bill authorizing the state of Alaska to participate financially in proposed…