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Therese Lewandowski. (Photo provided)

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Point of View: Stay awake and think critically

To define “woke,” I consulted the internet and my trusted old friend, the dictionary.

Mike O'Meara.

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Letters to the Editor

Ready…….Set…ART!

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)

Opinion

Point of View: From weed seeds to a green garden

Looking back from out on the bay — floating in the salty mist, with the great Kenai Mountains…

Beach seine nets are pulled from the waters of Cook Inlet at a test site for the gear near Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

Opinion

Opinion: Expand the set beach seine experiment

A path forward to resolve the Upper Cook Inlet King and sockeye salmon commercial fishing and conservation crisis.

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Community

New works for a new season

May First Friday showcases work by Homer and Kenai Peninsula artists.

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Sybil Lawson
Jon Peterson.

Community

Death notice — Jon Peterson

We announce the passing of Jon Montague Peterson, on Jan. 28. Jon was born on May 20, 1935,…

Years Ago

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

Roberta Highland holds her Woman of Wisdom award from South Peninsula Haven House in this photo taken July 25, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy South Peninsula Haven House)

Community

Death notice — Roberta Highland

Roberta Highland

Roger Drake

Obituaries

Roger Drake

June 16, 1954 – April 25, 2025

P.K. stands by the much-missed pizza hot case in the Fritz Creek General Store on its reopening day on Thursday, April 24. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Fritz Creek General Store reopens

The building suffered from a structural fire in July 2023.

Nancy Opheim

Obituaries

Nancy Jean Opheim

Nancy Jean Opheim passed away peacefully at Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage on April 4th. Nancy was born…

Joyanna Geisler

Obituaries

Joyanna Geisler

Born to Jack and Joyce Geisler in Powell, Wyoming on May 15, 1953, Joyanna grew up with an…

Various electronics await to be collected and recycled during an electronics recycling event in Seldovia. (Photo courtesy of Cook Inletkeeper)

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Cook Inletkeeper celebrates 20 years of electronics recycling

More than 646,000 pounds of electronic waste has been diverted from local landfills.