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Kyra Wagner teaches a compost-making class last fall at the Kachemak Bay Campus high tunnel. Wagner will teach another class on composting Saturday, April 26, at 4:30 p.m. in conjunction with the free Southcentral Growers Conference. (Photo courtesy of Jill Burnham, Kachemak Bay Campus - Kenai Peninsula College)

News

Info, education on local agriculture to be featured at Southcentral Growers Conference

The two-day conference begins on April 25 at Kachemak Bay Campus.

Awards earned by Peninsula Clarion and Homer News writers Delcenia Cosman, Jake Dye, Jeff Helminiak and Nick Varney are displayed on Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Homer News, Peninsula Clarion take home 10 Alaska Press Club awards

The 2025 Alaska Press Club awards honored statewide news contributions from 2024.

Two volunteers monitoring shorebirds on the Homer Spit in May 2016. (Photo courtesy of Kachemak Bay Birders)

News

Kachemak Bay Birders kicks off 17th year of shorebird monitoring project

The first monitoring session of 2025 will take place Saturday.

Findlay Kilcher demonstrates his science project in front of other McNeil students during the Science Fair on Friday, April 4. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

News

McNeil students play with fire

The elementary school hosted a science fair on Friday, April 4.

Kyle Cowan is the manager of the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service. (Photo courtesy Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service)

Opinion

Point of View: Fire season starts before Iditarod ends

It is critical that Alaskans exercise caution with anything that could ignite a fire.

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: Wake up America

The number one problem in America is our national debt resulting from the inability to control federal spending.

Photo provided by Wilhelm Hakala/Homer High School yearbook
Homer Mariner varsity football player Jackson Snaric, #32, junior, holds the ball during a kickoff at the Aug. 30, 2024, bout against visiting Fairbanks.

Sports

Alaska Sports Hall of Fame nominates Homer football player for leadership award

Homer High School cornerback Jackson Snaric has been nominated for the Trajan Langdon Award.

Students with the Paul Banks Preludes prepare to perform during the annual Art Extravaganza on Friday, April 4 at Paul Banks Elementary School. The students will join others on Thursday, April 10 onstage the Mariner Theatre to perform in the Sea of Strings music event. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

Community

Sea of Strings to debut new, local compositions

More than 200 musicians — mainly students from the Homer OPUS program and the Homer Youth String Orchestra…

Jeff Dean is midway through the initial heat on a commission piece. Dean will be participating as one of the artists in this year’s Ready Set Art Ptarmigan Arts fundraiser. (Photo provided by Jeff Dean)

Community

Artistry for all to see

Ready… Set… Art! fundraiser brings artists together to complete works of art out in the public eye.

Photo submitted by Homer Animal Shelter
Mayhem, 3.5 year old male.

Community

Pet of the Week: Mayhem

Mayhem is the opposite of what his name stands for.

Paul Banks Elementary School Principal Eric Pederson interacts with students in this undated photo at the school in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Eric Pederson)

News

Updated: KPBSD chooses Pederson as next Homer High principal

School district held public interviews Wednesday, April 9.

Jackson Carney of Wrangell, a student in the Federal Subsistence Board Policy and Procedures class at the University of Alaska Southeast, testifies before the Federal Subsistence Board. (Photo by Ryan Morse/courtesy)

Opinion

Point of View: Helping the next generation of hunters and fishermen to have a say

Ultimately, the goal is to ensure Alaskans, and young people, have a say in the decisions that affect…

Mike O'Meara

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Ensuring the future of the Homer fire department