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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases. Anchor…

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Join the Homer Storytellers from 3-5 p.m. in the Library Conference Room. Share and listen to stories about…

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Local students earn scholarships, success

Now is the time when many high school seniors in Homer begin to look toward bigger horizons. Whether…

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School briefs

Homer High School: Today – Baseball, Homer vs Colony, JV at 4 p.m., varsity at 6 p.m. Friday…

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Spring means rhubarb time

Where is the sunshine and warmer weather? The song birds and cranes got the memo to return, but…

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Letters

Earth Day was amazing Kachemak Bay Conservation Society (KBCS) would like to thank everyone who attended our annual…

Pets of the Week: Roxie and Ty

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Pets of the Week: Roxie and Ty

Pets of the Week Roxie and Ty are a female and male cat, both 8 years old. These…

Mary Ellen Berger

Obituaries

Mary Ellen Berger

Mary Ellen Berger June 27, 1951 – May 7, 2018 Mary Ellen Berger, 66, of Ninilchik, Alaska died…

Robert James Haeg

Obituaries

Robert James Haeg

Robert James Haeg Aug. 25, 1927 – April 23, 2018 Longtime Alaskan and Kasilof resident Robert James Haeg,…

Miller Tanape, Sr.

Obituaries

Miller Tanape, Sr.

Miller Tanape, Sr. Jan. 9, 19-46 – April 21, 2018 Miller Tanape, Sr., 72, died Saturday, April 21,…

Bird migration patterns come into play during annual shorebird festival

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Bird migration patterns come into play during annual shorebird festival

With the 26th annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival just having wrapped up, it’s a good time to contemplate…

Wilderness Explorers (left to right) Sawyer Johnson, Wylder Johnson and Ruby Gervais enter into their journals on Wednesday, May 2, sketches of edible plants collected earlier in the day along Diamond Creek Trail. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)

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Wilderness Explorers helps kids make connections

Backpack-wearing, coat-dragging, loud-voiced youngsters excitedly emptied classrooms on May 2, happy the school day had ended. For 31…

Passengers from the cruise ship Amsterdam brave the rain at the ship’s last docking on Aug. 17, 2011. (Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News)

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First cruise ship visits Tuesday

The 778-foot Holland America cruise ship Amsterdam calls on Homer at 8 a.m. Tuesday, the first cruise ship…