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Gayle Muggli of Miles City, Mont. caught a 167.2-pound halibut on July 8 while fishing with Homer Ocean Charters.

Sports

Angler takes lead in derby by two pounds

Three days after the derby gained a new leader with a 165-pound halibut caught by a Washington State…

Kayak guide Kim McNett demonstrates how to roll and right a kayak in Peterson Bay in July 2014.

Outdoors & Recreation

Kayak smart and safe this summer

Kayaking, though a popular summer activity in Homer, can prove dangerous if not approached with the proper information…

News

Corrections

A caption for a photo in the July 7 Homer News incorrectly described how Joy Steward was named…

News

Sports physical clinic open to high school students, one day only

Homer Medical Center is hosting a sports physical clinic from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 16.…

Sophia Park, left, and Eryn Field, right, play in the big mud puddle at the 2015 Mud Wallow at Cottonwood Park. The event is 1-3 p.m. Sunday at Cottonwood Park.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

Best Bets

Remember in winters past when it snowed so much you had to keep a snow shovel inside the…

News

Early voting starts Aug. 1 at the Homer City Clerk’s office.

Early voting starts Aug. 1 at the Homer City Clerk’s office. Deadline to register online is 11:59 p.m.…

Cathy Stingley and Friends play lively music during South Peninsula Hospital's 60th Anniversary Party on Saturday, July 9.

News

Community celebrates SP hospital’s 60 years with barbecue, camaraderie

Homer residents — young, old and in between — came together on Saturday, July 9, to celebrate the…

Garlic scapes twirl and twist as they grow. Synergy Gardens' First Annual Great Garlic Scape Festival celebrated the plants' unique aesthetic qualities and sharp garlic flavor through artistic and culinary activities.

Outdoors & Recreation

Synergy Gardens celebrates garlic, local produce

One greenhouse, two high tunnels, three fenced open-air garden plots and three-and-a-half years of work make up Synergy…

This and that, here and there. Sweet William, lilies, campanula, delphiniums, verbascum Bold Queen and mock orange bloom in the Kachemak Gardener's garden.

Community

Use your garden like a room to your house

O h me, oh my — five “grands” ages five to 11. What a crew. This little house…

Community

Years ago in the Homer News

20 years ago in the Homer News Lack of support for the Homer branch of the Cook Inlet…

Community

Mefodie Vasilyavich Yakunin

Births Mefodie Vasilyavich Yakunin was born at 2:45 p.m. July 8, 2016, at South Peninsula Hospital to Efrosinia…

News

Health care jobs see spike

Health care employment continues rising in the state, though economists are still unsure precisely what drives that growth…

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School board revises transportation, operating budgets

The Board of Education approved a revised FY17 Operating budget at its Monday meeting, including a transfer of…