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Grant helps children’s garden grow

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Homer Farmers Market for choosing Smallpond Childcare as…

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Library might be best thing we do

Battle lines are being drawn over the city budget. The cutters and their voting supporters are clamoring for…

Cattle graze in the Fox River Flats at the head of Kachemak Bay. Atz Kilcher has applied for a permit to build an art and music camp in the area.-Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Reality TV star seeks permit to build retreat at Fox River

For nearly his entire life, Atz Kilcher has been going up into the Fox River Flats to enjoy…

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Donor to help homeless students After learning about a candlelight vigil to support homeless youth on the Kenai…

Kachemak Bay Campus Director Carol Swartz takes a break in a busy day to talk about her work. Swartz recently was honored by the Alaska Adult Education Association for her outstanding long-term contribution to lifelong learning.-Photo by Annie Rosenthal, Homer News

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Adult Education Association honors KBC’s Carol swartz

There’s a piece of paper taped above Carol Swartz’s desk that reads, “To love what you do and…

Caprice McAllistar, Sierra DeLoach and Madi Elkington rehearse as a doll, a bird, and a rabbit. The 27th Nutcracker Ballet in Homer opens Saturday at the Mariner Theatre. Dancers have been rehearsing since September. -Photo by Annie Rosenthal

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Kids find joy in hard work of performance

Beginning at the age of 5, children in Homer can audition for the biggest ballet production in the…

Snowflakes dance with their queen, played by Rhoslyn Jennings, in a rehearsal for the 27th Homer Nutcracker Ballet, which opens Saturday. From left, the snowflakes are Annalynn Brown, Sophie Morin, Lilli Heimbold, Katie Clark, Llena Bice, Ava Halstead and Ruby Allen.-Photo by Annie Rosenthal

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Homer’s Nutcracker:

When the curtains open at Mariner Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 5, nearly 100 people will pirouette, leap, tango…

Photo by Annie Rosenthal

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Wintry and wonderful

Nathan Davis, a college student visiting from Colorado for Thanksgiving, takes a walk on a snowy Bishop’s Beach…

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Peninsula mayors offer $60,000 in services to host fish board meet

If Alaska fishermen want coffee at the 2017 Upper Cook Inlet finfish meeting, the Alaska Board of Fisheries…

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Final marijuana regs allow Outside investment, cafes

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board accepted its final draft of the regulations that will govern the new industry,…

Cash for Cans food drive raises $76,300

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Cash for Cans food drive raises $76,300

Diana Jeska of the Homer Community Food Pantry, left, accepts a check from Alaska USA Federal Credit Union…

New regs likely will add to cost of fishing

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New regs likely will add to cost of fishing

Boat owners should be bracing for a new round of regulations for older boats more than 50 feet…

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Almost 400 years ago in September 1620, 102 immigrants on the Mayflower landed in Plymouth, Mass. Over the…