Ninilchik chamber plans inaugural Clam Scramble mud run Saturday

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Ninilchik chamber plans inaugural Clam Scramble mud run Saturday

The Ninilchik Chamber of Commerce is organizing its Inaugural Clam Scramble Mud Obstacle Run. This family-oriented event is…

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Doing right thing inspires others

Keeping one’s faith in humanity alive can at times be very difficult, especially  in the face of current…

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Win-win for community

It seems that the recent financial downturn has now made the $30-million Homer safety building unaffordable.  It is…

Pier One season continues

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Pier One season continues

Shows in Pier One Theatre’s summer season continue through August. Auditons for “Treasure Island,” a youth production, are…

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Conversation on harbor needed

I would like to express my appreciation for the addition of Miranda Weiss’s new SpitLife column in the…

Grant program offers  Lower 48 residencies

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Grant program offers Lower 48 residencies

Artists and writers can apply starting July 1 for the Rasmuson Foundation Artist Residency Program. The grant funds…

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Writers’ conference success from opening to last chapter

The Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College would like to extend its sincerest appreciation and gratitude to…

As of earlier this week, Michael Simonsen remained the leader in Homer’s Jackpot Halibut Derby with the 137.2-pound halibut he hauled in May 23. Simonsen was fishing aboard the Obsession with Capt. Richard Baltzer of North Country Charters. The winner of the June 15 released fish drawing is Trevyn Day, who won $500 for releasing a halibut longer than 48 inches.-Photo provided

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You never know what you might see when you’re fishing — or watching

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You never know what you might see when you’re fishing — or watching

I need to start this column with a warning: There is a despicable sneak thief roaming the Homer…

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Card Street Fire advances

Firefighters continued to battle the human-caused Card Street fire in Sterling, estimated to be at 2,000 acres, Tuesday…

A bald eagle flies away with a Dolly Varden on a stringer it snatched from a fisherman last week at Land’s End on the Homer Spit. The eagle took three fish, but two fell off, as did the stringer. The bird flew around the Spit for several hours showing off his catch, said photographer Russell Campbell. For more, see “Reelin’ ’Em In” by Nick Varney.-Russell Campbell, Wandering Nomad Photography

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Homer’s Best Bets

As the latest whining about our heat wave shows, you just can’t please Homerites. Let the temperature fall…

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AGDC releases ‘offtake’ plans for large gas line

The state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corp. has developed preliminary designs for “offtake” facilities that would allow communities to…

Kachemak Heritage Land Trust reported extensive ATV damage to a wetland on one of its properties located off West Skyline Drive. This particular property includes important wetland habitat, known as a headwater fen, that filters pollutants from water within the Bridge Creek watershed as it passes through on its way to the Bridge Creek Reservoir, Homer’s primary source of drinking water.  -Photo Provided

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ATV vandals damage wetland on KHLT property

Publicly accessible land in and around Homer is arguably one of the town’s most precious commodities. Both citizens…