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Local youth anglers participate in the 15-and-under king salmon fishery on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon in Homer, Alaska. This event, sponsored by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, is the first of two youth-only fisheries being held on the peninsula this month. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Local youth participate in king salmon fishery

Strong winds on the Homer Spit didn’t deter brave anglers from fishing Nick Dudiak Lagoon

The Anchor River Inn, photographed on Saturday, June 3, 2023, is being remodeled in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Anchor River Inn to get fresh start

New owners hope to begin operating later this year

A young Virginia opossum was spotted outside the City of Homer Clerk's Office window on Thursday, June 1, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Renee Krause

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ADF&G: More opossums captured, others still on the loose

The new opossums are most likely the offspring of Grubby, a Virginia possum captured last month

Ken Waldman (Photo courtesy of Ken Waldman)

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Homer welcomes back Alaska’s fiddling poet

Ken Waldman will return to Homer to perform two shows on Saturday, June 10

VFW Post 10221 member Eric Henley performs the battlefield cross during a Memorial Day service held at the Anchor Point Kallman Cemetery on Monday, May 29, 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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VFW honors the fallen

Post 10221 holds Memorial Day ceremonies in Homer, Anchor Point, Ninilchik

The SPARC building is photographed on Saturday, May 27, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman / Homer News

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SPARC awarded funding for new floor

The facility’s current flooring, constructed from used materials, was always meant to be a temporary solution

“Grubby” the Virginia opossum is captured by Homer Police officer Taylor Crowder on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Homer Police Department

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Grubby saved

Virginia opossum taken in by Anchorage zoo

Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference keynote speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer gives a presentation on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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‘Stories can be medicine’

Writers’ conference features keynote speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer

Photo by Delcenia Cosman Students, kindergarten through ninth grades, check their growth pods Feb. 14 in the hydroponics room at Nikolaevsk School.

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Nikolaevsk hydroponics ends year strong

The first year of operation culminated in multiple harvests, hands-on lessons for students and fundraising events

An Alaska Communications technician installs a customer premise device to a home in Sterling, Alaska. This device communicates with a nearby tower, serving the customer with a high-speed internet connection. Photo courtesy of Alaska Communications

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ACS constructing new internet towers on the peninsula

Alaska Communications is expanding their internet services across the Kenai Peninsula.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)

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Council approves purchase of ladder truck

The previously owned truck will be acquired from the City of Ketchikan for no more than $230,000

Kachemak Bay Campus Director Dr. Reid Brewer welcomes KBC graduates and audience members to the 2023 commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Campus returns to in-person commencement ceremony

The campus conferred 62 degrees and certificates during its 53rd annual commencement hosted on Wednesday

Photo by Delcenia Cosman The Tickled Pear staff fill orders during their grand opening in their new permanent location on Friday, May 5,. Owner Ashley Steiner is pictured second from left.

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The Tickled Pear opens new permanent location

The Tickled Pear, which Homerites may have seen around the Spit in its food truck form, celebrated its…