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Students’ individual growth pods are set up in the hydroponics room on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 at Nikolaevsk School in Nikolaevsk, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Nikolaevsk School starts grant-funded hydroponics program

Nikolaevsk School recently kick-started a student-run hydroponics program, funded by an $8,000 grant from national nonprofit organization Green…

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Borough mayoral candidate forum speaks to southern peninsula

The four candidates for the upcoming Kenai Peninsula Borough mayoral special election spoke on current issues during a…

Hugh Neff’s retired sled dog, Mojito, curls up in an old dogsled used during a presentation on reading and dog mushing at West Homer Elementary on Friday, Feb. 3 in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Barb Angaiak

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Iditarod top finisher visits West Homer Elementary

Musher Hugh Neff talks reading, dog mushing, perseverance

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Benefit will support family of Nepal plane crash victim

The Down East Saloon will host a benefit on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 2-5 p.m. for the family…

(from left to right) HCOA Community Arts awardees Daniel Perry (on screen), Michael Armstrong, Cathy Stingley, Krista Etzweiler, Sherry Stead and Brianna Allen pose with their awards at the HCOA annual meeting on Jan. 27, 2023, in Homer, Alaska.

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Homer arts council awards celebrate local creators, contributors

The Homer Council on the Arts announced the recipients of the 2022 Community Arts Awards during their annual…

An adult female moose rests in the snow under a spruce tree on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in Anchor Point. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Hello, Neighbor

Even after living in Alaska for the better part of a decade, it still surprises me to run…

Library Director Dave Berry and Advisory Board Chair Kate Finn on Tuesday Jan. 17 at Homer City Hall. Photo by Emilie Springer

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Homer Library Advisory Board upholds decision to retain LGBTQ+ books

A citizen’s group last year submitted a petition asking that the books be removed from the children’s section

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City council discusses community development plans

The Homer City Council moved forward on the port expansion project

People observe a candlelight vigil in memory of victims of a plane crash in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Bikram Rai)

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GoFundMe launched for family of man killed in Nepal plane crash

A twin-engine ATR- 72 aircraft operated by Nepal’s Yeti Airlines crashed into a gorge near Pokhara on Sunday…

Teresa Jacobson Gregory presents a visual illustration of the proposed gravel pit extension and the impacts it may have on residents and the surrounding state recreation area at the Anchor Point Advisory Planning Commission Meeting on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, at the Anchor Point Senior Center in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)

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Anchor Point advisory group recommends gravel pit expansion

No seat remained empty at the Anchor Point Senior Center last Thursday, Feb. 13 in anticipation of the…

Vigil held for woman missing since October

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Vigil held for woman missing since October

Homer hasn’t given up hope.

Local Anchor Point residents view the presentation and chat with Carrie Connaker from Solstice Alaska Consulting, Inc., at the open house for the Anchor River Bridge replacement project on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019 at the Anchor Point Senior Center in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)

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Anchor River Bridge replacement is on the horizon

Residents learn about proposed project at open house

From left to right, Vanita Thurmond, Elaine Griner, and Dale Griner stand outside Thurmond’s Far West Auto in Anchor Point, Alaska at the fifth annual Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, May 25, 2019. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)

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Thurmond’s Far West Auto celebrates 50 years

For a week prior to their fifth annual Customer Appreciation Day on Saturday, May 25, a handwritten sign…