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Wild bunnies forage in the lawn near the Homer United Methodist Church on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Lots to do and see in town this week, yadda yadda — the Betster should come up with…

Snow blankets Homer City Hall on April 10, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)

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Council votes down rec center ballot proposition

Ordinance 25-52 would have asked voters whether the city should continue a percentage of city sales tax to…

A banner encouraging Homer residents to vote is displayed outside City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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6 vie for Homer city council

The election will take place on Oct. 7.

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District logo. Photo courtesy of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District

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6 candidates on school board ballot

This year’s election will take place on Oct. 7.

A patron speaks to youth vendors at their Homer Farmers Market booth during Kids' Vending Day on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Youth vendors sell at farmers market

The Homer Farmers Market hosted the final Kids’ Vending Day of the season on Wednesday.

Protestors hold up signs expressing support for Ukraine on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman)

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Kenai Peninsula protests Putin’s Alaska visit

Protests were held Friday in Homer and Soldotna in concurrence with several others across the state.

Kenai Peninsula District 4-H chickens are on display at the Kenai Peninsula Fair, Aug. 8-10, 2025, in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Jack Money)

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Family fun at the fair

The Kenai Peninsula Fair was held last weekend in Ninilchik.

A raspberry ripens in a garden in Homer, Alaska, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Best Bets

The fireweed blooms may soon reach their zenith and school begins in less than a week, but summer…

A banner encouraging Homer residents to vote is displayed outside City Hall on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Hansen, Mink join Homer City Council race

The candidate filing period closes at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 15.

An adult kittiwake sits on its nest with two visible chicks on July 15, 2025, at the Deep Water Dock on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Claire Labuda

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Research program monitors seabird survival

The program asks for citizen science inclusion in monitoring disturbances and reproductive success at three kittiwake colonies near…

Civil Air Patrol Cadet 1st Lt. Hugh Traugott (right) works with Cadet Airman First Class Audrey Crocker (left) during a statewide training exercise on disaster response on Aug. 9-10, 2025, in Homer, Alaska.

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Civil Air Patrol practices disaster response

Homer cadets and senior members were part of a statewide exercise last weekend.

Bradley Parsons is sworn in as the newest Homer City Council member during a special meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Screenshot)

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2 file for city council candidacy

Incumbents Bradley Parsons and Jason Davis have filed to retain their council seats.

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly president, Peter Ribbens, speaks in an aside to District 8 representative and Vice President Kelly Cooper before the beginning of the Aug. 5, 2025, KPB Assembly meeting at the Porcupine Theater in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Voters to decide on borough sales tax cap increase

Assembly Ordinance 2025-14 aims to adjust the sales tax cap with inflation.