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    Articles by Delcenia Cosman
    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
    ADF&G: More opossums captured, others still on the...
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 7, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    Ken Waldman (Photo courtesy of Ken Waldman)
    Homer welcomes back Alaska’s fiddling poet
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 3, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    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)
    VFW honors the fallen
    By Delcenia Cosman • June 1, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    The SPARC building is photographed on Saturday, May 27, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman / Homer News
    SPARC awarded funding for new floor
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 30, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    “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
    Grubby saved
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 28, 2023 1:30 am

    Virginia opossum taken in by Anchorage zoo

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    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
    ‘Stories can be medicine’
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Writers’ conference features keynote speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer

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    Photo by Delcenia Cosman
Students, kindergarten through ninth grades, check their growth pods Feb. 14 in the hydroponics room at Nikolaevsk School.
    Nikolaevsk hydroponics ends year strong
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 25, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    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
    ACS constructing new internet towers on the peninsula
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 18, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    Homer Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)
    Council approves purchase of ladder truck
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 18, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    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)
    Kachemak Bay Campus returns to in-person commencement ceremony
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 12, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    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.
    The Tickled Pear opens new permanent location
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

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

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    Photo by Delcenia Cosman
VFW Post 10221 commander Chuck Collins and canteen manager Heidi Adams celebrate the post’s grand reopening on Saturday.
    VFW holds grand reopening after remodel
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    The Anchor Point VFW reopened its doors on Saturday after completing renovations inside.

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    Jesse Pasch (left), winner of the average fish prize in the 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament, poses with his fish during weigh-in on Saturday, May 6 at the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce building in Anchor Point, Alaska. This is Pasch’s second year of winning “average fish.” Photo courtesy of Mcki Needham
    Persnail wins Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Despite less-than-stellar weather and some last-minute operating changes, the 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament saw another successful turnout.

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