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Seniors Blaise Banks, Lucas Story and Spencer Co receive recognition in annual National Merit Scholarship program and stand next to the display of past Homer High awardees at Homer High School on Tuesday March 19.

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3 Homer High seniors recognized as National Merit Scholarship finalists

Three Homer High School seniors, Spencer Co, Blaise Banks and Lucas Story, recently received recognition as finalists in…

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‘Voices from History’ oral history tour to come to Homer this summer

Brad Schmitz, an Anchorage educator and owner of Alaska English Adventures, is scheduling a summer tour that will…

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Guys and Dolls cast members practice ‘The Oldest Established’ dance scene at Sunday’s rehearsal at the Mariner Theater.

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Homer High School’s ‘Guys and Dolls’ shows begin Friday

Homer High School’s spring musical, “Guys and Dolls,” opens Friday evening at 7 p.m. at the Homer Mariner…

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Current Homer Port and Harbor sport fish grinding building on Fish Dock Road on the Homer Spit last Friday.

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City awarded grant to assist in replacement of harbor’s fish-grinding building

The City of Homer held a special meeting March 14 to amend the fiscal year 2024 capital budget…

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Virtual reality workforce development training offered at Kenai Peninsula College

The workshop targets young employees who may benefit from additional assistance to advancing education and careers

Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic staff (left to right) Angie Holland, RN, Jane Rohr, Sonja Martin Young, CNM, Robin Holmes, MD and Cherie Bole, CMA provide an array of reproductive and sexual health services. Photo provided by KBFPC

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Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic Rec Room to hold weeklong sexual education course for teenagers

The workshops will include discussion topics on healthy relationships, consent and safety, family values and teen goals

Homer Airport Terminal and Cargo Facility on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer Airport runway rehabilitation project scheduled to begin April 1

The Alaska Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration in partnership with Quality Asphalt Paving (QAP), an…

The Exxon Baton Rouge, smaller ship, attempts to off-load crude from the Exxon Valdez that ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez, Alaska, spilling over 270,000 barrels of crude oil, shown March 26, 1989. File photo. (AP Photo/Rob Stapleton)

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Memories from the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Prevention is the key

As the 35th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill approaches on March 24, retired fisheries biologist Loren…

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Patty Lekanoff-Gregory demonstrates how to form a hat with a frame and clamps in the lab at Islands and Oceans.

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Unalaska artist gives traditional bentwood hat-making workshop

Unangax bentwood hat maker Patty Lekanoff-Gregory from Unalaska visited Homer this week to provide an instruction course in…

Deland Anderson starts the 2023 Kachemak Nordic Ski Club Marathon at Homer’s Lookout Trails. Photo provided by Megan Corazza

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Kachemak Nordic Ski Club marathon returns to Lookout ski trails

Homer’s Kachemak Nordic Ski Club will host their annual ski marathon event with a 42K, 25K and 13K…

Athletes begin the start of Homer's multisport Epic Race at McNeil Canyon Elementary School last Saturday.  Photo provided by Chuck Lindsay.

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111 compete in multisport Epic race

The annual Homer Epic event was held last weekend

A sign reading “We love you” expresses community support for the Fritz Creek General Store on Saturday, July 8, 2023, after a fire severely damaged it on July 6. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Fritz Creek postal box customers must arrange new mail service by April 30

A July 6 fire severely damaged the historic Fritz Creek General Store and USPS mail center

Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce board of directors president Dawson Slaughter (right) presents Chapman School principal Heidi Stokes with the Educator/Faculty of the Year Award during the Community Awards ceremony on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at the VFW in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Chapman principal Heidi Stokes receives educator of the year award

The chamber of commerce awarded the honor at Anchor Point’s Snow Rondi event at the end of February