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Record cover for "Snow Sky," by Touche or Ames Kincaid, a Homer freshman musician.  Songs will be provided at the Alice's event on Dec. 21.  Photo provided by Christopher Kincaid.

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Food pantry fundraiser scheduled at Alice’s

Christopher Kincaid is organizing and hosting a Christmas music event at Alice’s Champagne Palace on Dec. 21 starting…

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Kachemak Bay Campus fall 2024 Semester by the Bay students receive their certificates of completion on Thursday, Dec. 12<ins>, 2024,</ins> in KBC’s Pioneer Hall<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Students complete Semester by the Bay at Kachemak campus

The fall 2024 cohort of Semester by the Bay students at the Kachemak Bay Campus finished their semester…

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Ken Castner with Nutcracker senior dancers Natalia Sherwood, Tiya Martushev and Sofia Loboy in front of the Stahlbaum Christmas tree after last Sunday’s matinee performance.

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4 Homer High seniors participate in 2024 ‘Nutcracker’

There are four Homer High School seniors participating in the 2024 Homer “Nutcracker” production: Sofia Loboy, Tiya Marushev,…

Skiers get a lift up the hill at the Homer Rope Tow on Ohlson Mountain in this March 2014 photo in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)

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Ohlson Mountain Rope Tow completes annual safety inspection

The club prepares meeting to elect new board members

Artist Jeff Dean (right) talks to patrons at his booth at the annual Nutcracker Faire sponsored by Homer Council on the Arts on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Nutcracker Faire opens with array of vendors

In addition to the opening “Nutcracker” stage performances, Homer Council on the Arts is again hosting organization of…

Homer “Nutcracker” dancers Ella Gustufson and Sofia Loboy help create Christmas tree gift tags for the 2024 Homer Share the Spirit in the Homer High School green room during “Nutcracker” rehearsal last weekend. They are joined by one of the Nutcracker’s small participants. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

Community

Share the Spirit brings holiday cheer, support

Homer’s longtime community donation program “Share the Spirit” returns for the Christmas holidays.

Michael McKinney and Bobby McKinney add finishing touches to the party scene fireplace at the Homer “Nutcracker” rehearsals on Sunday at the Homer Mariner Theater. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

Community

Behind the scenes at ‘The Nutcracker’

The 2024 Homer Nutcracker Ballet opens on Friday and cast and crew have put in hundreds of volunteer…

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Pratt Museum receives funds to restore Gull Island exhibit

Homer’s Pratt Museum has received a $15,827 grant from Museums Alaska, a nonprofit organization supported by the Rasmuson…

Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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City seeks harbor funding

Homer supports opportunities and funding increases to the Municipal Harbor Facility Grant Program

A memorial for Drew Brown with his photo, flowers and a heart sculpture was installed at the site where he died in a car crash on the Sterling Highway, as seen here on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer man sentenced in drunk driving death

Tyler Cordes on Thursday was sentenced in the Homer Courthouse for driving while intoxicated and crashing his vehicle…

Ellowyn Hanson competes in the butterfly in the 8-and-under medley relay at the Kate Kuhns Memorial Pool on Saturday, Nov. 23<ins>,</ins><ins> 2024, in Homer, </ins><ins>Alaska</ins>. (Photo provided by Kachemak Kings)

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Homer Kachemak Kings host peninsula swim meet

The Homer swim club, Kachemak Kings, over the weekend hosted the first home meet of the season. The…

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Christopher Kincaid, sound technician, takes photos for the 2024 “Nutcracker” production at rehearsal on Sunday, Nov. 10<ins>, 2024,</ins> in the Homer Mariner Theatre<ins> in Homer, </ins><ins>Alaska</ins>.

Community

Kincaid brings sounds to ‘Nutcracker’

Preparing for Homer’s “Nutcracker” production takes substantial community volunteer effort from the youth dancers, various dimensions of technical…

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Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park holds dessert auction fundraiser

Grace Ridge Brewery will host a pre-Thanksgiving dessert auction as a fundraiser for Friends of Kachemak Bay State…