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Students perform at the Sitka Performing Arts Center at the 2023 Middle School closure in June 2023.

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Connections to Sitka through theater, dance and Alaska history

And finding a place to do what you choose in a world of options…

Homer United Football Club U14/U15 at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, July 16.

Sports

Homer United Football Club members play in Far North Invitation soccer tournament

Homer United Football Club Premier Academy sent four teams to the Far North Invitational at Kincaid Park in…

News

2 injured in vessel collision

The landing craft Helenka B collides with a sportboat near Seldovia

Michael and Jennifer Redding with South Peninsula Hospital's OB/Family Birth Center Director Joelle Burdick and their contribution of a CuddleCot in Homer, Alaska on July 15.  Photo provided by Derotha Ferraro.

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South Peninsula Hospital receives CuddleCot donation

Wasilla family with ties to Homer hopes to help provide infant care device across Alaska communities

Vessel style logo on the stern of the Naughtycal Dreams. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

Community

Naughtycal Dreams will soon open for tours by the hour of Kachemak Bay

The Stuart Cigarette boat is the only one operating in Alaska waters

Cast from 'The Drunkard', the opening show at Pier One Theatre on the Spit in 1986.  Photo provided by Pier One Theatre.

Community

Join Pier One Theatre celebrations this week

Pier One Theatre was featured in last week’s Meet Your Neighbor where several events were noted occuring this…

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Brenda Adams’ garden, located out East End Road, is included in the 2023 Homer Garden Tour.

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Garden Club Tour features five local gardens

An annual highlight of the summer, the Homer Garden Club 2023 Tour will take place on Sunday, July…

Homer High School

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Homer High School offers July sports camps

Homer High School will offer 3 sports camps at the end of July for football, cheer and volleyball.…

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Girls on the water participants and instructors with their kayak paddles in July.

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University of Alaska Girls on the Water concludes Kachemak Bay summer kayak and marine ecosystem workshop

The University of Alaska Fairbanks Girls on Water (GOW) program concluded on Monday, July 10 with a series…

Fritz Creek Community Center. Photo provided by Tim Hatfield with the Kenai Peninsula History public media group.

Community

History and memories from the Fritz Creek General Store

Community members share thoughts from the East End Road landmark

The Homer Glacier Kings' float, which won a prize as the Best Children's Group, travels down Pioneer Avenue during the "Seas the Day" Fourth of July parade on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 in Homer, Alaska.

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Homer Chamber announces Fourth of July parade winners

On July 5, the Homer Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center announced the winners in this year’s Fourth…

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KPBSD students Lyndzi Gausin (Kenai Central High School), Morgan Carlson-Kelly (Nikolaevsk), Autumn Jones (Homer High School), Caitlin Eskelin (Soldotna High School) and Stephanie Huffer (Kenai Central High School) compete in national Educators Rising competition in Florida in June 2023.

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KPBSD students attend national Educators Rising conference

Alaska sent a large delegation of competitors to the 2023 Educators Rising conference in Orlando, Florida last month.…

“Maud of the Island” actors perform in the opening show on June 29 at the Pratt Museum outdoor stage in Homer.

Community

Homer playwright’s first play premieres

Golden’s ‘Maud of the Island’ came out of pandemic Zoom workshop