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Americorps members Kay Gardner, Kaela Lesniewski and Miranda Glenn on Augustine Island, June 2.

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Americorps Alaska Team finishes a term in Homer

Triple C’s started Alaska service last October

COVID-19. (Image courtesy CDC)

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Homer sees slight increase in COVID-19 patients

Home testing makes trend hard to track, but hospital reports uptick in patients seeking treatment for COVID-19

Photo provided by Kachemak Crane Watch
Sandhill crane shot last Saturday on East End Road in Homer.

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Crane shot with arrow

Wildlife troopers seek information on shooting

Photo provided by Misha Klassen
CCE participants Sarjus Moonin and Heather Kalmakoff participate in drop camera sampling in Jakolof Bay in June 2023.

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Community Coastal Experience finishes 5-week summer program

Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies was local program partner

Alaska Department of Fish and Game Black Rockfish sampling in Kodiak. Photo provided by ADFG.

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Rockfish Day education event is Saturday

Event seeks to raise awareness of harvest issues, safe rockfish release

Traffic is backed up on the Homer Spit late Friday afternoon on June 20, 2023, in Homer, Alaska, while Homer Police and Homer Volunteer Fire Department staff respond to a tourist injured when she was hit by a car that veered onto the bike trail. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Special to the Homer News).

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Spit crash injures tourist

Arkansas woman suffers major injuries when driver veered into her on the Homer Spit Trail.

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David Scheel at Homer Public Library Tuesday, June 20, discussing his experiences with octopuses across Alaska.

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Homer Public Library presents author talk with David Scheel and ‘Many Things Under a Rock’

A behavioral ecologist’s account of his Alaska career studying octopuses

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Tuyanitun: Tuggeht Land Acknowledgment Celebration

Sculpture joins City of Homer’s municipal arts collection

Photo provided by the Pratt Museum
Patricia Relay takes the helm as new Executive Director at the Pratt Museum in July.

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Homer’s Pratt Museum welcomes new executive director

On Monday, the Board of Directors at the Pratt Museum in Homer announced a new incoming executive director.…

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Homer Concert on the Lawn celebrates music and community spirit in Homer

Homer’s public radio station, KBBI, provided live music to the city of Homer at the annual Concert on…

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Community workshop tackles party safety

Health educators host event after instances of drink spiking earlier this year

Photo by Christopher Kincaid
Sarah Brewer, Ken Goldman and Maggie Quarton watch Peter Pan fly on the Pier One Theatre stage on Homer Spit.

Community

‘For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday’ shows for 2nd weekend

The show opened June 15 on the Homer Spit

Photo provided by Jennifer Waltenbaugh
John Chapple, Jr. and John Chapple, III participate in the 1984 Homer Spit Run Race.

Sports

Homer Spit runs scheduled for June 24

Races include a half marathon and 10k race