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Sandwich board announcing Solstice Fair on June 21. (Photo by event coordinator Sage Anderson)

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Homer hosts summer solstice street fair

The event took place from noon to 10 p.m. on Hazel Avenue between Safeway and Homer Public Library

Photo from the Homer News 1982 article “Fishing, banking, family all add up for ‘Snooks’ Moore.” Photo from Homer News archives.

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Kenai Peninsula fisherman Snooks Moore retires from lifelong participation in Alaska commercial fisheries

Homer’s Snooks Moore has spent her life in Alaska commercial fisheries.

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Homer Steps Up winning team, the Sweaty Bettys.

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Homer Steps Up 2023 challenge complete on May 28

Awards and results announced at the Challenge Celebration at Karen Hornaday Park on May 31

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George Gustufson and Ayjan Arik, owners of Buttwhackers Fillet Company, stand in front of their business, at the top of Ramp 1 behind the Salty Dawg at the Homer Harbor on Monday. The business is the 2023 tournament headquarters and weigh-in station.

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Homer’s Chamber of Commerce Halibut Festival opens for the month of June

Kick off with the Big ‘But Ball, a month long halibut derby and upcoming Summer Solstice Festival

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Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies day camp staff members Emma Latsch, Marissa Swartley, Ava Daley, Cece Donegan and Jasmine Lurus on Monday.

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Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies begins summer camp series

Day camps in Homer and multi-day camps across Kachemak Bay

Boreal Forest Stories opened at the Pratt Museum Thursday, May 25. (Photo provided by the Pratt Museum)

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‘In the Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories’ exhibit opens at the Pratt Museum

‘In the Time of Change: Boreal Forest Stories’ exhibit opens at the Pratt Museum

Writer and director Sally Oberstein shares notes with actors after the Saturday evening show at Pier One Theatre on the Homer Spit.  Photo by Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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‘Cosmic Hostel’: Take 2!

After a year of COVID and other delays, Sally Oberstein’s Cosmic Hostel opens the Pier One Theatre summer…

Homer City Council and representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard recognize Homer as a Coast Guard City at Homer City Hall on May 22, 2023. (Photo provided by Homer city manager)

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Homer designated ‘Coast Guard City’

The designation was given May 22 in a proclamation

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Paul Banks kindergarten and first grade teacher Jennifer Reinhart

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Paul Banks educator receives a runner-up award for Alaska Teacher of the Year

Jennifer Reinhart teachers kindergarten and first grade

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Alaska Performing Arts Center announces statewide arts competition

One middle school and one high school student to receive complimentary tickets to the production of Hamilton in…

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A woman wears Sydney Akagi’s art mask in the fall of 2020, in Tlingit Aani, Juneau, Alaska.

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Bunnell Street Arts Center’s collaboration with Alaska Native artists begins yearlong tour

The tour began May 19 in Portland, Oregon

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Library, community rec offer summer activities

Homer’s Public Library and Community Recreation kicks off in June with an array of summer opportunities for youth…

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

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Army Corps hosts workshops on harbor expansion

The planning event was part of a three-year feasibility study for the project