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Homer High School Mariner softball team poses at for a team photo at Jack Gist Park in Homer on Monday, May 14. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Mariner softball players reflect on 2024 season

After the school year ends, Homer High School’s softball team still has a few weeks left of their…

News

City of Homer takes on Beluga Slough drainage efforts at Bishop’s Beach

The City of Homer has taken over Beluga Slough drainage efforts on Bishop’s Beach at the request of…

Emilie Springer/ Homer News
Homer High School class of 2024 rises at the end of the Tuesday evening commencement program before heading to the Commons to be welcomed by friends and family.
Homer High School class of 2024 rises at the end of the Tuesday, May 14, 2024, commencement program before heading to the Commons to be welcomed by friends and family, in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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‘You are the newest part of our legacy’

Homer High School Class of 2024 congratulated as they begin next chapter of their lives

Kachemak Bay Campus 2024 graduates prepare to enter commencement at the campus on May 8, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Campus confers degrees to Class of 2024

The commencement was held Wednesday in Pioneer Hall

Photo courtesy Barnabus Firth, executive director of the Norman Lowell Art Gallery Foundation
Norman Lowell’s 72- by 96-inch painting, “The Sea,” is photographed May 6, 2024, at the Norman Lowell Art Gallery north of Homer. The work was based on sketches from a painting trip to the Aleutian Islands.

Community

Arts council and Norman Lowell Gallery to host black tie gala fundraiser

Homer Council on the Arts and the Norman Lowell Gallery will host a black tie gala fundraiser May…

Joe Halstead from HEA's information technology team addresses attendees at the annual public meeting in the Homer High School Theatre on May 2, 2024.  Photo provided by Christopher Kincaid.

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HEA hosts annual board meeting in Homer

The meeting included a board election and addressed energy issues on the Kenai Peninsula

Photo provided by the City of Homer
An existing float, with damaged timber waler, rubboard and decking, is in need of repair on CC in the Homer Harbor.

News

Port and Harbor applies for federal funding to help reconstruct failing harbor floats

Homer City Council passed a resolution in support of the application

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Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council elects new board members

Three are from Homer; Archibald reelected as board president for fifth term

Alaska Comedy logo. Photo courtesy of Alaska World Arts Festival

Community

Alaska Comedy Showcase comes to Homer for 3rd show

Sally Oberstein’s Alaska World Arts is bringing the Alaska Comedy Showcase to Homer for an evening show on…

Homer High School sophomore Sierra Mullikin, center, one of the students who participated in the community walk-in on Wednesday April 24, 2024, holds a sign in front of Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. Communities across the state of Alaska held walk-ins in support of legislative funding for public education. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Homer community ‘walks in’ to support education funding

The protest called for an increase to the BSA and legislative support for public education

The Brown & Hawkins building is photographed in Seward, Alaska, on Saturday, April 20, 2024. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward buildings included in national historic survey

Seward’s Brown and Hawkins Buildings included in the Historic American Buildings Survey at the Library of Congress in…

The Sea Leg Stilt Troupe are dressed as cranes at the 2023 Safe and Healthy Kids Fair in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital.

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Safe and Healthy Kids Fair returns to Homer High School on Saturday

The South Peninsula Hospital spring Safe and Healthy Kids Fair returns to Homer for the 31st year. The…

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Morgan Carlson-Kelly and other FFA convention attendees participate in one of the workshop sessions at the Matanuska-Susitna College in Palmer, Alaska in April 2024.

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Homer sophomore attends state Future Farmers of America meet in Palmer

The event took place April 16-19