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“Banned” musicians Scott Bartlett, Martie Krohn, Cindy McKenna and Cathy Stingley provide music at the opening night for the Big Read at Alice’s Champagne Palace on Friday.
    NEA ‘Big Read’ event opens at Alice’s
    By Emilie Springer • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer Public Library and Friends of the Homer Public Library on Friday opened their National Endowment for the Arts Big…

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    Photo provided by Coach Dan Miotke
Homer Lady Mariners win first place trophy at Donlin Gold high school basketball tournament in Bethel, Alaska January 18-20.
    Homer varsity basketball teams travel to Bethel for...
    By Emilie Springer • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer Mariner varsity basketball teams participated in the Donlin Gold Invitational Basketball Tournament in Bethel over the weekend from Jan….

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    Homer Middle School boys at the starting line up at the Ohlson Mountain ski trails in Homer on Thursday Jan. 18.  Photo provided by Christopher Kincaid.
    Husky girls take top 3 at cross-country invite
    By Emilie Springer • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer’s Look Out Invitational ski race took place Jan. 18 on a sunny day at the cross-country trails by Ohlson…

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    Photo provided by Sarah Brewer
Reid Brewer takes the helm from Kris Holderied as new director at the Kasitsna Bay Lab at Homer Islands and Oceans Center on Jan. 16.
    Reid Brewer takes the helm as director at...
    By Emilie Springer • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    The Kasitsna Bay Laboratory is located on the south side of Kachemak Bay from Homer near the community of Seldovia….

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    Homer Harbor on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)
    City briefed on Spit conditions amid ongoing harbor...
    By Emilie Springer • January 24, 2024 1:30 am

    City staff received a baseline conditions report and passed an ordinance appropriating funding match

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    Baby Benedict Joseph Traugott, South Peninsula Hospital’s first baby of 2024 pictured with his parents Elizabeth and Nathan Traugott.
    South Peninsula Hospital welcomes the 1st baby of...
    By Emilie Springer • January 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Baby Benedict Joseph Traugott was the first baby born in 2024 at South Peninsula Hospital’s Family Birthing Center. Son of…

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Members of Homer’s Elks Lodge and employees of Hospice of Homer stand under the new gazebo donated by the lodge at the end of 2023.
    Homer Elks provides new barbecue equipment to Hospice...
    By Emilie Springer • January 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer Elks Lodge last month provided Hospice of Homer with a new metal gazebo and barbecue grill to the garden…

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    Photo provided by Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic
First National Vice President and Homer Branch Manager Erik Niebuhr, and Claudia Haines, KBFPC CEO.
    Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic receives support for...
    By Emilie Springer • January 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic was awarded a $10,000 grant from First National Bank Alaska to support KBFPC’s recent emergency…

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    Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News
Homer community members hold signs on Pioneer Avenue and Svedlund Street in Homer in support of improving senior safety and housing conditions at the Homer Senior Citizens Center on Jan. 15, 2024.
    Community members protest conditions at senior center
    By Emilie Springer • January 17, 2024 1:30 am

    Local residents express continued concern about Homer Senior Citizen center

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    Sarah Vance (Photo provided)
    Vance hosts local discussion ahead of upcoming legislative...
    By Emilie Springer • January 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Rep. Sarah Vance on Jan. 4 hosted a public discussion and question and answer session ahead of the Jan. 16…

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    Kachemak Nordic Ski Club hears public feedback on regulations related to dogs on ski trails
    Kachemak Nordic Ski Club hears public feedback on...
    By Emilie Springer • January 10, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer’s Kachemak Nordic Ski Club (KNSC) held a meeting Jan. 4 at the Alaska Islands and Oceans Visitor Center that…

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    Homer city council member Jason Davis (center) speaks to the audience gathered in Pioneer Hall for the Israel-Palestine conflict panel discussion on Friday, Dec. 15<ins>, 2023</ins> at Kachemak Bay Campus<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>. Davis formerly served in the political section of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Israel-Palestine discussion brings listeners to KBC
    By Emilie Springer • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    A discussion on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict hosted Friday at Kachemak Bay campus drew a standing-room only crowd to a…

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    Public Works director Jan Keiser clarifies details on the Beluga Slough Green Infrastructure Project to Homer City Council during the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 in the Cowles Council Chambers at City Hall in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Public Works director to retire in January
    By Emilie Springer • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer Public Works Director Jan Keiser is retiring from her position with the city in January.

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