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Community recreation manager Mike Illg at his office in Homer High School.

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Homer community recreation offers new fall activities

The Homer Community Recreation Program offers an array of recreational and educational classes and programs for participants of…

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Sterling Highway projects slated to begin spring 2024

A project to improve sections of the roadway and increase safety on the Sterling Highway between Anchor Point…

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Front parcel of land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road purchased by Doyon Limited in March 2023.

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Plans for recent Homer Spit purchase still in early stages, company says

Doyon Inc. recently purchased land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road

The Sterling Highway at the top of Diamond Creek Recreation Area where proposed the underpass will be installed if confirmed by the Alaska Department of Transportation.  Photo provided by Homer Trails Alliance.

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Pedestrian underpass sought at Diamond Creek

Underpass would provide a safe way to cross Sterling Hwy and access to the recreation area

Karen Hornaday Memorial tree and placard with upgrades from the 2023 summer.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Playground receives an equipment upgrade

Other transitions to the city facilities are in scoping for 2024

Photo provided by Laurie Gentle
Homer’s U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary provide boat safety information at a community event in 2023.

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U.S. Coast Guard Auxilary to offer boat safety training

Additional trainings are on the agenda for the year

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Peony bundles in a cooler at Diamond Ridge Peonies on August 11.

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Diamond Ridge Peonies reaches the height of harvest season

It is the height of harvest for Diamond Ridge Peonies. This year’s harvest is taking place about three…

Sarah Brewer conducting a Shakespeare course at the Wynn Nature Center. Photo provided by Sarah Brewer.

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Mud Bay Bards founding member to participate in Shakespeare’s Way: a Journey of Imagination

The 146-mile trail that Shakespeare himself may have traversed starts in Stratford-upon-Avon

Photo provided by Jill Burnham
Benjamin Jenny and Jen Ky stop by to help Monica Kopp of Homer Soil and Water plant a cover crop of kale at the KPC high tunnel on Aug. 8.

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Kachemak Bay Campus announces advances to the sustainable agriculture program

Homer campus opens high tunnel as a teaching lab

Pioneer Hall at the Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchoarge, as seen on July 2, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Regional mariculture conversation is a first for industry stakeholders

The event was organized by the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District

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Breezy Berryman and Mariah Maloney by Beluga Lake in Homer.

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Homer-raised dancer receives Fulbright to study Irish traditional music and dance

Growing up in Alaska has influenced her study and practice of dance through the years

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Homer youth warming up at theater camp on the Homer Spit on August 3.

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Pier One performance of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ to spotlight theater skills developed in local youth camp

Pier One Theatre opens the youth theater production of “Anne of Green Gables” on Aug. 11 at 6…

Homer softball clinic.  Photo provided by Bill Bell.

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Softball clinic returns to Homer

Homer Mariner softball and Tsunami summer softball held their second annual College Coach Softball Skills Clinic for Kenai…