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Homer Harbor is photographed on Saturday, May 20, 2023. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Additional funding secured for Homer Harbor expansion general investigation

Special Projects Manager Jenny Carroll and Port Director Bryan Hawkins at the July 22 Homer City Council meeting…

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Participants from the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve’s eDNA workshop collect water samples from Homer Harbor on Friday, July 26.

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Kachemak Bay Research Reserve hosts eDNA workshop

The Kachemak Bay Research Reserve last week hosted a community workshop with members from various organizations to discuss…

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Ketchikan artist Ray Troll will provide a talk and book signing at Kachemak Bay Campus on Aug. 2.

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Documenting a fish-filled life

Ketchikan artist Ray Troll to visit Homer for a presentation and book signing

Snow melts on a sunny day at the Kachemak Bay Campus on March 16, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Campus scholarship deadline approaching

The packet application for the fall semester needs to be submitted to the campus by Aug. 12 at…

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Broadway Bootcamp Instructor Lonnie Anderson.

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Broadway Bootcamp instructors to offer 2 classes for adults

Homer Council on the Arts Broadway Bootcamp is taking place Aug. 6-10 at the Homer Mariner Theatre. Broadway…

Stacey Schultz, new executive director for the Homer Foundation, sits outside of the foundation's office after an interview with the Homer News. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Schultz begins work as Homer Foundation executive director

Recently appointed Homer Foundation Executive Director Stacey Schultz began work Monday, July 15.

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A dead crane colt is entangled in fishing line in Homer’s Beluga Slough. The crane was found earlier this month.

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Crane colt entangled in fishing line found dead in Beluga Slough

The colt had monofilament fishing line wrapped around its leg

Homer’s Cosmic Creature Club performs at the 2024 Concert on the Lawn at Karen Hornaday Park on Saturday, July 20, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Concert on the Lawn returns for a sunny day of music and dance

Homer’s KBBI annual Concert on the Lawn returned to Karen Hornaday Park on Saturday with about 350 people…

Founder Allen Engebretsen prepares to cut the aluminum 50th anniversary ribbon last Friday at the Bay Weld boat shop.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Bay Weld Boats celebrates 50 years

The anniversary open house was attended by hundreds of community members

Emilie Springer/ Homer News
Keksi Geurts, NOAA Hollings scholar, and Jasmine Maurer, harmful species program coordinator, with the Research Reserve in the Islands and Oceans discovery lab after their public presentations on European Green Crab on July 18, 2024, in Homer Alaska.

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Invasive crabs discussed ahead of awareness day

A day ahead of European Green Crab Awareness Day, Jasmine Maurer with the Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research…

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Beau Berryman, trumpet, on the swing for the ‘Happy Sad’ song in rehearsal prior to Sunday’s show at Pier One Theatre on the Spit. Musical director Eric Simondsen is in the background.

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1st weekend of the ‘Addams Family’ at Pier One Theatre performs to sold out audiences

Pier One Theatre’s musical “The Addams Family” over the weekend presented four performances to sold out audiences at…

Runners line up at the start of the Seldovia Fourth of July Salmon race.  Photo provided by Tania Spurkland.

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210 participate in 4th of July Seldovia Salmon Shuffle

The 5K Seldovia Salmon Shuffle race took place on Thursday, July 4.

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Image from within the Cottonwood Creek management area looking out toward Kachemak Bay.

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10 acres of trail mapped in the Cottonwood-Eastland unit of Kachemak Bay State Park

Friends of Kachemak Bay State Park and Homer Cycling Club on Tuesday, July 9, held a work session…