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    Articles by McKibben Jackinsky
    Having made its maiden voyage to Homer in 2003, the USCGC Hickory left Homer on Friday, May 20, 2022, on its way to Baltimore, Maryland, where it will be refurbished before heading to Guam. In December, the USCGC Aspen will arrive in Homer to take the Hickory's place. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Hickory changes command — and leaves Homer
    By McKibben Jackinsky • May 25, 2022 2:30 am

    After 20 years in Homer, Hickory sails off to new assignment in Guam, with Aspen to replace cutter here.

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    The new location of Classic Cook on Pioneer Avenue in the former Orca Plumbing and K-Bay Caffe building on May 5, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Classic Cook sets an easterly course to new...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    The Classic Cook

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    Homer writer Richard Chiappone. (Photo by Joshua Veldstra)
    ‘Hunger of Crows’ perfect for winter reading
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 24, 2021 2:30 am

    Chiappone’s first novel is set in Homer, Anchor Point.

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    Homer artist Jenna Gerrety straightens paintings currently being shown at Sustainable Wares. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Regeneration of art and man: Gerrety finds inspiration...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 16, 2021 1:30 am

    Put nature and man together and what do you get? For starters, a sky brilliantly colored by the sun with…

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    The cover of Larry Baxter's novel, "Abandoned." (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    New book looks at legend of Alaska’s ‘Nantiinaq,’...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • April 7, 2021 2:30 am

    “Abandoned, the History and Horror of Port Chatham, Alaska,” by Larry Baxter (Sasquatch Publishing, $14.99, 141 pages)

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    City, marine trades put a face on Homer’s boat business at Marine Expo
    City, marine trades put a face on Homer’s...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 26, 2019 5:30 am

    Homer may have its toes in Kachemak Bay, but last week Homer Deputy Harbormaster Matt Clarke, the Homer Marine Trades…

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    Sailboat secures past to present with Homer to Bristol Bay trip
    Sailboat secures past to present with Homer to...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • August 7, 2019 5:30 am

    Standing tall among the thousands of visitors at last weekend’s Salmonfest was a 29-foot long wooden vessel with a 9-foot…

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    Homer’s Delilah Harris scores a run for the Tsunamis during Saturday’s games against Kenai-Soldotna’s Ak Riptide on June 29, 2019, at Jack Gist Field in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Tsunami and AK Riptide battle at Jack Gist...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 3, 2019 5:30 am

    In their first time playing on home ground, Homer’s Tsunami softball team swept into Jack Gist Park on Saturday in…

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    Undaunted by the rugged course, athletes young and old participate in the 2019 Clam Scramble, a 5K fun run held Saturday, June 15, 2019 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Kylee Verkulien, 157, leads this group of runners through the cold and fast-moving water at the mouth of Deep Creek. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Clam Scramble draws more than 130 runners, walkers
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 19, 2019 5:30 am

    A lot can happen between the start and finish of a 5K run — and did for more than 130…

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    Fritz Creek artist receives Rasmuson award — again
    Fritz Creek artist receives Rasmuson award — again
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 19, 2019 5:30 am

    In 2016, artist Desiree Hagen of Fritz Creek received a grant from the Rasmuson Foundation for a project that used…

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    SPH’s 100th baby turns 60, hospital’s family-focus hasn’t changed
    SPH’s 100th baby turns 60, hospital’s family-focus hasn’t...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 12, 2019 5:30 am

    It isn’t just the first baby born in a new year that local businesses, community members and South Peninsula Hospital…

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    Runners in the 2018 Clam Scramble leave the starting line on the south side of Deep Creek and encounter their first obstacle: driftwood logs organizers of the 5K fun run laid across the course. The 2018 5K Clam Scramble was held June 16, 2018, in Ninilchik, Alaska. The fun run is held during low tide on Ninilchik beach. (Photo by Sabrina Ferguson)
    Ninilchik 5K scramble honors clamming tradition
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 12, 2019 5:30 am

    An unprecedented die-off of razor clams in 2010 led to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game shutting down the…

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    Senior Brianna Hetrick, left, and foreign exchange student Claudia Fernandez, right, were honored prior to the Mariners’ softball game against Kenai at the Jack Gist field on Saturday. (Photo by McKIbben Jackinsky )
    Homer clips Kenai’s wings, heads to regions
    By McKibben Jackinsky • May 22, 2019 5:30 am

    Less than a week after claiming a 19-0 softball victory over the Kenai Central Kardinals in Kenai on May 14,…

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    Runners and walkers participate in the Blue Line Run in Homer, Alaska, on March 30, 2019. They moved along the blue line, or the line marking the top of the 50-foot high inundation zone in the event of a tsunami. (Photo provided)
    Scientists update Homer on new tsunami zones
    By McKibben Jackinsky • May 22, 2019 5:30 am

    There was some good news and some bad news when city officials, employees and emergency responders met at Homer City…

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    In March, Bear Creek Winery and Lodging founders Bill and Dorothy Fry, left, officially signed the business over to their son-in-law and daughter Louis and Jasmine Maurer, shown here with their two daughters, Maggie, 4, and Aurora, six months. They posed for a photo on April 17, 2019, at the winery in Kachemak City, Alaska. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Bear Creek passes on ownership to next generation
    By McKibben Jackinsky • May 1, 2019 5:30 am

    Fifteen years ago, Bill and Dorothy Fry were piecing together a back-up plan for their lives. The result of that…

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    Homer-area residents pose in front of the “Still Fighting for Alaska” banner Homer artivist Mavis Muller made after the March 24, 1989, grounding of the Exxon Valdez, during a gathering on Sunday, March 24, 2019 on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. A tear in the tanker’s hull allowed millions of gallons of Alaska crude to spill into Prince William Sound, fouling more than a thousand miles of Alaska’s coastline. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Mavis Muller: spinning art into action
    By McKibben Jackinsky • March 27, 2019 5:30 am

    “Artist activist” was how the late author and wilderness defender Edward Abbey once described Mavis Muller. It’s a fitting title…

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    • Seward’s Jacoby wins NCAA title in 100 breaststroke; Tuisaula, Hippchen also find success

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