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Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News Workers with Jay-Brant Construction, Homer, put in a coffer dam on Lake Street at Beluga Lake last Friday, May 4. The project will replace a gate system at the lake to better control water levels. Culverts also will be relined. Drivers can expect delays and one-lane traffic. Construction is scheduled to be done by mid-July.

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Construction starts on dam renovation project

Construction started last month on the Beluga Lake causeway with a dam renovation project. Homer company Jay-Brant General…

Western sandpipers, dunlins and maybe a few least sandpipers feed in Mud Bay in 2014 in Homer, Alaska. A pulse of about 8,000 sandpipers flew in Tuesday, May 8, 2018. (Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News)

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Big pulse of shorebirds hints at what’s to come during festival

A dramatic pulse of about 20,000 shorebirds that dazzled local birders on Sunday night gave a preview of…

Beth McKinney paints a plate for Bunnell Street Arts Center’s annual Plate Project. (Photo provided)

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Plate Project celebrates 25 years of giving

What started as a way to reward members for supporting Bunnell Street Arts Center has grown into an…

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Voznesenka man gets 6 years in federal prison on gun charges

A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Voznesenka man convicted of being a felon in possession of firearms…

Arts briefs

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Arts briefs

HCOA holds gala fundraiser The Homer Council on the Arts holds a gala fundraiser, “A Night With the…

Britni Siekaniec stands by one of her paintings at the First Friday opening of her show, “Salt,” at Grace Ridge Brewery on April 6, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Be like Britni: Siekaniec balances art, motherhood, business

How does a new artist emerge into the Homer creative community? How does that community shepherd the next…

David John Gilbert

Obituaries

David John Gilbert

David John Gilbert Jan. 17, 1949-April 2, 2018 David John Gilbert, 69, of Homer, Alaska died peacefully Monday,…

Homer High School student Ellie Syth, left, visits with wildland firefighter Aaron Seaton at the Alaska Division of Forestry table during the Kachemak Bay Campus College and Career Fair last Friday, March 30, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. About 400 students from 11 area schools as well as community members visited the annual event, said Kim Frost, KBC student and enrollment services coordinator. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Students explore careers at KBC Job and Career Fair

Local businesses, agencies, nonprofit groups and trade associations offered advice — and even some new jobs — at…

Homer Medical Center phlebotomist Peggie Inglis, left, demonstrates the new blood-draw chair with fellow phlebotomist Jessica James, right, at an open house for the expanded and remodeled clinic last Friday, March 30, 2018 on Bartlett Street in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Homer Medical Clinic celebrates expansion

Lower Kenai Peninsula residents got a look at the newly remodelded and expanded Homer Medical Clinic last Friday,…

Art by Cynthia Morelli. (Photo provided)

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First Friday events

As Homer art lovers know, April always brings a special treat: student art shows from kindergarten to high…

Sgt. Daniel Cox congratulates a Kenai Peninsula Youth Court attorney at swearing-in ceremonies at the Homer Courthouse in December 2016. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Nikolaevsk man assaulted trooper before being shot, state troopers say

Alaska State Troopers on Tuesday identified the troopers involved in a fatal shooting last Saturday of a Nikolaevsk…

Dimitri Shein speaks to about 15 people at Alice’s Champagne Palace on Monday, March 26, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Shein visits Homer on campaign tour

Pitching himself as “standing for honest progressive values,” Democratic Party candidate Dimitri Shein visited Homer on Monday as…

This map shows the proposed boundary change of the Central Peninsula Hospital Service Area from the Clam Gulch Tower north to Oil Well Road south. (Map by Kenai Peninsula Borough)

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Bagley proposes SPH service area change

An ordinance proposed by Kenai Borough Assembly Member and Vice-President Dale Bagley would dramatically change the South Peninsula…