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Winter dining has always carried more weight than the menu might suggest. In the off-season, eating out isn’t just about comfort food or convenience; it’s a way of supporting local businesses as they hold steady through the slower months. Photo credit: Canva.

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Raise a glass – or fork – to help keep community strong through Homer’s quieter season

Supporting local cafés and restaurants help can keep the economy flowing

Participate in ‘Shop Local Bingo’ this holiday season – a community event designed to celebrate local shopping with a playful twist. Photo credit to Homer Chamber of Commerce.

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Keeping it local: How shopping close to home strengthens our community

Every dollar spent locally helps create jobs, fuel community growth and keep Homer’s spirit thriving

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Black Press Media concludes transition of ownership

Hyperlocal news network Black Press Media, which operates Sound Publishing, completed its sale Monday (March 25), following the…

Vessel style logo on the stern of the Naughtycal Dreams. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Naughtycal Dreams will soon open for tours by the hour of Kachemak Bay

The Stuart Cigarette boat is the only one operating in Alaska waters

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Homer Farmers Market opens Saturday

It’s that time again. You can tell by a thicker traffic on the streets and the greening of…

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Marine safety drills to take place this month in Naknek and Dillingham

As hordes of skippers and crew from Homer and elsewhere prepare to descend on Bristol Bay for what…

Commercial fishing and other boats are moored in the Homer Harbor in this file photo. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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USDA to buy up to $119.5 million in Alaska sockeye and groundfish

Alaska processors are benefiting from a USDA program that allows the federal government to purchase U.S.-harvested seafood to…

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King salmon troll fishery takes another hit

The lucrative king salmon troll fishery in Southeast came one step closer to being shut down when a…

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Industry groups discuss incentives for limiting bycatch

Pollock fisheries groups made presentations last month to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council Advisory Group about possible…

Kachemak Bay Birders Sea Duck survey group head to Sadie Cove, March 2023. Photo by Joey Hausler/courtesy)

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Meet your neighbor: Kachemak Bay Birders

Local group birds for fun and to help ensure bird and habitat protection

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Alaska senators introduce bill tackling illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Illegal seafood harvests around the world have been an issue for quite some time, and Alaska’s senatorial delegation,…

Photo provided by Robert Tarnowske
Former owner, J.J. Carroll, pictured in the 1980s, when Sunny’s Service was a Chevron gas station.

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Meet your Neighbor: Sunny’s Service

Longtime Homer business closes after 66 years

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Seawatch: Tanner crab season wraps up

The Bering Sea tanner crab season, the only one that was open this season after the closure of…