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These little “cookies” are loaded with nuts and fortified with coconut oil to boost fat and calories.

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A (massive) meal made with love

These banana oatmeal energy bars are loaded with nuts and fortified with coconut oil to boost fat and…

This is the Kenai Power complex. The long side of the plant faces the Frank Rowley home, seen here at the right side of the photograph. (Photo courtesy of the Rowley Family)

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Let there be light: The electrifying Frank Rowley — Part 1

AUTHOR’S NOTE: A similar version of this two-part story concerning the life of Frank Rowley and the ways…

Cats, dogs, guinea pigs and a bunny are up for adoption at Alaska Mindful Paws. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

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Pets of the Week: Group Photo

Alaska Mindful Paws has plenty of furry friends waiting for their furever home.

Potted succulents are for sale at the Homer Farmers Market on Saturday, May 31, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Best Bets

It’s National Certified Nursing Assistants’ Day! June 12 kicks off this year’s CNA Appreciation Week — do you…

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

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Leveling up at the Homer library

Summer reading program encourages youth reading and engagement through the summer months.

Larry Bernbeck poses for a photo with Tugster on Thursday, June 5, 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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A long-term dream, realized in miniature

‘Tugster’, a flat-bottom boat replica, measures 14 feet, 10 inches.

Local musician Silas Luke Jones performs blindfolded during his performance at the inaugeral HomerFest on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Inaugural ‘HarborFest’ draws hundreds to Spit over weekend

The inaugural event was aimed at bringing tourists into the area during the slower, early summer season.

“Kachemak Bay Stars” is an oil painting by Don Kolstad on display through June in his exhibit at Fireweed Gallery. Photo provided by the Fireweed Gallery

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Inspiring a multitude of imaginings

June First Friday invites viewers to encounter multimedia art experiences.

People dance in celebration of the Fishermen’s Totem Pole in Hoonah on Friday, May 30, 2025. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Empire)

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Hoonah’s rich fishing history remembered through totem pole

The story of fishermen carved — “all of us in the past, all of us in the future,…

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Former Homer News Editor-in-chief Michael Armstrong poses for a photograph Oct, 26, 2024, in Wilmington, Vermont.

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Aging Gracefully: Keep playing

A few years after my wife and I moved to Homer, we fell into the local Zimbabwean music…

Mary L. Penney and her son Ronald, circa 1930, probably in New York prior to her move to Florida, where she lived out the final years of her life. (Photo courtesy of the Penney Family Collection)

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Mary Penney and her 1898 Alaska adventure — Part 10

Locals were intrigued by tales of East Coast miners pushing homemade wheelbarrows and pulling heavily laden sledges across…

Lola, 6-year-old female and Maui, 9-year-old male. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

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Pets of the Week: Lola and Maui

Come see for yourself what characters these two are.