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Luna and Nova.

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Pet of the Week: Nova and Luna

OK folks, these ladies still need your help. With every passing day they shut down a little more…

Visitors enjoy coffee and treats along a boardwalk on the Homer Spit on Wednesday, June 14, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Christina Whiting

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Best Bets

Holy summer solstice. With nearly 20 hours of daylight and the sun finally gracing us with its presence,…

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

Todd Hindman, owner of Udder Delights, poses at his booth at the Homer Farmers Market during Memorial Weekend in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Christina Whiting

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Meet your neighbor: Udder Delights

When Todd Hindman’s “Pooh Bear” honey ice cream won a local dessert competition five years ago, he was…

Homer artist Jenna Gerrety poses with two of the paintings in her exhibit, "Omnipresence: A Blue Period," on display at Homer Council on the Arts through June. Photo provided by Jenna Gerrety

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Feeling blue

Inspired by the color blue, local artist exhibits her latest body of work

Photo by Christopher Kincaid
Sarah Brewer, Ken Goldman and Maggie Quarton watch Peter Pan fly on the Pier One Theatre stage on Homer Spit.

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‘For Peter Pan on Her 70th Birthday’ shows for 2nd weekend

The show opened June 15 on the Homer Spit

Photo provided by Carey Restino
Thea and Liam James.

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Youth learn vending rules, skills at Homer Farmers Market

Thea James was five years old when her mom started selling Homer Hilltop Farm produce at the Homer…

Photo from the Homer News 1982 article “Fishing, banking, family all add up for ‘Snooks’ Moore.” Photo from Homer News archives.

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Kenai Peninsula fisherman Snooks Moore retires from lifelong participation in Alaska commercial fisheries

Homer’s Snooks Moore has spent her life in Alaska commercial fisheries.

Photos by Christina Whiting/Homer News
Homer writer, photographer Taz Tally presents a talk about his annual adventures in Alaska’s Brooks Range at Grace Ridge Brewing on June 6.

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The sun is shining, lupine are blooming, fish will soon be running, and the visitors are here and…

Singer-songwriters Barbara Sim from South Carolina and Brandon Mills from Nashville, Tennesee, pose alongside Hal, a fiberglass halibut at the Chamber’s Spit visitor center, June 8. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Singing through the longest day

Summer Solstice Festival celebrates summer and showcases veteran musicians

Photo provided by Josh Krohn, KBBI
English Bay Band performs at the 2022 Concert on the Lawn Event at the Down East Saloon.

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KBBI’s Concert on the Lawn finds its way home

Homer’s former longtime local musical event of the summer returns to its previous location

Tom Kizzia and Richard Chiappone present an author talk at the Homer Public Library, an event hosted by Friends of the Homer Public Library, September 2022. (Photo provided by Cheryl Illg)

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Meet Your Neighbor: Friends of the Homer Library

Local volunteers support the Homer Public Library’s programs, events, activities and fundraisers

When Takotna resident Alec MacDonald registered in February 1942 for the military draft, he falsely claimed to have been born in 1900 in Chautauqua County, Kansas.

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The Separate Lives of the Man Who Fell — Part 1

Even now, with much more of the truth laid bare, mysteries remain