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HoWLers pick up trash around town during the annual DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week on Monday, April 21, 2025. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Annual litter cleanup highlights community stewardship

This year’s DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week will be held April 20-25 in Homer.

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Board of ed closes 4 schools, advances budget

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education approved a preliminary budget on Monday to pass on…

Tournament winner Michael Ardenia holds up the championship trophy during the 32nd annual Homer Winter King Tournament on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Ardenia catches winning winter king

Snow and wind pelted anglers and community members gathered Saturday at the Deep Water Dock on the Homer…

Students in West Homer Elementary’s after-school Shakespeare club pose in costume outside the Homer Senior Center, where they performed for and visited with elders, on March 24, 2026, in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy Sarah Brewer

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Students bring Shakespeare to senior center

West Homer Elementary students in the After School Shakespeare Club finished their fourth annual tour at the Homer…

Kids in kindergarten and first grade race to pick up as many eggs as they can during the community Easter egg hunt sponsored by Church on the Rock Homer on Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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An Easter egg-stravaganza

Easter-themed events abounded last weekend, from egg hunts for kids of all ages to community brunches, religious services…

Homer, Seldovia and Kachemak City staff and city managers, along with KBNERR staff and partner researchers from the University of South Florida, tour Homer’s water treatment facility on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy Katherine Schake

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Construction begins on water main replacement

The project was slated to begin Monday and is anticipated to be completed in October.

Homer Airport Terminal and Cargo Facility on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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City partially reopens Homer airport terminal

The terminal was temporarily closed March 23 due to flooding caused by a water main break.

The M/V Tustumena comes into Homer after spending the day in Seldovia in 2010. (Homer News File)

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May 1 fare increase on state ferries, first since 2022

Tickets to ride the Alaska Marine Highway System will go up a little more than 2% effective May…

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Former Seward High School head coach Dan Marshall (center) is photographed with the members of the track team in this undated photo.

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Seward coach to be inducted into hall of fame

Dan Marshall coached cross country at Seward High School from 1992 to 2018, and is one of 14…

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Executive director Whitney Harness shows the Pratt Museum’s collection of audio tapes and oral history recordings to visitors during an open house of the newly updated reference library, held Friday, March 27<ins>, 2026, in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Pratt Museum revitalizes reference library

The reference library and resource center is available to patrons during the museum’s business hours.

(from left to right) Jacque E. Peterson, Lukas Renner and Ed Berg hold up their respective awards — Library Spirit, Youth Learner and Lifelong Learner — during the Celebration of Lifelong Learning on Saturday. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Honoring lifelong commitments to learning

Three Homer community members were honored during the Friends of the Homer Library’s annual celebration and fundraiser on…

Protesters line up along Pioneer Avenue and hold up signs that read, “No Crowns for Clowns” and “Trump for Prison, Make America Safe Again,” during the third nationally-organized “No Kings” protest on Saturday, March 28, 2026, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer joins worldwide ‘No Kings’ protest

Homer Women of Action, who organized the local event, reported nearly 700 community members in attendance.

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School board continues preliminary budget discussions

The next regular meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education will be held in…