Little Fireweed students rehearse for A Sea of Strings concert with conductor Abimael Melendez at the Little Fireweed Yurt on Wednesday, April 29.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Kids show off string skills in youth orchestra performance

‘A Rising Tide of Music’ featured more than 100 strings on the stage

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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Upper Cook Inlet Exclusive Economic Zone can be seen on this map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (Image via fisheries.noaa.gov)

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NOAA to hear public comment about Cook Inlet salmon management

The hearing will be held online as a webinar May 18

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Family-friendly health fair Saturday

Annual Safe and Healthy Kids fair offers events, activities and fun for kids of all ages

Fireweed Kindergarten, first and second grade students in the Makerspace afterschool club sponsored by Homer Council on the Arts make flowers to decorate for the May Day celebration.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Fireweed Academy to celebrate return of May Day festival

Fireweed Academy will host a community celebration on Saturday, May 6 from 1-4 p.m. in the yard at…

Derotha Ferraro from the fishing vessel Big Game poses with the king salmon she caught in the Anchor Point King Salmon Calcutta on Sunday, May 12, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Bill Scott)

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Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament kicks off this weekend

The 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Calcutta and Tournament will be held this Friday and Saturday.

An attendee of the invitational gathering on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the Norman Lowell Art Gallery in Anchor Point, Alaska views a display of photographs and information on Lowell’s life and career. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Norman Lowell gallery open for the season

At the top of a winding, tree-lined gravel road above the Sterling Highway lies a hidden community treasure.

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Homer man indicted by feds on wildlife charges

If convicted, he faces a maximum of five years in prison and $20,000 fine on each count

GULF OF ALASKA (May 25, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Gulf of Alaska. Theodore Roosevelt is conducting routine operations in the Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erick A. Parsons/Released)

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Navy’s Gulf of Alaska exercises begin this month

US Navy to start training in the Gulf of Alaska with Exercise Northern Edge

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The lotus lamp for the Loved and Lost Memorial Bench was lit April 26 in front of the Homer Public Library.

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A light for the lost

“Loved and Lost” memorial bench lamp-lighting ceremony honors Murnane and the missing

Western Sandpipers scurry across the sand in search of food in the mudflats. Sandpipers are the most prevalent bird at the Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge during the 2023 Shorebird and Nature Festival May 5-7. (Jan Wieser / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Shorebird Festival opens this weekend for all birding enthusiasts

Registration is still open for the 31st annual Shorebird Festival, running May 3-7.

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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,…

Kenai Peninsula reporter Ashlyn O’Hara, Sports Editor Jeff Helminiak and reporter Jake Dye pose with their 2022 Alaska Press Club awards, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

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Clarion writers win 8 Alaska Press Club awards

The Clarion swept the club’s best arts and culture criticism category