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Runners set off from the starting line at the beginning of the 2025 Migration Run on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 11, 2025 on the Homer Spit<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Annual Migration Run returns Sunday

Registration for the 5K race is open online through Saturday, May 9, and will be available in person…

Members of the Seaside Women’s Care welcome staff are photographed in September 2025. Photo courtesy South Peninsula Hospital

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Women’s health facility to host open house

Seaside Women’s Care invites the community to tour the new clinic and meet the team on May 13.

Courtesy of Kachemak Crane Watch
Kachemak Crane Watch is tracking the number of sandhill cranes in the Kachemak Bay area.

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Group tracking sandhill crane numbers in Kachemak Bay area

Crane pairs paint their feathers, perform elaborate courtship dances, choose a nest, mate, and then lay their eggs

Local students celebrate the 36th annual Caring For The Kenai awards during the April 23 presentation at Kenai’s Triumvirate North Theater. (Photo courtesy of Merrill Sikorski)

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Learning environment: Homer students land Caring For the Kenai awards

Seward team of Leo Nipp and Noah Flowers takes top spot while Homer’s Yousef El Daly finishes second

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Shorebirds by Ted Heuer is on display at Ptarmigan Arts as the gallery celebrates spring and the return of migratory birds.

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Homer galleries showcase works for First Friday

New artists and exhibits are showcased in Homer throughout May, beginning with First Friday

Courtesy of Fishing Booker
Zane Millett with Homer Fishing Addiction earned a 2026 Angler’s Choice Award.

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Catch of the day: Homer fishing captains capture global recognition

Zane Millett, Karl Thomas and Corey Verdoljak earned the 2026 Angler’s Choice Award from FishingBooker

Gary Lyon, one of the original founders of the Ptarmigan Arts co-op seen here painting a pair of sandhill cranes during the 2024 Ready Set Art fundraiser, will be participating again in this year’s event on Saturday, April 25, 2026, at Grace Ridge Brewing in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News

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Homer fundraiser emphasizes art under pressure, for a purpose

Artists look to beat the clock for Ready, Set… ART! Saturday at Grace Ridge Brewing

Photo by Therese Lewandowski
Judicial 101 featured Warren Matthews, former Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice, and Doug Baily, former Alaska Attorney General.

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Democracy Fair draws a crowd to Kachemak Bay Campus

Presentations pay tribute to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Japan Monday, April 20, 2026. (U.S. Tsunami Warning System)

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No tsunami threat expected for Alaska after M7.4 earthquake off Japan

The earthquake hit just before midnight of the east coast of Honshu, Japan

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Storyknife Writers Retreat participants in May 2024 included Holly Zadra, Bea Chang, Lana Perez, Rena Priest, Hannah Markley and Sandra Jackson-Opoku.

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Storyknife Writers Retreat offers women a creative space on Cook Inlet

Writers at all stages of their careers stay in private cabins surrounded by Alaska’s expansive landscape

Anesha “Duffy” Murnane went missing on Oct. 17, 2019. Earlier this year, 36-year-old Kirby Calderwood pled guilty to her murder. (Photo provided, Homer Police Department)

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Community can speak out on Homer woman’s murder ahead of killer’s sentencing

Kirby Calderwood will be sentenced July 1 for the second-degree murder of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane

The Cutting Edge Crew earned $500 for Homer Little League in the 2025 Homer Steps Up walking challenge. (Courtesy of South Peninsula Hospital)

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Registration opens for Homer Steps Up challenge

South Peninsula Hospital organizes community walking challenge to help improve overall health

The Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion File)

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Man sentenced for sexual abuse of a minor in Kenai Superior Court

Randy Lewis will serve 30 years in jail after pleading guilty to two counts of sexual abuse of…