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The poster for KBBI’s Concert on Your Lawn, to be held virtually on June 19-20 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of KBBI. Art by Ava Halstead)

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Concert on the Lawn returns

COTL line up includes The English Bay Band, a group that played in 1980

The Western Flyers. (Photo provided)

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Seldovia Solstice Fest features four days of music, art

A little gem of a festival returns for its 21st year this weekend in Seldovia. The Seldovia Solstice…

People visit at the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, for a memorial for Anesha "Duffy" Murnane and the dedication of the bench. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Memorial honors Murnane, other missing and murdered people

Under a sky smudged by smoke from fires in Southwest Alaska, about 250 people gathered Sunday at the…

A sign points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COIVD-19 testing and vaccine clinic at 4201 Bartlett Street on Flag Day, Tuesday, June 14, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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CDC alert level remains at yellow for peninsula

No new Alaska deaths reported for third week in a row.

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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Cops arrest man in sexual assault case

Case prompts police to offer self-defense class for women.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters attack the East Bunnell Avenue fire at about 3 a.m. Saturday, June 4, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The Compass Rose building at right had minor damage from heat exposure but otherwise did not burn. (Photo courtesy of Homer Voluntee Fire Department)

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Occupants, pets escape without injury fire on Bunnell Avenue.

Homer Volunteer Fire Department firefighters fought for almost 10 hours a fire on East Bunnell Avenue early Saturday…

A portable sign on the Sterling Highway on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, reminds voters they can vote or turn in their special-election mail-in ballots at Homer City Hall through Friday, June 10, 2022. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Special election is June 11

Saturday is Alaska’s special primary congressional election; voters will cast their ballots to fill the state’s lone seat…

U.S. flags decorate graves of military veterans at Memorial Day Ceremonies on Monday, May 30, 2022, at Hickerson Memorial Cemetery near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Honoring the war dead

About 50 show up in Homer to honor the ‘valor of servicemen and women who made that supreme…

The south side of 397 E. Pioneer Avenue as seen on Friday, May 27, 2022. The barn door to the right was cut into the wall of the former Refuge Chapel, a modifcation other tenants of the building claimed had been done in violation of the business condominium association rules. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Old Refuge Chapel declared ‘unsafe to occupy’

Fire marshal said ‘commercial’ activity in old chapel did not have valid plan review.

Members of Homer Flex School's Marine Biology class on April 21, 2022, prepare to deploy a CTD, or conductivity, temperature, and depth, device in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. (Photo provided, Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies)

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Homer Flex students do research in Kachemak Bay

In April, Homer Flex High School’s Marine Biology class was given the exciting opportunity to partner with the…

A graudating senior decorated her hat for graduation on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Homer High School. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Class of 2022 graduates

Seniors graduate in ceremonies from Nanwalek to Ninilchik.

Having made its maiden voyage to Homer in 2003, the USCGC Hickory left Homer on Friday, May 20, 2022, on its way to Baltimore, Maryland, where it will be refurbished before heading to Guam. In December, the USCGC Aspen will arrive in Homer to take the Hickory's place. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)

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Hickory changes command — and leaves Homer

After 20 years in Homer, Hickory sails off to new assignment in Guam, with Aspen to replace cutter…

The 10 participants in season 9 of "Alone," premiering on May 26, 2022, on the History Channel. Terry Burns of Homer is the third from left, back. Another Alaskan in the series, Jacques Tourcotte of Juneau, is the fourth from left, back. (Photo by Brendan George Ko/History Channel)

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Homer man goes it ‘Alone’

Burns brings lifetime of wilderness experience to survival series.