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Homer Council on the Arts and Friends of the Homer Library are co-hosting an exhibit on the theme of “Finding Home” with an open call for community member art, inspired by the novel “The Cold Millions” and based on the 2022-2023 NEA Big Read theme, “Where we live.”
    Finding home
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • December 20, 2023 2:30 am

    The Friends of the Homer Library and Homer Council on the Arts are cohosting an exhibit

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    Cassidi Cameron (left) and Tim Dillon (right) stand in Dillon’s office at the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 near Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    KPEDD director prepares to pass the torch
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 20, 2023 2:30 am

    When Tim Dillon steps down as head of the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District at the end of the month,…

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    The sun shines over Tern Lake on Sunday, May 22, 2022 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tales of trails
    By Jacob Dye • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    ‘Trail Mix Journal’ collects stories and experiences from local wilderness

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    Homer city council member Jason Davis (center) speaks to the audience gathered in Pioneer Hall for the Israel-Palestine conflict panel discussion on Friday, Dec. 15<ins>, 2023</ins> at Kachemak Bay Campus<ins> in Homer, Alaska</ins>. Davis formerly served in the political section of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Israel-Palestine discussion brings listeners to KBC
    By Emilie Springer • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    A discussion on the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict hosted Friday at Kachemak Bay campus drew a standing-room only crowd to a…

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    Public Works director Jan Keiser clarifies details on the Beluga Slough Green Infrastructure Project to Homer City Council during the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023 in the Cowles Council Chambers at City Hall in Homer, Alaska. Screenshot.
    Public Works director to retire in January
    By Emilie Springer • December 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer Public Works Director Jan Keiser is retiring from her position with the city in January.

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    A copy of William L. Iġġiaġruk Hensley’s “Fifty Miles from Tomorrow” is held outside the Peninsula Clarion building on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Off the Shelf: A powerful record of Alaska...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 20, 2023 2:30 am

    In “Fifty Miles From Tomorrow,” William L. Hensley divulges a lifetime worth of insight into both his childhood in the northwest Arctic and his decades of service as an unwavering champion of Alaska Native rights

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    Michael Daniel. (Photo via Daniel for House)
    Homer chamber board head enters race for state...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    Michael Daniel, a Republican, is challenging Alaska House Rep. Sarah Vance.

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    Cook Inletkeeper Energy Policy Analyst Ben Boettger presents information about retrofitting homes to be more energy efficient at the Cook Inletkeeper Community Action Studio on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Inletkeeper turns focus to energy for next community...
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The meeting marked the official kickoff of Cook Inletkeeper’s fourth installment in its local solution series

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    The sign in front of the Homer Electric Association building in Kenai, Alaska, as seen on April 1, 2020. (Peninsula Clarion file)
    HEA rates to increase Jan. 1
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • December 13, 2023 2:30 am

    The cooperative’s last rate increase took effect in April 2020

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    The Pratt Museum makes a call for local stories to include in January’s participatory exhibit.
    Pratt Museum accepting local stories for January exhibit,...
    By Emilie Springer • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Homer’s Pratt Museum is opening the new year with their “Our Stories, Our Place” exhibit. Typically in the past the…

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    The sign at the entrance of Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus is photographed on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Finn Heimbold/Homer News)
    Kachemak Bay Campus to host panel on the...
    By Emilie Springer • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    The Kachemak Bay Campus of the University of Alaska will host a five-member open-format conversation about the Israel-Palestine conflict in…

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    "Specific Gravity, a multimedia work by Michael Armstrong is on display in Homer Council on the Arts' "Fun with 5x7" show in November and December 2023. Photo by Michael Armstrong
    A life guided by art
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • December 13, 2023 1:30 am

    Former Homer News editor Michael Armstrong pursues his creative life

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    Emilie Springer/ Homer News
Looking up from the stage of the Mariner Theater during a cast warmup before the first weekend of Homer’s “Nutcracker” performances.
    Years of Homer ‘Nutcracker’ magic
    By Emilie Springer • December 6, 2023 1:30 am

    I am in the back row of “Nutcracker 2023” warmups on the high school stage. My head is by the…

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