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    Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference keynote speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer gives a presentation on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman
    ‘Stories can be medicine’
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 25, 2023 1:30 am

    Writers’ conference features keynote speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer

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    Razor clam season is underway at Copalis Beach. (Courtesy photo)
    4 days in July set for Ninilchik razor...
    By Jacob Dye • May 25, 2023 1:30 am

    A limited harvest opportunity for razor clams in Ninilchik will be opened in July, the Alaska Department of Fish and…

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    Photo courtesy Fair Family Collection
The date is Oct. 19, 1957. The place is an airport in Kokomo, Indiana. The occasion is her departure from the Midwest. Her ultimate destination is Whittier, Alaska.
    Jane’s Story
    By Clark Fair • May 18, 2023 2:30 am

    I imagine my mother’s inability at this moment to truly understand the change her life is about to undergo.

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    Daughter and mother, Emma and Tracy Early, with their earrings and Tracy’s paintings at Art Shop Gallery on May 5, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)
    Creativity is a family business
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • May 18, 2023 2:30 am

    Local woman follows her own creative path and nurtures creativity and entrepreneurship in her three young daughters

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    Homer's Fireweed Academy 6th grade students at the Anchor River on Tuesday May 9. Emilie Springer/ Homer News
    Out of the Office: The river no map...
    By Emilie Springer • May 18, 2023 1:30 am

    On Tuesday morning, May 9, sixth grade students in Carly Garay’s Fireweed Academy class are impatiently waiting to begin their…

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    An Alaska Communications technician installs a customer premise device to a home in Sterling, Alaska. This device communicates with a nearby tower, serving the customer with a high-speed internet connection. Photo courtesy of Alaska Communications
    ACS constructing new internet towers on the peninsula
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 18, 2023 1:30 am

    Alaska Communications is expanding their internet services across the Kenai Peninsula.

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    Homer Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)
    Council approves purchase of ladder truck
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 18, 2023 1:30 am

    The previously owned truck will be acquired from the City of Ketchikan for no more than $230,000

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    Signs of summer on the Spit include Coal Town Coffee open, May 10.
    Best Bets
    May 17, 2023 2:30 am

    Memorial weekend is just around the corner and while these cooler temperatures might suggest otherwise, right behind it is spring…

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    Marc Price
    Comedians to perform 2 shows at Anchor Point...
    By Emilie Springer • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Steve Hytner and Marc Price will perform live comedy in two shows May 12

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    Photo by Delcenia Cosman
The Tickled Pear staff fill orders during their grand opening in their new permanent location on Friday, May 5,. Owner Ashley Steiner is pictured second from left.
    The Tickled Pear opens new permanent location
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    The Tickled Pear, which Homerites may have seen around the Spit in its food truck form, celebrated its grand opening…

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    Photo by Delcenia Cosman
VFW Post 10221 commander Chuck Collins and canteen manager Heidi Adams celebrate the post’s grand reopening on Saturday.
    VFW holds grand reopening after remodel
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    The Anchor Point VFW reopened its doors on Saturday after completing renovations inside.

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    Jesse Pasch (left), winner of the average fish prize in the 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament, poses with his fish during weigh-in on Saturday, May 6 at the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce building in Anchor Point, Alaska. This is Pasch’s second year of winning “average fish.” Photo courtesy of Mcki Needham
    Persnail wins Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament
    By Delcenia Cosman • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Despite less-than-stellar weather and some last-minute operating changes, the 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament saw another successful turnout.

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    Christine Thorsrud and Caroline Venuti at their retirement celebration at KBC on May 4. Emilie Springer/ Homer News
    Kachemak Bay Campus celebrates staff retirements
    By Emilie Springer • May 11, 2023 1:30 am

    Faculty, staff and students join classroom to share memories, say thank you and say goodbye to Caroline Venuti and Christine Thorsrud

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