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A banner advertises the “Last-Chance” Craft Bazaar, held in the Chapman School gym on Saturday, Dec. 21<ins>, 2024,</ins> in Anchor Point<ins>, Alaska</ins>. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Chapman hosts last-chance holiday shopping

The craft fair was held on Saturday and featured local vendors

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Anchor Point community awards return

Nominations may be submitted through Jan. 19

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Ice dam causes Anchor River flooding

An advisory was posted last Tuesday for roads in Anchor Point

Lindsay Bear, a member of the Chapman School Site Council, speaks to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly in Soldotna, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Borough approves Chapman School land purchase

Ordinance 2024-19-18 was approved at the Nov. 12 assembly meeting

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Update: Troopers arrest Anchor Point man wanted on felony warrants

Troopers sought help from the public in a search for Tanner Allen Geiser

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Homer rotary supports Anchor Point Food Pantry

The funds will be dedicated to the pantry’s children’s program

ADFG assistant area sport fish manager with ADFG explains some of the features of the underwater camera used to measure and track fish at the Anchor River weir on Saturday Oct. 19, 2024 in Anchor Point, Alaska. Emilie Springer/ Homer News.

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Anchor Point weir extended to collect additional info on steelhead trout

Homer’s ADFG office provided tour of weir system to regional Trout Unlimited chapter members

Homer Public Library (Photo by Sarah Knapp)

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Full state funding restored to libraries for FY25

A supplemental Public Library Assistance grant was awarded to Alaska libraries on Oct. 15

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Lower peninsula youth center in the works

The Anchor Point Senior Center is fundraising for construction of a youth rec center

Sleeping Sisters AK artist Joanne Glaves and her dog, Newt, stride past the judges and cheering audience during the Pet Costume Contest at the Fall Fest at the Homer Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Halloween events promise family-friendly fun

Halloween approaches, and that means the fall festivities are ramping up in Homer. The chamber is bringing back…

Late Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell is seen in this 2003 photo provided by the Norman Lowell Gallery on Sept. 19, 2024. (Courtesy)

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Losing the light

Anchor Point artist Norman Lowell dies at 96

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Libraries face uncertainty in wake of funding cuts

The annual Public Library Assistance Grant funding was cut for 82 libraries statewide for FY2025

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Anchor Point woman dead after ATV rollover

Troopers were called around 9 p.m. on July 16 and told of a rollover on Anchor River Road