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Winners announced for 3rd annual Anchor River duck races

The event is part of the Anchor Point VFW’s series of Fourth of July celebrations

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Homer, Anchor Point to host Fourth of July celebrations

In line with the chamber’s 75th anniversary, this year’s theme is “Historical Homer.”

A poster provides details for the "Ride for the Halibut" poker run, raising funds for the Last Frontier Honor Flight, scheduled for Saturday, June 29, 2024 at the VFW Post 10221 in Anchor Point, Alaska. Photo provided by the VFW Post 10221

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Anchor Point VFW to hold fundraiser for honor flight

A poker run and fish fry will take place on Saturday, June 29

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‘May the spirit of Memorial Day remind us of the price of freedom’

Memorial Day services were held on the lower Kenai Peninsula on Monday

VFW Post 10221 member Eric Henley performs the battlefield cross during a Memorial Day service held at the Anchor Point Kallman Cemetery on Monday, May 29, 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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VFW to host Memorial weekend activities

Memorial services will take place Monday

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Angry Salmon celebrates grand opening

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was hosted on Saturday

Photo courtesy Barnabus Firth, executive director of the Norman Lowell Art Gallery Foundation
Norman Lowell’s 72- by 96-inch painting, “The Sea,” is photographed May 6, 2024, at the Norman Lowell Art Gallery north of Homer. The work was based on sketches from a painting trip to the Aleutian Islands.

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Arts council and Norman Lowell Gallery to host black tie gala fundraiser

Homer Council on the Arts and the Norman Lowell Gallery will host a black tie gala fundraiser May…

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Schwartz wins 29th Anchor Point Salmon Derby

The annual tournament took place on Saturday, April 27

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Homer High School students and teacher Erin Brege pose with an indigenous dance group in Kuranda, Australia in March 2024. The photo is on display with several others and a series of Australia guide books in the Homer High School Library.

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Homer schools go on tour over 2024 spring break

Students went to Australia, Washington, D.C., and Yellowstone National Park

Principal Doug Waclawski addresses incoming 2024 cohort of Homer Mariners at step-up day.  Photo by Emilie Springer

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Homer and Anchor Point students tour their new schools for April step-up day

Homer middle and high schools hosted a “step-up” day to introduce incoming seventh graders and freshmen ahead of…

The 28th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Tournament first and second place winners, Judy Persnail (right) and Mark Tornai (left) from the boat Outlaw hold up their fish during weigh-in on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce building in Anchor Point, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Mcki Needham

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Anchor Point King Salmon Derby scheduled for April 27

The 29th annual Anchor Point King Salmon Derby, sponsored by the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce, will be…

Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce board of directors president Dawson Slaughter (right) presents Chapman School principal Heidi Stokes with the Educator/Faculty of the Year Award during the Community Awards ceremony on Saturday, March 2, 2024 at the VFW in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Chapman principal Heidi Stokes receives educator of the year award

The chamber of commerce awarded the honor at Anchor Point’s Snow Rondi event at the end of February

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Anchor Point community members watch and wave at the Chapman School Eagle Ensemble float in the annual Snow Rondi parade on Saturday. <ins> on Milo Fritz Road in Anchor Point, Alaska</ins> Turnout at the parade was high despite high winds and below-freezing temperatures.

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Anchor Point turns out for Snow Rondi festivities

Annual winter weekend event series featured a packed schedule