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Homer Chamber of Commerce executive director Brad Anderson opens the introductory gala for Alaska World Arts Festival at the Chamber on Sept. 7. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Alaska World Arts Festival kicks off with a welcoming gala

Homer kicked off the fifth year of the Alaska World Arts Festival with an afternoon gala event at…

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Peony celebration extended

Delayed season brings challenges and benefits

The Homer Glacier Kings' float, which won a prize as the Best Children's Group, travels down Pioneer Avenue during the "Seas the Day" Fourth of July parade on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 in Homer, Alaska.

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Homer Chamber announces Fourth of July parade winners

On July 5, the Homer Chamber of Commerce & Visitor Center announced the winners in this year’s Fourth…

Singer-songwriters Barbara Sim from South Carolina and Brandon Mills from Nashville, Tennesee, pose alongside Hal, a fiberglass halibut at the Chamber’s Spit visitor center, June 8. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Singing through the longest day

Summer Solstice Festival celebrates summer and showcases veteran musicians

2023 Taste of Homer event logo. (Promotional image)

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Taste of Homer kicks off this weekend

The nine-day “gastronomic journey” begins Saturday and will run through Sunday, May 21

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Tournament champion Gail Bilyeu, center, holds the winning fish during the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament awards ceremony on Saturday. Pictured right are the tournament’s previous two champions, Weston and Andrew Marley.

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Gail Bilyeu wins 29th annual Homer winter king salmon tournament

Bilyeu’s fish weighed in at 26.12 pounds

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Homer to host community housing conversation

A coalition of community organizations will host on Saturday a public conversation on the current housing shortage in…

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The 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner Weston Marley holds up the 27.38-pound winter king salmon he caught on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Kachemak Bay.

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Winter king tournament rescheduled for Saturday

The event was postponed last weekend due to weather

The 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner Weston Marley holds up the 27.38-pound winter king salmon he caught on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Winter king tournament postponed

The Homer Chamber of Commerce announced at 6:30 a.m. today that the 2023 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament…

The Krewe of Gambrinus dances down Pioneer Avenue in the 69th Annual Winter Carnival Parade on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Community comes out for carnival parade

The Winter Carnival Parade brought Homer out of hibernation starting at noon on Saturday. Braving 20-some-degree temperatures and…

Julianne Turner (Photo provided)

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Homer Chamber welcomes new membership director

Julianne Turner says she is happy to give back to the community

Brad Anderson, the new director of the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center, outside the Homer News office Friday, Dec. 6, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer Chamber of Commerce welcomes new director

As the year came to a close, the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center welcomed a new…

Winter Carnival honors Coast Guard

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Winter Carnival honors Coast Guard

The landscape might be silver and shimmery with ice and snow, but for this year’s annual Homer Winter…