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    Jody Patosky tosses the sheaf.
    CELTFEST bigger than ever for 7th year
    By Aryn Young • June 11, 2015 10:28 am

    Don’t be surprised to hear the haunting refrain of bagpipes as musicians gear up for the upcoming Kachemak Bay CeltFest…

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    Norway’s King Harald V
    Norwegian king scheduled to visit Homer next week
    By Michael Armstrong • May 21, 2015 11:11 am

    His Royal Highness King Harald V of Norway visits Anchorage and Homer next week for the first visit by the…

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    Daisy Lee Bitter poses with a magazine cover featuring the log cache that presides over the driveway to her peony farm. The cache is particularly significant to Bitter, as her late husband, Conrad, was quite proud of it. The spruce logs were first recycled by the Bitters from the old Kenai Burn. They used them to build a garden fence, which a cow moose destroyed. After that, they asked Barrett Fletcher to recycle them again, by constructing the log cache. On Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999, the cache appeared on the front page of the Homer News. The irony of that, says Bitter, was that her husband died that same day. The cache was more recently featured in December 2011 on the cover of Alaska Magazine, trimmed with clear lights and covered in snow. -Photo by Toni Ross
    Homer legend loves to learn, share
    By Toni Ross • April 15, 2015 4:29 pm

    She’s been named a master gardener, lifelong learner and citizen of the year — and the list goes on. A…

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    Outhouse racers compete last year at the Homer Winter Carnival. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Homer Winter Carnival: A Tradition for 61 Years
    By Toni Ross • February 11, 2015 3:12 pm

    Feeling February’s chill now that the temperature has dropped?  Warm up with the 61st annual Homer Winter Carnival today through…

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    900 people ‘take day to be well’
    900 people ‘take day to be well’
    By Sharon Minsch • November 5, 2014 4:26 pm

    The 31st Annual Rotary Health Fair is over and it was a terrific success. We welcomed more than 900 people…

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    Jerry Scholes

    Jerry Scholes, a longtime Homer resident, died July 14, 2014. “He joined his parents and his beloved wife and dance…

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    NONPROFIT NEEDS
    NONPROFIT NEEDS
    August 28, 2014 10:47 am

    Editor’s Note: In conjunction with the monthly “Pay It Forward” column, the Homer News is printing a list of needs…

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    Farmers Market
    Farmers Market
    By KYRA WAGNER • July 9, 2014 11:57 am

    The summer is moving along at an incredible pace. The fireweed is already blooming, rather than waiting for August. The…

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    Many contribute to success of event
    Many contribute to success of event
    June 25, 2014 5:38 pm

    The Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College would like to extend its sincerest appreciation and gratitude to the following…

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    The two-story Kachemak Community Center, at the corner of East End Road and Bear Creek Drive, includes offices for Kachemak City’s part-time staff — a mayor and city clerk — and meeting rooms, as well as storage space for firefighting equipment. An outdoor recreation area includes tennis courts.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Kachemak City: East of Homer, where less is...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 11, 2014 3:28 pm

    The current residents of Kachemak City — all 472 of them according to the 2010 census — weren’t the first…

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    The A-frame building, right, with pressure reduction valve that gives the historic water tank its name is next to the tank at the top of Main Street.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    A-Frame water tank: Homer’s first water system
    By Michael Armstrong • June 4, 2014 5:45 pm

    Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, the newspaper is looking at some milestone events in Homer’s…

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    14th Annual Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
    14th Annual Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
    May 29, 2014 11:06 am

    June 13-17 Land’s End Resort Register at: writersconference.homer.alaska.edu Festival of Literary Readings   8 p.m. June 14, Mariner Theatre: Alice…

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    Part of the Homer News crew in the mid-1980s takes a break and poses for this photo. From left are Publishers Howard and Tod Simons, Managing Editor Joel Gay, Business Manager Jill Morse, Editor Tom Gibboney and Reporter Hal Spence. The Homer News was located on Pioneer Avenue in those days, in the building now occupied by Cafe Cups.
    Job at Homer News pays dividends in life...
    By Joel Gay • May 7, 2014 5:58 pm

    Editor’s Note: As part of its 50th anniversary celebration, the Homer News has asked former “Newsies” to reminisce about their…

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    Daisy Lee Bitter looks at shorebirds at Mud Bay on the Homer Spit during the 2013 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival.-Jim Lavrakas
    Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival: small piece of big...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • May 7, 2014 12:36 pm

    Yes, indeed, there is a Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival (see related story, page 1). The arrival of winged visitors from…

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