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    Homer Spit
    Visitors explore shops on the Homer Spit before the upcoming end of the season. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Successful tourist season leaves businesses in need of...
    By Sarah Knapp • September 9, 2021 1:30 am

    Many shops on the Spit close down after Labor Day.

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    Alaska Salt Company finds new home
    Alaska Salt Company finds new home
    By Megan Pacer • May 15, 2019 5:30 am

    Local Homer business Alaska Salt Company has settled into its new home on the Homer Spit, and celebrated on Friday…

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    Sports InBrief
    Sports InBrief
    September 17, 2015 10:36 am

    Kevin Bell Arena opens Sept. 21 Homer’s community ice rink, the Kevin Bell Ice Arena on the Homer Spit, opens…

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    Thanks for run-ride support
    Thanks for run-ride support
    September 10, 2015 9:32 am

    We had a beautiful morning on Aug. 30 for the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic’s “Resiliency Run and Ride” on…

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    A woman sits on a bench outside The Better Sweater on Labor Day. Although some places will remain open until next week and the last visit on Tuesday of the cruise ship Statendam, many Spit stores and restaurants closed on Monday.
    It’s a wrap
    By Miranda Weiss • September 10, 2015 9:17 am

    Update: The caption has been corrected on the fishhook sculpture photo properly identifying it as a circle hook. And like…

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    Kite surfers, stand-up paddleboarders and body surfers play in the waves off the Spit last month.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Homer’s Best Bets
    September 3, 2015 10:46 am

    Now that Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has ordered Mt. McKinley be renamed Denali, will other prominent Alaska geographic…

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    Will high-tech fish freezing come to Spit?
    Will high-tech fish freezing come to Spit?
    By Miranda Weiss • September 3, 2015 9:31 am

    A thawed salmon filet that tastes the same as a fresh one? Is this too good to be true? A…

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    Announcements
    Announcements
    August 20, 2015 11:42 am

    The Alaskan Warrior Class Community holds a #Stop22on22 Ruck March starting at 9 a.m. Aug. 22 at the base of…

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    Life-saving tips: Learn to swim, wear a PFD
    Life-saving tips: Learn to swim, wear a PFD
    By Nick C. Varney • August 20, 2015 11:18 am

    Last Monday I opened a voicemail from my compadre Turk. He was so riled up that residual smoke leaked out…

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    Dan Young stands on Spit property he and his wife Pam own. Located on the west side of the Spit across from the Fishing Hole, the property once was an RV campground. Today there’s little left of the campground; erosion has swept it away.-Photo by Miranda Weiss
    Time, tides change Spit
    By Miranda Weiss • August 20, 2015 9:37 am

    I t was an idyllic childhood on the Homer Spit that Mo Hillstrand enjoyed during the summertime, when her parents,…

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    Less restrictive beach policy proposal to be introduced at Sept. 14 meeting
    Less restrictive beach policy proposal to be introduced...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 20, 2015 9:23 am

    Citizens riled up about a proposed city of Homer ordinance that would ban year-round driving on Bishop’s Beach and summer…

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    Announcements
    Announcements
    August 13, 2015 10:41 am

    The Kachemak Emergency Service Area Board holds it regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. today at the Diamond Ridge Fire…

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    Nick shares recipe for salmon brine
    Nick shares recipe for salmon brine
    By Nick C. Varney • August 13, 2015 10:37 am

    Things have continued to roll along in the silver fishery along the east side of The Spit.  Remember last week…

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