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Understanding the currents of Kachemak Bay

If you built a raft with a big sea anchor and pushed off from Point Pogibshi, you’d drift…

Tom Temple

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Announcements and Military News

Announcements A garage sale fundraiser for the Homer Hockey Association is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the Kevin…

News

Good music, generous givers

I was invited, in my capacity as executive director of the Homer Foundation, to attend a ukulele concert…

News

Power outage shuts down Spit, other Homer areas

An electrical equipment failure shut down power from the Safeway grocery store on the Sterling Highway to the…

Fishing for silvers heats up; here’s how you won’t get skunked

Sports

Fishing for silvers heats up; here’s how you won’t get skunked

Flat Island and Point Pogibshi have been heating up for silvers lately, so maybe those reports from boats…

Lewis J. Byerly-Photo provided

Obituaries

Lewis J. Byerly

Lewis John Byerly, 55, died July 4, 2013, in Homer, doing what he loved: working on a commercial…

A Port of Homer truck blocks off Ice Dock Road on the Homer Spit during an evacuation and closure of the Fish Dock Road area on Monday afternoon. A possible carbon dioxide leak from a refrigeration unit at the Auction Block prompted harbor officials to close the area. The possible leak was caused by a refrigeration unit problem related to a power outage on the Spit and along the Sterling Highway.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Power outage shuts down Spit, other areas

  An electrical equipment failure shut down power from the Safeway grocery store on the Sterling Highway to…

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Homer planning commission rejects heliport permit

The Homer Advisory Planning Commission has denied a conditional use permit application by Eric Lee of Slingblade Aviation…

Halibut dining on herring, squid

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Halibut dining on herring, squid

This summer the “Reeling ‘Em In” gmail inbox has been busier than a confessional booth on the day…

Photo by Heather Ericson

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Firefighters gather for special training

Firefighters from the Homer Volunteer Fire Department were joined by firefighters from Kachemak Emergency Services and fire departments…

More than 300 participants are off and running at the start of the 10K to the Bay Spit Run.-Photos by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Sports

Hundreds of runners, walkers, strollers show up for Spit Run

Sunshine hadn’t been predicted for Saturday, but it, along with more than 300 participants, were on hand for…

Jake Moe of Anchorage is the first one ot cross the finish line of the 2013 10K Run for the Bay Spit Run today, with a time of 32:40.-McKibben Jackinsky

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Spit Run attracts more than 300 participants

Under sunny skies, more than 300 runners, walkers and strollers covered the distance between the Homer High School…

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Annual Homer Spit Run

The deadline to register online for the annual “10K to the Bay” Spit Run has passed, but registration…