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Fishing? Know what you’re catching

I have received an unusual amount of email asking how to report angler evil-doers to the Alaska Wildlife Troopers…

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Council knocks off 26-item punch list

With an agenda rivaling a contractor’s punch list of things to do before freeze up, the Homer City…

Bay Welding’s Brad Howe caps 3 1/2-inch holes used to fill the circle hook sculpture with concrete to keep it from shuddering in a stiff breeze.-Photo by Miranda Weiss

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City ends hook’s shudders

You can’t venture onto the Homer Spit without noticing something new and interesting — totes of beautiful red…

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Run & Ride set for Aug. 30

Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic is getting ready for another fabulous 1 K and 5 K beach run…

Two savannah sparrows fly around a sign at the Mariner Park Beach on the Homer Spit near the storm berm. Over the past years, the berm has built up, improving habitat for birds.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

You know how in all the hip cities neighborhoods have cool names? There’s Soho in New York for…

A crowd of nearly 300 runners starts the annual Spit Run at Homer High School on Saturday.-Photo by Aaron Carpenter, Homer News

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Jake Moe finishes first in Spit Run for third time

A cool overcast morning made for perfect running weather on Saturday. Almost 300 people gathered at the high…

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Council opposes Navy’s exercises

The Homer City Council set an apparent record at its regular Monday night meeting with what may be…

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Research Reserve gets new partner

More than a year ago, things looked bleak for the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve. The House Subcommittee on…

Spit Run set for June 27; proceeds  benefit youth running programs

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Spit Run set for June 27; proceeds benefit youth running programs

The Kachemak Bay Running Club is hosting the annual Spit Run that begins at Homer High and finishes…

You never know what you might see when you’re fishing — or watching

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You never know what you might see when you’re fishing — or watching

I need to start this column with a warning: There is a despicable sneak thief roaming the Homer…

Frosty Bear Owner Jackie Dentz takes a break from the ice cream parlor on the Homer Spit. Dentz has owned the business with her husband, Willie, for the past 16 years.-Photo by Miranda Weiss

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Something old, something new

According to local author Janet Klein who interviewed Dena’ina elder Peter Kalifornsky before his death in 1993, Dena’ina…

Sports

Migration Run is for everyone

Last year more than 170 entrants took to the Spit Trail for the Migration Run, a 5K USATF-certified…

A truck heads east on Kachemak Drive from the Homer Spit Road about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The road reopened that night after workers repaired a mudslide that happened April 19. The mudslide pushed a clump of spruce trees into Mud Bay, seen at right in the photo.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Kachemak Drive reopens to traffic

Just nine days after a mudslide took out part of Kachemak Drive on the west end, repairs have…