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A bald eagle this morning sits on top of the tsunami warning tower on the Homer Spit near Mariner Park about 15 minutes after a false siren and tsunami warning was issued.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Maintenance error triggers false tsunami alarm

An error made during maintenance of the National Weather Service, Anchorage, alert system caused a false tsunami alarm…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Sports

Onward to New York

Sarah Outen touches the Seafarers Memorial statue after she and Justine Curgenven landed on the Homer Spit on…

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Part of Kachemak Drive to be closed Sept. 3

A short section of Kachemak Drive will be closed to through traffic from 6:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Sept. 3.…

Be careful out there: Lead is flying

Sports

Be careful out there: Lead is flying

If Captain Kirk and his gang from the starship Enterprise had popped out of a reverse time warp…

Friday marks beginning of snagging on parts of Spit

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Friday marks beginning of snagging on parts of Spit

Last Saturday during the incoming tide, I decided to take on a unique challenge by attempting to simultaneously…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

Homer Spit Campground: 40 years a family tradition

As long as people have been visiting the Homer Spit, they have camped outdoors. Archaeologists have found shell…

Community

Announcements

Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

Several people stand by a building at Coal Point in 1892 on the Homer Spit, the first non-Native settlement there. -Photo provided, Pratt Museum

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PARKS DAY: CELEBRATING EARLY HOMER SPIT HISTORY

Most everyone knows the story of the naming of Homer, and how in April 1896, 50 men and…

Photo by David Hanson

Sports

Birders seek to identify mysterious Spit bird

The Kachemak Bay Birders are seeking help in identifying this mystery bird photographed by visitor David Hanson on…

Community

Announcements

Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

More than 200 runners and walkers soak up the sun during the 2014 10K Run to the Bay Spit Run on Saturday.-Photo by Heather Ericson

Sports

Homer High runners finish first in Spit Run

Eighteen-year old Pedro Ochoa, a 2014 Homer High School graduate who was on the school’s cross country and…

News

Condo owners seek clarification on city’s natural gas assessment

Condominium owners once again are expressing their concerns over the city’s assessment of condos within the Natural Gas…

Sports

Spit Run offers same scenic course, new timing equipment

Runners and walkers in this year’s “10K to the Bay” Homer Spit Run will not only enjoy the…