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Heat wave

Dozens of people and nearly as many dogs walked the beach on the Homer Spit on Saturday. The…

Construction readies Land’s End for its June 5, 1958, opening on the Homer Spit. -Photo copied with permission of Jon Faulkner.

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Land’s End Resort a long-time Homer presence

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

John D. Kosch

Obituaries

John D. Kosch

John Daniel Kosch, 72, died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in Bullhead City, Ariz., after a short illness. He…

First Lady Sandy Parnell, left, and Gov. Sean Parnell, right, serve food to Thomas and Joanne Munger at the Governor's Picnic in July.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Top stories 2013: Homer turns on gas, repeals bag ban, launches numerous building projects

 The New Year — 2013 — began with Homer preparing to take a step many longtime residents thought…

First Lady Sandy Parnell, left, and Gov. Sean Parnell, right, serve food to Thomas and Joanne Munger at the Governor's Picnic in July.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Top stories 2013: Homer turns on gas, repeals bag ban, launches numerous building projects

 The New Year — 2013 — began with Homer preparing to take a step many longtime residents thought…

A great gray owl perches in an alder bush off West Hill Road in Homer last year.-Photo by Michael Armstrong,  Homer News

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Homer Christmas bird count part of national tradition

Oh sure, it’s easy to count and identify birds during the balmy spring days of the Kachemak Bay…

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It’s a wrap

On time and under budget: Those are words citizens like to hear when it comes to capital projects. …

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HEA outage planned for Homer Spit, Halibut Cove

The Homer Spit and Halibut Cove will be without power from 12-2 a.m. Nov. 16. The planned outage…

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Power outage planned for Homer Spit, Halibut Cove

Homer Electric Association announced the Homer Spit and Halibut Cove will be without power from 9 a.m.-noon on…

Dancers perform during Tamamta Katurlluta: A Gathering of Native Tradition held late in the summer. The event, sponsored by the Pratt Museum, attracted visitors from around the state.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Summer of 2013: A very good year

Overall, the summer of 2013 was a good one for Homer businesses. By the end of the year,…

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Announcements and Military News

Kachemak Bay Birders holds a birding trip at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Homer Spit. Meet at the…

A kayak frame is in front of a kayak with a skin at an earlier wooden boat festival. Below is the festival logo drawn by Chelsea and Marissa Lind.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Wooden Boat Festival features ‘Year of the Kayak”

Last Saturday for Tamamta Katurlluta, the gathering of Alaska Native traditions, a small fleet of skin-on-frame kayaks and…

One of three kayaks arrives on the Homer Spit.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Blessing the kayaks

During Tamamta Katurlluta: A Gathering of Native Tradition held in Homer last weekend, (see first of three photos)…