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    Community supports recovery in first annual 5K
    By Delcenia Cosman • September 20, 2023 1:30 am

    Event sponsored by local recovery coalitions coincides with National Recovery Month

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    Image from the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assessing Department parcel viewer
Front parcel of land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road purchased by Doyon Limited in March 2023.
    Plans for recent Homer Spit purchase still in...
    By Emilie Springer • August 30, 2023 1:30 am

    Doyon Inc. recently purchased land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road

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    Spit lagoon opens to snagging
    Spit lagoon opens to snagging
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 15, 2023 1:30 am

    Snagging will be allowed beginning Wednesday at noon

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    Local youth anglers participate in the 15-and-under king salmon fishery on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    ADF&G opens youth coho fishery Saturday
    By Delcenia Cosman • August 3, 2023 1:30 am

    The bag and possession limits for the youth fishery are six coho salmon of any size

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    Runners participating in the Homer Spit Run 10K to the Bay race begin the course at Homer High School on Saturday, June 24, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)
    A perfect day to run
    By Jeff Helminiak • June 29, 2023 1:30 am

    Historic Homer races to the ‘end of the road’ had 160 participants

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    Photo provided by Jennifer Waltenbaugh
John Chapple, Jr. and John Chapple, III participate in the 1984 Homer Spit Run Race.
    Homer Spit runs scheduled for June 24
    By Emilie Springer • June 21, 2023 1:30 am

    Races include a half marathon and 10k race

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    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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