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From Kachemak Drive to Land’s End: Work makes Spit Trail more usable, accessible

It’s all down to what Public Works Director Carey Meyer calls “the icing on the cake” — the…

Ithaca Ivy Sorensen

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Sorensen graduates cum laude

Ithaca Ivy Sorensen, a 2010 graduate of Homer High School, has completed her studies at Lewis and Clark…

Homer’s first school included teachers quarters.-Photos from 1964 Mariners Log

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Homer High class of ’64 continues to have impact

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

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Cleanup effort has Homer shining

We are so proud to be part of a community that showed its spirit on Cleanup Day Saturday,…

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Funds help provide new equipment

Homer High School Mariner Theatre would like to thank The Cottonwood Fund, The Homer Foundation and its donors…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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A flock of birders

Birders watch shorebirds at Mud Bay on the Homer Spit on Saturday during the 22nd annual Kachemak Bay…

Pat Sweiven

Obituaries

Pat Sweiven

Former Homer resident Pat Sweiven, 71, died May 3, 2014. Born Jan. 10, 1943, she moved to Hoonah…

Obituaries

Peter E. Larson

Peter Ellsworth Larson, 73, of Homer, died surrounded by his family on Jan. 20, 2014.  A celebration of…

Sports

Kenai Peninsula Borough Championships

May 10, Kenai Central High School BOYS TEAMS: 1. Kenai Central, 2. tie between Homer and Skyview, 4.…

Mariner Riley Wall is blocked from home plate by the SoHi Stars’ catcher during the May 7 game in Homer.-McKibben Jackinsky

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Homer Mariners shut down SoHi Stars

It was a 12-0, four inning victory for the Homer High School Mariners softball team in a May…

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Announcements

Sandhill crane monitoring season has started. Please report nesting sandhill cranes to Kachemak Crane Watch at 235-6262 or…

Birds of a feather, Heidi Johnson, Macy Marquez and Michelle Drake of Homer lineup at Sunday’s Migration Run.-McKibben Jackinsky

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More than 170 runners flock to 2014 Migration Run

Yes, the shorebirds showed up. So did lots of visitors for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. And there…

Lenore Swanson smiles after receiving her master of arts in teaching at Kachemak Bay Campus commencement May 7 at the Mariner Theatre.-Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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KBC graduates ‘charge ahead’ at May 7 commencement

Take risks. Say thank you. Smile. Be kind to yourself. Start something new.That was among the advice given…