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Runners start from Homer High School during the Homer Spit Run 10K to the Bay on Saturday, June 28, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

Sports

Running to the finish

The Homer Spit Run on Saturday drew nearly 250 participants.

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)

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Snagging allowed at Nick Dudiak Lagoon July 3-6

The move is described as “liberalizing” existing sport fishing regulations.

The Cowles Council Chambers are seen in Homer City Hall on Pioneer Avenue in April 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)

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Homer mayor recognizes Parks and Recreation Month, ADA Awareness Day

Parks and recreation areas are fundamental to the environmental well-being of the community, the proclamation said.

Homer’s Cosmic Creature Club performs at the 2024 Concert on the Lawn at Karen Hornaday Park. (Emilie Springer/Homer News file)

Community

July events to provide entertainment and fun on lower Kenai Peninsula

Events include the Highland Games, Concert on the Lawn, local art camps and the Ninilchik Rodeo.

A variety of peony blooms grow vibrantly on Pioneer Avenue on Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

Community

6th annual Peony Celebration begins July 1

The festival will run in Homer through Aug. 17.

A line of antique cars proceeds down Pioneer Avenue during the Fourth of July parade on Thursday, July 4, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Lower peninsula gears up for 4th of July

Events are scheduled July 4-6 in Homer, Anchor Point and Ninilchik.

"Woodland Moon" is a 2023 acrylic painting by Dan Coe on display through June 2025 at the Art Shop Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Christina Whiting

Community

Fine art in invented spaces

Anchor Point artist showcases his skills with exhibit of acrylic paintings.

The development site of 25 new homes, under construction at 955 Sterling Highway in Homer, Alaska on Monday, June 23, 2025. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Construction begins on residential housing project along Homer bluff

Twenty-five homes will be built along a stretch of the Sterling Highway.

KBNERR Education and Harmful Species Monitoring Program staff host McNeil Canyon Elementary School students at Pier One Beach in May 2025 to monitor for invasive European green crabs. Students assisted with checking traps and recording data of native crab and fish species caught and released. Photo courtesy of Katherine Schake

News

Proposed funding cuts threaten research reserve

A “pre-decisionary” memo on budgetary cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows no federal funding for…

A woman stands with her sign held up during a rally in support of Medicaid and South Peninsula Hospital on Wednesday, June 18, 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Homer residents rally in support of South Peninsula Hospital and Medicaid

The community gathered on Wednesday in opposition to health care cuts that threaten rural hospitals.

Homer artist Michelle Michaud goes birding on the Anchor River in the summer of 2024. Photo provided by Michelle Michaud

Community

Intuition in abstract layers

Homer artist exhibits body of work inspired by colors, shapes, textures and lines she sees in nature.

The Homer News, a small print publication based in Cortland County, New York, features photos on the back page of readers who travel with copies of the newspaper. This issue of The Homer News shows Gary Root visiting Homer, Alaska and posing for a photo with the New York paper under the "Homer Alaska, Halibut Fishing Capital of the World" sign at the top of Baycrest Hill. Photo courtesy of Kim L. Hubbard

Community

Meet ‘The Homer News’

Surprise! Your local newspaper has a third ‘sister’ paper.

Nick Varney

Sports

Reeling ‘Em In: Old-timers cast their lines

The grizzled gentlemen have been coming down to Homer for over 35 years to ambush flats from their…