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Kids and parents craft holiday ornaments during at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center during their annual Christmas tree lighting celebration on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Chamber announces holiday event schedule

It’s beginning to look a lot like the holiday season, and the Homer Chamber of Commerce is advancing…

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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Council accepts grant for library security grille

The Rasmuson Foundation awarded the Homer Public Library $19,000 in grant funding for the installation of a new…

The Homer Public Library. File photo

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Library updates privacy policy to address electronic communications

A resolution amending the Homer Public Library’s privacy policy was passed Monday during the regular Homer City Council…

"Tern Tern Tern," a photograph captured by Taz Tally in 2019, is one of several images on display through November in his solo exhibit at the Art Shop Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Taz Tally

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Deliberate compositions

Photographer Taz Tally “dove headlong” into digital photography as a young artist to capture nuance and texture in…

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Homer volleyball places 3rd in regional tournament

The Homer High School varsity volleyball team took third place in the Southcentral Conference Tournament this past weekend,…

The KBBI Public Radio office and studio is on Kachemak Way, as seen in this photo taken July 2, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Kenai Peninsula public radio receives grant funding

The Alaska Community Foundation fund recently awarded $2.9 million in grants to public media stations statewide, including in…

Members of the American Legion Post 16, VFW Post 10221, Civil Air Patrol and Homer Emblem Club #350, as well as local veterans or current military members, march in a parade through Homer, Alaska, in honor of Veterans Day on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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‘To serve the nation’s cause’

A parade was held in Homer on Tuesday in honor of Veterans Day.

Community members attending the Title 21 Open House hosted by the City of Homer share their ideas on proposed zoning district changes on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy Karyn DeCino

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City hosts zoning code community meeting

A community open house centered on updates currently underway to Homer’s Title 21 zoning and planning code was…

Crews work on the botanical garden on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, at the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Pratt Museum names permanent executive director

Whitney Harness has been serving as interim co-executive director since February.

State of Alaska Department of Law logo. Photo courtesy of the State of Alaska Department of Law

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Homer man sentenced for sexual abuse of minor

Michael Robert Fisher was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison for crimes committed in 2012.

"Reflections" is a watercolor painting by Michael Murray, one of several paintings by members of the Kachemak Bay Watercolor Society on display through November at Fireweed Gallery. Photo provided by Fireweed Gallery

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November First Friday

See annual exhibits, photography, watercolors and more in Homer’s galleries this month.

Main Street South, photographed on Saturday, April 6, 2024 between Pioneer Avenue and Bunnell Avenue, is one of the locations selected for the Homer All-Ages and Abilities Pedestrian Pathway project approved in the 2024-2027 Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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City, DOT talk pedestrian pathway priorities

City of Homer staff met with state partners for a site visit to discuss the Homer All-Ages and…

Halloween decorations adorn the parking lot at Alibi during Pioneer Avenue Trick or Treat on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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A ‘spooktacular’ evening on Pioneer Avenue

Dinosaurs roamed the streets of downtown Homer, as did princesses, cowboys, minions and more, on Halloween last Friday.…