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Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

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Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

Entrants complete the 2013 Spit Run.-File Photo

Sports

Early registration for Spit Run drawing to close

The deadline for advance registration of the June 28 certified 10K to the Bay Spit Run is Friday…

Visitors write on the studio wall during Mary Epperson Day last Friday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

News

Mary Epperson Day

A standing-room-only crowd jammed into the Homer Council on the Arts last Friday to share music and appreciation…

Karen Hornaday Park, complete with some recently added features, is the recipient of maintenance and cleanup performed by Church of the Rock Homer volunteers.-Photo by Toni Ross

Outdoors & Recreation

Church gives park plenty of TLC

This spring Karen Hornaday Park got a lot of love. And not just from young people. Between 40…

Ed Berg, geology instructor at Kachemak Bay Campus, educates a group of volunteers on the trailside flora during the Trails Day family hike on Saturday. From left are Ed Berg, Phillip Waclawski, Sabre Wilmeth and Carol Sharat.-Photo by Shannon Reid

Outdoors & Recreation

Volunteers work, learn on Trails Day

Before the Saturday morning bustle had a chance to begin, volunteer teams with the 17th annual Trails Day…

Community

Little Free Library started at Fritz Creek General Store

The Friends of the Homer Public Library has started its first Little Free Library at the Fritz Creek…

The two-story Kachemak Community Center, at the corner of East End Road and Bear Creek Drive, includes offices for Kachemak City’s part-time staff — a mayor and city clerk — and meeting rooms, as well as storage space for firefighting equipment. An outdoor recreation area includes tennis courts.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Community

Kachemak City: East of Homer, where less is better

The current residents of Kachemak City — all 472 of them according to the 2010 census — weren’t…

Community

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Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

Charles Ashley

Obituaries

Charles Ashley

Homer resident, Mr. Charles Ashley, 61, died Friday, May 23, 2014, at his home in Homer. Private Services…

Community

Announcements

Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

Sports

Homer Spit Run set for June 28

The annual Homer Spit Run, a certified 10K race, will be June 28. The race begins at Homer…

News

Camp provides arts opportunities

Summer is here — and so are youth summer art opportunities. Homer Council on the Arts has renamed…