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Participants of the 2023 DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week pose in front of their trash collection at Bishops Beach in Homer.

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Annual litter cleanup to start Monday

The HoWL DiRtBaGs Clean-Up Week will take place April 21-26.

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Sports

Homer baseball tops Petersburg, Ketchikan at round robin

The Mariners are now 3-1 overall and finished 3-1 at the tournament.

Karen Hornaday Park Campground is seen on Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Camping to reopen at Karen Hornaday Park

After a three-year closure, the park campground will open May 23.

Chloe Pleznac/Homer News
Community members who support education funding stand up during the virtual town hall with Rep. Sarah Vance on Saturday in the Pioneer Hall at Kachemak Bay Campus.

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Constituents quiz Vance during crowded virtual town hall

Education and budgeting dominated the conversation during the Saturday meeting.

Kyra Wagner teaches a compost-making class last fall at the Kachemak Bay Campus high tunnel. Wagner will teach another class on composting Saturday, April 26, at 4:30 p.m. in conjunction with the free Southcentral Growers Conference. (Photo courtesy of Jill Burnham, Kachemak Bay Campus - Kenai Peninsula College)

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Info, education on local agriculture to be featured at Southcentral Growers Conference

The two-day conference begins on April 25 at Kachemak Bay Campus.

Two volunteers monitoring shorebirds on the Homer Spit in May 2016. (Photo courtesy of Kachemak Bay Birders)

News

Kachemak Bay Birders kicks off 17th year of shorebird monitoring project

The first monitoring session of 2025 will take place Saturday.

Students with the Paul Banks Preludes prepare to perform during the annual Art Extravaganza on Friday, April 4 at Paul Banks Elementary School. The students will join others on Thursday, April 10 onstage the Mariner Theatre to perform in the Sea of Strings music event. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

Community

Sea of Strings to debut new, local compositions

More than 200 musicians — mainly students from the Homer OPUS program and the Homer Youth String Orchestra…

Jeff Dean is midway through the initial heat on a commission piece. Dean will be participating as one of the artists in this year’s Ready Set Art Ptarmigan Arts fundraiser. (Photo provided by Jeff Dean)

Community

Artistry for all to see

Ready… Set… Art! fundraiser brings artists together to complete works of art out in the public eye.

Chloe Pleznac/Homer News
A demonstrator in Homer holds up signs during the nationwide Hands Off! protest on Saturday, April 5, at WKFL Park in Homer.

News

Hundreds turn out in Homer, Soldotna to protest actions of Trump administration

Signs expressed support for federal programs, services and employees, as well as diversity, democracy and science.

Vice Principal Katie Bynagle holds up a pitcher of pancake mix during the pancake breakfast on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 in the Homer High School commons. (Photo courtesy of Winter Marshall-Allen)

News

HHS prepares students for state assessments with pancakes

The pancake breakfast was Tuesday, March 25.

Program Manager Caitlin Coreson with Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District shows a student a website with educational workforce resources during the job fair on Friday, March 28, 2025 in the Homer High School commons. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Homer Job Fair connects youth with local opportunities

The first annual Homer Community Job Fair was held on Friday, March 28, at Homer High School. The…

Kachemak Bay Conservation Society Vice President Penelope Haas points at a presentation slide on Homer housing data on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 at Kachemak Bay Campus. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Homer gathers to discuss comp plan, potential city code rewrites

Homer has changed rapidly over the last dozen or so years, as any local can tell you. Many…

Owners Dahkota Larson and Kait Skundrich sit in a corner of the shop on Friday, March 28, 2025. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

Community

New gear shop opens in Homer

Old Sterling Outfitters is just a 10-minute drive from town.