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First Friday flourishes in first Art Walk of spring

Homer’s galleries and public art spaces showcase artists’ work during the first Art Walk of Spring. Stroll the…

Wendy Bales stands in front of a service truck at the East End Road emergency services station last week. Photo by Emilie Springer

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‘Lights and Sirens’ trivia night and auction to raise money for KESA membership association

The event will take place at Alice’s on Friday with an auction starting 5 p.m.

A counterfeit bill was received by the First National Bank on Thursday, March 28, 2024 in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Homer’s First National Bank receives attempted deposit of counterfeit $100 bill

Last Thursday, Homer’s First National Bank received an attempted deposit of a counterfeit $100 bill. The bill was…

Homer City Hall. (Homer News file photo)

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City to consider business licenses

City council resolution will be introduced on April 8

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Homer High School Mariner Way Award winners for the 2023-2024 school year on the library balcony of the school during their award ceremony. The list of winners in the story are standing left to right in the image.

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Homer High School announces recipients of the annual Mariner Way Award

Each Homer High School teacher selects one outstanding student per year based on exhibition of one or more…

Homer Flex High School principal Christopher Brown. Photo courtesy of Homer Flex High School

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Homer Flex School principal Chris Brown named Region III Principal of the Year

The Alaska Council of School Administrators named Homer Flex High School principal Chris Brown as Alaska Association of…

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WHE Shakespeare Club toured to the Homer Senior Citizen’s Center with their coach Sarah Brewer on March 27 to perform a variety of scenes and monologues from Shakespeare.

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West Homer Elementary Shakespeare Club goes on tour

Thirteen West Homer Elementary fifth and sixth grade students in the Shakespeare Club went on tour last Wednesday,…

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Comp plan open house kicks off community conversation

The March 28 event is the first in a series of public feedback opportunities

The Kevin Bell Arena ice rink is photographed on Sept. 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/Homer News)

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Fundraiser aims to help Kevin Bell Arena keep cool

Homer’s Kevin Bell Arena is holding the last two public skate sessions on March 30 at 2:45 p.m.…

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Workshop seeks to spur civic engagement

The City of Homer, the League of Women Voters and Kenai Peninsula Votes are hosting the event

Chris Keithley, 2024 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament champion, poses with his prize fish after the awards ceremony at the Deep Water Dock on the Spit in Homer, Alaska on Saturday, March 23, 2024. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Keithley reels in King win

Keithley’s fish weighed in at 25.96 pounds

The south end of Homer Harbor is photographed on Tuesday, April 11, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Harbor makes changes to moorage fees for seine skiffs

As of late February, seine skiffs now need separate transient moorage fees

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‘Voices from History’ oral history tour to come to Homer this summer

Brad Schmitz, an Anchorage educator and owner of Alaska English Adventures, is scheduling a summer tour that will…