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Pink salmon swim up a drainage ditch at Beluga Slough on Sept. 6 at high tide. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Pink salmon return to Beluga Slough

Alaska Department of Fish and Game will collect otolith samples for stock assessment

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Community health needs assessment now available for public review

The results for the southern Kenai Peninsula 2023 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) are now available for public…

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Updated transportation plan open for public comment

The 2023 plan emphasizes improvements between vehicles and nonmorized transportation options

A community member peruses the ceramics on display at Homer Council on the Arts' First Friday showcase on Sept. 1 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Art in the right hands

Ceramics showcase celebrates clay and community

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Coalition hosts events to celebrate National Recovery Month

Schedule promotes and supports new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices

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A participant in the European Green Crab rapid response exercise practices a test sample at the beach by the Homer Spit Fishing Hole.

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Green crab invasion sparks local response

Homer conference is part of statewide invasive species monitoring and managing efforts

The Bagel Shop employees and owner Mikela Aramburu wade through the mud to get to the shop on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Mikela Aramburu

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The Bagel Shop reopens after East End flooding

The Bagel Shop reopened Friday, Sept. 1 after a week spent cleaning up the aftereffects of last Saturday’s…

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Homer crushes Kodiak in first conference game

The visiting Homer football team defeated Kodiak 52-0 on Friday in Mid Alaska Conference action.

The poster for the Alaska World Arts Festival.

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Alaska World Arts Festival kicks off next weekend

The event will celebrate of all types of art, in many venues and performances space in the community

Homer Pratt Museum's new director Patty Relay on Aug. 21 in the museum.  Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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‘A museum is an identity’

New Pratt director on creating community

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Community recreation manager Mike Illg at his office in Homer High School.

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Homer community recreation offers new fall activities

The Homer Community Recreation Program offers an array of recreational and educational classes and programs for participants of…

An aerial view of the Bear Creek Winery bottling works facility is seen in this June 2022 photograph after installation of the solar panel system by Midnight Sun Solar, LLC in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Alexander Sievers

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USDA grant program funds green energy at Bear Creek Winery

New application window open through Sept. 30

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Front parcel of land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road purchased by Doyon Limited in March 2023.

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Plans for recent Homer Spit purchase still in early stages, company says

Doyon Inc. recently purchased land at Lighthouse Village on Homer Spit Road