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    Robin Riley of Ninilchik, dressed as Disney princess Cinderella, poses with with Amy Sobek of Anchorage at the Kenai Peninsula Fair in 2013. This year at the fair princess impersonators will not only roam the fairgrounds, but also have tea with kids and families three times a day in a room decorated like a castle.
    Kenai Peninsula Fair is for everyone, says departing...
    By Anna Frost • August 17, 2016 4:10 pm

    The Kenai Peninsula Fair’s 65th year marks a bittersweet milestone for the fair and its chief executive officer Lara McGinnis….

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    Years Ago
    Years Ago
    August 17, 2016 4:10 pm

    20 years ago in the Homer News: Following the crash of TWA Flight 800 the previous week off the coast…

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    20 years ago in the Homer News:
    20 years ago in the Homer News:
    August 10, 2016 4:53 pm

    Biologists with Fish and Game charted a helicopter to conduct an aerial survey of several creeks and rivers on the…

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    Years ago in Homer
    Years ago in Homer
    July 27, 2016 2:47 pm

    20 years ago in the Homer News:   The Department of Labor put out a call seeking workers for about…

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    Water features add charm and music to a garden featured in a past garden tour.

    Gardeners Weekend celebrates 10 years
    By Michael Armstrong • July 20, 2016 4:20 pm

    Ten years ago when the Homer Garden Club started its first tour of local gardens, organizers wanted to come up…

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    10th annual Gardeners Weekend
    10th annual Gardeners Weekend
    July 20, 2016 4:19 pm

    July 30-31 COST: $10 for Saturday talks $15 for garden tours and reception Tickets at the Homer Bookstore Free to…

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    A bull moose causes a traffic jam about 3:40 p.m. last Thursday on FAA Drive, the road to the airport.
    Alaska style traffic jam – and show
    July 14, 2016 11:20 am

    A bull moose causes a traffic jam on FAA Drive — the road to the airport — about 3:40 p.m….

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    This and that, here and there. Sweet William, lilies, campanula, delphiniums, verbascum Bold Queen and mock orange bloom in the Kachemak Gardener's garden.
    Use your garden like a room to your...
    July 13, 2016 3:11 pm

    O h me, oh my — five “grands” ages five to 11. What a crew. This little house is bursting…

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    Years ago in the Homer News
    Years ago in the Homer News
    July 13, 2016 3:11 pm

    20 years ago in the Homer News Lack of support for the Homer branch of the Cook Inlet Council on…

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    Jonas Noomah, a currently undeclared major at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.
    Homer college students rediscover home
    By Mattea Peters • July 6, 2016 3:48 pm

    Many Homer students have gone on to varying types of post-secondary education, often in different cities and states, where they…

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    Homer native and Ross University School of Medicine student Ben Kuhns poses with senior associate dean of the Dominica campus after receiving his certificate for the dean's honor roll. Kuhns placed on the dean's list all four semesters during his first two years at medical school. Senior Associate Dean, Dominica Campus
    It takes a village to raise a doctor
    By Anna Frost • June 22, 2016 4:38 pm

    If all goes according to plan, one day Homer native Ben Kuhns will be a doctor. However, before deciding to…

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    Years Ago in Homer
    Years Ago in Homer
    June 22, 2016 4:38 pm

    20 years ago in the Homer News: Several suspicious fires had city fire officials concerned, especially as the danger of…

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    James McFarland and Donald Wymans lilacs are in full bloom in the Kachemak Gardener’s garden.-Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick
    The Kachemak Gardener
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • June 15, 2016 4:30 pm

    Each and every growing season there is one something that astonishes, that amazes, that speaks to our hearts. And this…

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