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Years ago in the Homer News

20 years ago: A subsistence harvest of sea otters by Alaska Natives in Kachemak Bay earlier in the…

Bumppo Bremicker takes his granddaughter, Zoe Bremicker, for a ride at the Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Festival last Saturday.

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Get ready for ocean-focused fest Sept. 8-11

The Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Society and Alaska Marine Conservation Council are teaming up to offer Homer one…

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News: An ammonia cargo ship gave those on the Spit on Tuesday,…

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.

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Kenai Peninsula Fair is for everyone, says departing manager

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

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Years Ago

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

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20 years ago in the Homer News:

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

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Years ago in Homer

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

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


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Gardeners Weekend celebrates 10 years

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

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10th annual Gardeners Weekend

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

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

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Alaska style traffic jam – and show

A bull moose causes a traffic jam on FAA Drive — the road to the airport — about…

This and that, here and there. Sweet William, lilies, campanula, delphiniums, verbascum Bold Queen and mock orange bloom in the Kachemak Gardener's garden.

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Use your garden like a room to your house

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

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Years ago in the Homer News

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

Jonas Noomah, a currently undeclared major at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.

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Homer college students rediscover home

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