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    In Our Backyard
    Blooming in the Kachemak Gardener's garden is this trollius.-Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick
    The Kachemak Gardnener
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • June 2, 2016 3:15 pm

    There are basic truths that bear repeating:  • Keep your garden small; • Weed, if you can; • Water, if…

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    KBBI’s General Manager Dave Anderson displays the public radio station’s master control boards, which are out of date and in dire need of replacement. The station is hoping to raise $12,000 by the end of June to buy new equipment.
    Indiegogo to the rescue: KBBI faces equipment crisis
    By Shana Loshbaugh • June 25, 2015 11:11 am

    “Oldies” are a popular radio staple. But that’s for music, not for infrastructure. The southern Kenai Peninsula’s public radio station,…

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    Memorial Day: A day to remember
    Memorial Day: A day to remember
    By Toni Ross • May 20, 2015 4:24 pm

    It’s a day to remember. In 1868, three years after the Civil War ended, Major General John A. Logan issued…

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    17-year-old Claire Swanson of Christian Community Church’s Ignite Youth group reads with a boy from Ouzinkie during a spring break trip to the village, located on Spruce Island. -Photo provided
    Church youth group goes to work in Ouzinkie
    By Toni Ross • April 8, 2015 1:59 pm

    Ouzinkie might not sound like a spring break vacation destination, but for 16 local youths and four adults it offered…

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    The top three winners in the 2014 Homer Winter King Tournament were, from left, Jon Bartelds of Kenai, third place; Eric Kjelland of Eagle River, second place; and Raymond B. Tepp of Kenai, first place.-Homer News file photo
    Homer’s 2015 Winter King Tourney happens March 21
    By Nick C. Varney • March 11, 2015 1:17 pm

    The solstice celebration on March 20 will probably be somewhat sedate due to the fact that it’s been pretty much…

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    Woodard Creek flows under Pioneer Avenue and through the Pate family property to the Homer Council on the Arts.-Photo by Michael Armstrong; Homer News
    Woodard Creek Coalition: Promoting a Downtown Asset
    By Michael Armstrong • March 4, 2015 2:34 pm

    It doesn’t get anymore in our backyard than Woodard Creek. For 541 Homer lots, Woodard Creek not only is in…

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    Rick Paulsrud emcees the 2014 Sportsman’s Banquet at Chapman School in Anchor Point, while a taxidermied deer stares over his shoulder.-Photo provided
    Sportsman’s banquet: a fun evening not just for...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • January 22, 2015 10:36 am

    It began as a mid-winter event for men to swap hunting and fishing stories. Six years later — or maybe…

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    A still photo taken from the film 64 mph.
    Mountainfilm fest: a respite from snowless winter
    By Michael Armstrong • January 15, 2015 11:28 am

    Rain, ice and a drought of snow have made this winter almost unbearable for people who would rather be outdoors…

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    Displaying the Homer Emblem Club’s newest awards are, front from left, Ken Van Valkenburgh, Fran Van Sandt, Julie Parizek,  Joan Evans; back from left, Sandy Owen, Shari Daugherty,  Sherry Parish, Peggy Parsons, Carolyn Bishop, Kathy Van Sandt-Barger, Cinda Martin and Marion Abeldgaard.
    Emblem club: dedicated to ‘truth, justice, charity’
    By McKibben Jackinsky • November 19, 2014 1:26 pm

    Four years after Emblem Club No. 350 began in Homer, the following notice ran in the two-month-old Homer News in…

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    Ray Arno, director and founder of Alaska Village Missions, the parent organization for Alaska Bible Institute, and Eric Rozeboom, current president of ABI, pose for a picture at ABI’s campus on Mission Road.
    Alaska Bible Institute built on faith, hard work
    By Toni Ross • October 22, 2014 3:58 pm

    Alaska Bible Institute began its 49th year of training and equipping Christians for life and ministry this month.   What…

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    Seaman apprentice Mike Threadgill appears to lose his head in the Halloween madness of the 1991 Haunted Sedge. -File photo
    Haunted Hickory: Always ready for frightening fun
    By McKibben Jackinsky • October 15, 2014 2:01 pm

    The U.S. Coast Guard’s motto “Semper Paratus” — Latin for “always ready” — perfectly sums up the decades-long attitude of…

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    The new Hospice of Homer officers are downstairs in the historic Pioneer Hardware building on Pioneer Avenue, accessible from the parking lot in the back.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Hospice of Homer: End of life care since...
    By Michael Armstrong • October 8, 2014 2:26 pm

    The birth of Homer of Hospice started the way many lower Kenai Peninsula organizations began: Someone saw a need, jumped…

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    An April 1976 Homer News photo shows two cars stuck in mud on East End Road.-Homer News file photos
    East End Road: Under construction since 1925
    By Michael Armstrong • September 24, 2014 5:13 pm

    For the past summer, residents and visitors driving East End Road past Kachemak Drive have had to endure waits from…

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