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    In Our Backyard
    A photo of Etude Studio before its decorative paint job shows the facade attached to an addition.-Photo provided, Homer Council on the Arts
    Etude: More than a music studio
    By Michael Armstrong • June 18, 2014 1:40 pm

    On June 6 for Mary Epperson Day, artists Judy Wynn and Laura and Jennifer Norton once again transformed Epperson’s Etude…

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    The two-story Kachemak Community Center, at the corner of East End Road and Bear Creek Drive, includes offices for Kachemak City’s part-time staff — a mayor and city clerk — and meeting rooms, as well as storage space for firefighting equipment. An outdoor recreation area includes tennis courts.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Kachemak City: East of Homer, where less is...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 11, 2014 3:28 pm

    The current residents of Kachemak City — all 472 of them according to the 2010 census — weren’t the first…

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    The A-frame building, right, with pressure reduction valve that gives the historic water tank its name is next to the tank at the top of Main Street.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    A-Frame water tank: Homer’s first water system
    By Michael Armstrong • June 4, 2014 5:45 pm

    Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, the newspaper is looking at some milestone events in Homer’s…

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    Homer’s first school included teachers quarters.-Photos from 1964 Mariners Log
    Homer High class of ’64 continues to have...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • May 21, 2014 4:49 pm

    Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s past.  …

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    Kachemak Bay Campus history
    Kachemak Bay Campus history
    May 14, 2014 2:26 pm

    July 1, 1964: University of Alaska Board of Regents approves request by the Kenai City School District to form Kenai…

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    Kachemak Bay Campus: Furthering education for 48 years
    By BY MICHAEL ARMSTRONG • May 14, 2014 2:24 pm

    When the Kachemak Bay Campus, Kenai Peninsula College, University of Alaska Anchorage awarded degrees or certificates to 151 people last…

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    Daisy Lee Bitter looks at shorebirds at Mud Bay on the Homer Spit during the 2013 Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival.-Jim Lavrakas
    Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival: small piece of big...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • May 7, 2014 12:36 pm

    Yes, indeed, there is a Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival (see related story, page 1). The arrival of winged visitors from…

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    In this map, areas where fossils have been found are shown in blue. The red lines indicate glaciation during the stage 3 interglacial period, with the area toward Cook Inlet ice free, including a large lake, shown in red.
    New fossil finds expand knowledge of ancient animals
    By Michael Armstrong • April 30, 2014 3:10 pm

    More fossil finds by Homer beachcombers have expanded scientists’ knowledge of the animals that lived here during an interglacial period…

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    Peter Zollars displays the Russian Orthodox cross found on an island in Kachemak Bay.-Photos by McKIbben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Cross raises questions, offers few answers
    By McKibben Jackinsky • April 16, 2014 3:34 pm

    It’s been almost a year since Peter Zollars came upon the metal cross along the beach of a Kachemak Bay…

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    Lorraine Haas, Lorene Tepa Hansen Rogers and Joan Gordon Edens compare stories.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    ‘Meet the People’ spotlights Homer’s pioneering women
    By McKibben Jackinsky • April 9, 2014 3:50 pm

    Stories about Homer’s bygone days fill the pages of books. On April 3, the public had an opportunity to hear…

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    Bill Langley-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Looking back: Homer celebrates 50 years of incorporation
    By McKibben Jackinsky • April 2, 2014 2:24 pm

    It was a packed house at the Homer Elks Lodge on Monday, as residents gathered to wish the city a…

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    Using a piece of plywood and oil that washed up on the beach at Mars Cove for “ink,” Homer artist Mavis Muller created this sign to encourage cleanup volunteers at the cove.-Photos courtesy of Mavis Muller
    Exxon Valdez oil spill response spurs area residents...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • March 19, 2014 5:13 pm

    Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s past. This…

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    A skier races at the second Homer Rope Tow off Ohlson Mountain Road.-Photo by Jake McLay
    Kachemak Ski Club: enjoying homer’s slopes since ’48
    By Michael Armstrong • March 12, 2014 2:56 pm

    For centuries, traveling across snow on skis has been a common way to travel in Alaska. Given that history, it’s…

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