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Health fair set for Nov. 1

Appointments for reduced rate wellness screenings are available now for the 31st annual Rotary Health Fair, which will…

Nonprofits form Homer’s heart, but need individual support to help all thrive

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Nonprofits form Homer’s heart, but need individual support to help all thrive

Since 1940 there has been a library in our community. Before 1978, the Homer Public Library was run…

Molly Mitchell is the Mariner’s lead runner on the girls varsity team. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Sports

XC girls take first, boys tie for second

With the Kenai Mountains as a backdrop and Kachemak Bay to their left and right, high school cross-country…

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Candidate hits campaign trail

I’m Lindianne Sarno, and I’m bicycling for mayor. In the next few weeks you’ll be able to to…

Jackson Hobb, 16, is the winner of the 2014 Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby. He caught the 335-pound halibut Aug. 19 while fishing with Capt. Travis Larson of Alaska Premier Sportfishing.

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Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby: 29 Seasons, Going Strong

By McKibben JackinskyStaff writerDuring the summer of 1986, the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby wasn’t the only fishing game…

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Prop C would expand SPH service area into ocean

Lower Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will consider a ballot question, Proposition C, that will expand the South Kenai…

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City candidates outline qualifications, priorities chamber forum

Getting to Tuesday’s Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center candidate forum at Wasabi’s on East End Road…

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Furie’s new monopod platform now in Cook Inlet

Furie Operating Alaska’s platform has arrived in Alaska from Texas.The platform was built in Ingleside, Texas, this summer.…

A sea star sculpture from the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies Washed Ashore program is made from collected marine debris and hangs at Alaska USA Federal Credit Union.-Photo above by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

Coastwalk: 30 years of monitoring beaches

Since November of 1984, volunteers have been walking Kachemak Bay beaches, trash bags and clipboards in hand, with…

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Young boat builders get opportunity

We at  the Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Society — specifically the kids’ boat-building extravaganza — have some thanking…

Community

Announcements

AnnouncementsThe sandhill crane migration is nearing and usually happens in mid-September. Please report sandhill crane sightings to Kachemak…

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CoastWalk kick off is today

CoastWalk, the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies annual beach clean up and survey, starts today with a kick-off…

Community

Announcements

Announcements Sandhill crane colts are starting to fly. Please report sightings of fledged colts to Kachemak Crane Watch.…