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Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

Entrants complete the 2013 Spit Run.-File Photo

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Early registration for Spit Run drawing to close

The deadline for advance registration of the June 28 certified 10K to the Bay Spit Run is Friday…

Fillet tips so you can look like a pro

Outdoors & Recreation

Fillet tips so you can look like a pro

Let’s get real here. There are some of you who flay at fish rather than fillet them. It…

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Visiting farm worker beaten in East End Road attack

Alaska State Troopers are still investigating an assault on June 4 in which two apparently drunk men beat…

Visitors write on the studio wall during Mary Epperson Day last Friday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Mary Epperson Day

A standing-room-only crowd jammed into the Homer Council on the Arts last Friday to share music and appreciation…

Anchor River, lower Cook Inlet marine fisheries closed to protect king salmon

Outdoors & Recreation

Anchor River, lower Cook Inlet marine fisheries closed to protect king salmon

Fishing Alert: On Wednesday, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced the Anchor River, Deep Creek, Ninilchik…

Karen Hornaday Park, complete with some recently added features, is the recipient of maintenance and cleanup performed by Church of the Rock Homer volunteers.-Photo by Toni Ross

Outdoors & Recreation

Church gives park plenty of TLC

This spring Karen Hornaday Park got a lot of love. And not just from young people. Between 40…

Ed Berg, geology instructor at Kachemak Bay Campus, educates a group of volunteers on the trailside flora during the Trails Day family hike on Saturday. From left are Ed Berg, Phillip Waclawski, Sabre Wilmeth and Carol Sharat.-Photo by Shannon Reid

Outdoors & Recreation

Volunteers work, learn on Trails Day

Before the Saturday morning bustle had a chance to begin, volunteer teams with the 17th annual Trails Day…

Community

Poet, writer Hughes offers workshop in Halibut Cove

Poet, essayist and writing teacher Holly Hughes offers a workshop and writer’s retreat, “The Pen & The Bell:…

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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference to hold Festival of Readings

The Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference annual Festival of Readings, with readings by 15 poets, novelists and essayists, is…

News

Trails Day: big success

State Parks are very important for the collective well being of those who live here. Kachemak Bay State…

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

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Kachemak City: East of Homer, where less is better

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

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Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…