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Scholarships, Contests, etc.
Scholarships, contests, etc. American Legion Scholarships: Richard D. Johnson, $1,000, due March 30; American Legion Auxiliary Unit 16,…
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School Events and Graduation Dates
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District April 16: Early dismissal, 1:40 p.m. April 18: Vacation day. May 21: School…
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Winter king tourney kicks off busy season
Greetings from your Homer Chamber of Commerce. Three things of note this month. By this time next week,…
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Research Reserve funding restored in Senate committee
The Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fish and Game on Wednesday restored $175,000 in operating funds for the…
Community
Big Read writer to visit
National Endowment for the Arts Big Read visiting writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea visits April…
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Food donations always welcome
On a wintery morning, several members of the Homer Kachemak Bay Rotary Club and the Homer Community Food…
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Community’s hospitality appreciated
Homer Council on the Arts had a visiting artist, Hawkeye Herman, for almost three weeks in February, offering…
Community
Exxon Valdez oil spill response spurs area residents into action
Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…
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Announcements
The Homer Fish and Game Advisory Council holds an informal drop-in workshop on proposal writing from 5-7 p.m.…
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Micciche tells Homer he’s fighting for research reserve funding
Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna, delivered some promising news regarding funding for the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve to a…
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Stranded, sick sea otter euthanized
A stranded adult male sea otter found on the Homer Spit last Thursday had valvular endocarditis, a heart…
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Reserve deserves to be fully funded
As one of the original Homer community members who worked to have Kachemak Bay selected as the first…
Community
Kachemak Ski Club: enjoying homer’s slopes since ’48
For centuries, traveling across snow on skis has been a common way to travel in Alaska. Given that…