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Announcements A garage sale fundraiser for the Homer Hockey Association is 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the Kevin…

Claudia Rose swims across Kachemak Bay last Friday

News

San Diego woman swims across bay

Last Friday on her 40th birthday, a San Diego cold-water, open-ocean swimmer did what only six other people,…

Runners cross the starting line of the 2012 Breast Cancer Run at Bishop’s Beach.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Sports

Two runs offer competition, fun, fresh air, support

Making its 19th annual return Sunday is the Breast Cancer Run, a five-mile run and one-mile walk sponsored…

News

Two candidates file for city council, filing period still open

Halfway through the candidacy filing period for the Oct. 1 election, two Homer residents have filed as candidates…

Community

Writer, artist offer retreat at Peterson Bay

Writer Marilyn Sigman and artist Marilyn Kirkham lead a writer and artist retreat, “Line by Line,” from Aug.…

News

Thanks for scholarship

I would like to thank the Friends of the Homer Public Library for the scholarship that allowed me…

Fishing for silvers heats up; here’s how you won’t get skunked

Outdoors & Recreation

Fishing for silvers heats up; here’s how you won’t get skunked

Flat Island and Point Pogibshi have been heating up for silvers lately, so maybe those reports from boats…

Community

Announcements & Student News

Announcements Kachemak Emergency Services Board holds its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday at the McNeil Canyon…

News

Tustumena repairs fail inspection; ferry’s return delayed once again

Make that one more delay for the M/V Tustumena, the 49-year-old, 296-foot vessel of the Alaska Marine Highway…

This map of the Kenai Peninsula House and enate districts show the Alaska Redistricting Board’s proposal. Homer would be in House District 31-P and Seldovia and Halibut Cove in House District 32-P.-Map provided, Alaska Redistricting Board

News

Latest election districts a lot like pre-2012

Homer will go forward into the past with a redistricting plan passed last month by the Alaska Redistricting…

Greensky Bluegrass performs at Salmonstock 2012. The three-day festival starts Friday at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds in Ninilchik.-Photo by Tim Steinberg for Salmonstock

Community

Homer’s Best Bets

It might seem like a distant memory, but remember in May when it snowed? Remember how miserable we…

News

Homer boy still in Providence Hospital after near-drowning at Bishop’s Beach

A 9-year-old boy who nearly drowned at Bishop’s Beach last Thursday is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit…

Emmy Olsen-Photo provided

Community

Announcements & Student News

Announcements Central Peninsula BirthNetwork will host The Big Latch On 2013 in Homer from 9 a.m. to noon…