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The Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska and the Alaska Model A Club sponsor an Antique Auto and Classic…

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Birders grateful for Challenge prizes

The Kachemak Bay Birders would like to thank the following list of donors for providing wonderful prizes for…

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Quilters stitch up successful show

Thanks to everyone who attended our 29th annual quilt show last weekend.  We had great attendance and lots…

A man walks by the Pier One Theatre near the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon in this panormaic photograph taken on Tuesday. Barges and tugs pulled up on the beach can be seen at the left. The Homer City Council this week discussed an overall plan for the 11-acre lot.                       -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Council ponders possibilities for future of Pier One area

A Homer City Council work session Monday afternoon started with a simple question: Should the city lease a…

Dunlins and western sandpipers fly over Mud Bay last Saturday.-Photos by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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21st Annual Shorebird Festival: birds might be bouncing back

If visitors to the 21st annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival thought they might have been skunked last Thursday…

Surrounded by her brother Daniel, left, and sister Elikonida, right, valedictorian and student speaker Nina Reutov celebrates receiving her associate of arts degree at Kachemak Bay Campus’ May 8 commencement ceremony. -Photos by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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KBC grads celebrated

Praise and advice, cheers and applause, balloons and bouquets marked the 2013 commencement ceremony of Kachemak Bay Campus,…

An early morning snowfall and chilly temperatures weren't enough to dampen the May Day Celebration at Fireweed Academy on Saturday. Crafts, a silent dessert auction, musicians and a May Day dance performed by the charter school's younger students kept the festivities going.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Yowzah, has spring finally arrived in this year’s Not Current In This Time Zone season.The other day the…

Jim Lempe’s 1928 Ford Model A is one of the antique and classic cars to be at the auto show.-Photo provided

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The Homer Police Department invites the public to  “Dunk the Fuzz,” a charity drive for the Homer Special…

Mary Bee Kaufman did the 21st annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival poster, above, also used on this year’s T-shirt design. The painting shows several red knot shorebirds and illustrates this year’s theme, “From Baja to Beaufort: Every Wingbeat Counts!”-Illustration provided

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Namesake mountain drew shorebird artist to Alaska

The Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival featured artists have much in common in their choice of subject — shorebirds,…

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The Arts In Brief

Connections grad holds recital Homer graduating senior Lydia Arndt, who attends the Kenai Peninsula Borough Connections home school…

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Meet adds up to great experience

The eighth annual Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Middle School Math Meet, a joint effort between the Kachemak…

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Despite snow, cleanup happened

On behalf of the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center we want to say how deeply appreciative…

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Shorebird fest matures into spring tradition

The annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival has come of age. If it was a young adult, this year’s…