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The newly-replaced Pride flags hang in front of the REC Room entrance in June 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by the REC Room

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REC Room reports vandalism of Pride flags

Homer police investigation is currently ongoing

The Russian River Sanctuary Area is seen in the area labeled B in this map provided by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.

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Sport fishing at Russian River Sanctuary opens early

Predictions for sockeye run ‘good-sized’, triggers month-early opening

Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital Homer Steps Up winning team, the Sweaty Bettys.

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Homer Steps Up 2023 challenge complete on May 28

Awards and results announced at the Challenge Celebration at Karen Hornaday Park on May 31

Drag queen Athena Nuff walks through the crowd during a performance at Soldotna Creek Park on Saturday, June 3, 2023 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘Nobody Can Drag Us Down’: Soldotna celebrates LGBTQ+ pride

The event featured food trucks, vendors and a lineup of performers that included comedy, drag and music

Soldotna High School senior Josiah Burton testifies in opposition to a proposed cut of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District theater technicians while audience members look on during a board of education meeting on Monday, March 6, 2023, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Awaiting state funding, board of ed works to bring back staff positions

Alaska lawmakers this session passed a budget bill that includes $175 million in one-time funding for Alaska’s K-12…

Emilie Springer/ Homer News George Gustufson and Ayjan Arik, owners of Buttwhackers Fillet Company, stand in front of their business, at the top of Ramp 1 behind the Salty Dawg at the Homer Harbor on Monday. The business is the 2023 tournament headquarters and weigh-in station.

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Homer’s Chamber of Commerce Halibut Festival opens for the month of June

Kick off with the Big ‘But Ball, a month long halibut derby and upcoming Summer Solstice Festival

Emilie Springer/ Homer News Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies day camp staff members Emma Latsch, Marissa Swartley, Ava Daley, Cece Donegan and Jasmine Lurus on Monday.

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Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies begins summer camp series

Day camps in Homer and multi-day camps across Kachemak Bay

The Anchor River Inn, photographed on Saturday, June 3, 2023, is being remodeled in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Anchor River Inn to get fresh start

New owners hope to begin operating later this year

A young Virginia opossum was spotted outside the City of Homer Clerk's Office window on Thursday, June 1, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Renee Krause

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ADF&G: More opossums captured, others still on the loose

The new opossums are most likely the offspring of Grubby, a Virginia possum captured last month

Writer and director Sally Oberstein shares notes with actors after the Saturday evening show at Pier One Theatre on the Homer Spit. Photo by Emilie Springer/ Homer News

Community

‘Cosmic Hostel’: Take 2!

After a year of COVID and other delays, Sally Oberstein’s Cosmic Hostel opens the Pier One Theatre summer…

Homer City Council and representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard recognize Homer as a Coast Guard City at Homer City Hall on May 22, 2023. (Photo provided by Homer city manager)

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Homer designated ‘Coast Guard City’

The designation was given May 22 in a proclamation

VFW Post 10221 member Eric Henley performs the battlefield cross during a Memorial Day service held at the Anchor Point Kallman Cemetery on Monday, May 29, 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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VFW honors the fallen

Post 10221 holds Memorial Day ceremonies in Homer, Anchor Point, Ninilchik

Attendees affix poppies to wreaths during a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, May 29, 2023, at Leif Hanson Memorial Park in Kenai, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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‘We remember’

Servicemembers honored at Memorial Day ceremonies in Kenai