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On Saturday, February 17^th from 10:30 to noon, Homer area preschool providers will be in one place- at the library!

Find out more about local preschool options and the questions you might want to ask when choosing the right program for your child.  Early literacy resources will also be available.  This event is family friendly.

Sponsored by the Homer Public Library, the Friends of the Homer Library and the Homer Early Childhood Coalition.

Alaska’s ports and harbors are the economic lifelines for the 49^th State.  Ports accept 90% of all goods entering Alaska; they support Alaska’s vibrant commercial fishing and resource extraction industries and they attract and accommodate recreation and tourism. 

Last Friday, January 26th, the City of Homer bid farewell to long-time Fire Chief Bob Painter.  Bob began his career with the Volunteer Fire Department in 1991 as the Assistant Fire Chief.  His retirement marks twenty-six years of public service dedicated to the health and wellbeing of Homer area citizens and emergency responders.

When winter deepens and the ‘winter blues’ start to set in, finding a way to cope can be difficult.

Celebrate the 16^th year of Mountainfilm on tour in Homer!

Mountainfilm pulls together two evenings of current and best-loved films from the Telluride Mountain Film Festival, all aimed at inspiring audiences to create a better world.  They promise heart-stopping adventure, heart-warming people, bighearted acts and lighthearted humor.

Don't miss out!  Two shows on two different nights, each featuring different films:

WHEN:       Friday, January 26^th at 7:00 pm &

The holidays present an increased risk of home fires--often involving cooking, Christmas trees, candles and decorations. Most of these home fires, though, can be prevented during the holidays and beyond. 

Here are a few basic tips to make sure your holidays are happy and bright -- and not in the flashing-siren kind of way.

Click on the attachment below to check out schedule changes during Winter Break.  New Community Recreation activities/programs will be starting in January 2018!

City offices will be closed New Year's Eve, Friday, December 31^st.

Offices will be open again Monday, January 2nd during regular business hours.  

Our best wishes to everyone for a healthy, prosperous new year!

The Alaska Tsunami modeling group just finished a tsunami hazard assessment for the community of Homer where they mapped the probable extent of inundation generated by earthquakes as large as the 2011 Tohuku earthquake in Japan as well as inundation caused by local submarine landslides in Kachemak Bay.

Alaska is the largest tsunami “producer” in the United States.  These tsunamis have the potential to reach Alaska coastal communities within minutes of the earthquake.  Saving lives and property depends on how well a community is prepared.

BIG NEWS! 
The Homer Public Library has recently been awarded one of 25 grants as part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) Libraries Ready to Code initiative sponsored by Google.  This grant will fund programs and opportunities at the library over the next year that support computational thinking and computer science for youth, from preschool to high school, and their families.