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People line up at food trucks and trailers on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at the Kevin Bell Ice Arena parking lot on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. Part of the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center's Food Fest last week, the two-day food truck event drew a steady crowd. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer’s Best Bets

The Solstice might be over, but we still have 18 hours and 42 minutes of daylight, which ought…

Eileen Sorensen taunts her dog, Hana, with fresh caught and cooked blue claw crabs in New Jersey. (Photo courtesy Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled Up in Blue: Good Grief

They say that grief washes over you in waves, but I just jumped in.

Range (shown in red) of the northern flying squirrel in Alaska. (Source: Alaska Fish and Game)

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Refuge Notebook: Myth or mystery — flying squirrels on the Kenai

The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) is somewhat of an enigma to the Kenai Peninsula. While it has…

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

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Got bears? Here are programs that can help

In Alaska, hungry bears are waking up from their long winter hibernation and are starting to emerge from…

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Refuge Notebook: Myth or mystery — flying squirrels on the Kenai

The northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) is somewhat of an enigma to the Kenai Peninsula. While it has…

Kay Lenore (Hill-Plourd) Sebade

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Kay Lenore (Hill-Plourd) Sebade

Kay Lenore (Hill-Plourd) Sebade

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Hugh Cecil Wythe

Hugh Cecil Wythe was born at 2:31 p.m. June 12, 2021, at South Peninsula Hospital to Ruby and…

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Silas James McClellan

Silas James McClellan was born at 8: 19 a.m. June 3, 2021, at South Peninsula Hospital to Rheanna…

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Weston Robert Days

Weston Robert Days was born at 7:37 p.m. June 11, 2021, at South Peninsula Hospital to Sara and…

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Opinion

POV: Well by Doing Good: Philanthropy as a Business Model

Growing up in Anchor Point as a precocious and involved youngster, I was often the recipient of local…

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Town Crier

Anchor Point Group of Alcoholics Anonymous continues to meet in person at the Anchor Point Chamber of Commerce…

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Navy, Tiffany and Sapphire.

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Pets of the week: Navy and Tiffany

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