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Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife RefugeAndrew Berg outside his ҈omesteadӠcabin, which stood originally on Tustumena Lake and now stands at the headquarters of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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Refuge Notebook: If these walls could talk

Big game guide Berg led remarkable life

“It’s Your Life: Take a Day to Be Well” is the logo of the Rotary Health Fair

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Blood drive, Guardian open house featured this weekend

Rotary Health Fair live events includ blood drive, Guardian Flight open house

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory is moored on Oct. 10, 2020, at the Pioneer Dock in Homer, Alaska. Fresh snow or termination dust covers the peaks of the Kenai Mountains across Kachemak Bay, a sign of the coming winter. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

The Betster shares your denial. The Betster wants to believe in the warmth of mid-day in October and…

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Jesse David Kepler

Jesse David Kepler was born at 8:05 a.m. on Oct. 8, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital to Christina…

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Isla Teal Trieweiler

Isla Teal Trieweiler was born at 6:26 a.m. on Oct. 4, 2020 at home with the help of…

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Mabel Evangeline Weisser

Mabel Evangeline Weisser was born at 10:15 a.m. on Oct. 1, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital to Jessica…

Joe Leman

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Joe Leman

Joe Leman

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.

Kathleen M. Jones

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Kathleen M. Jones

Kathleen M. Jones

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Town Crier

The next Kachemak Emergency Service Area Board meeting is at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, Oct. 8, via Zoom.…

Baxter (left) and Ashford (right). (Photo courtesy Homer Animal Shelter)

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Pets of the week: Baxter and Ashford

Baxter (black) is an 11.5-year-old cat and Ashford (gray and white) is a 7-year-old cat. They are both…

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Oct. 8, 2020.

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Hal Shepherd in an undated photo taken near Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Hal Shepherd.)

Opinion

Point of View: Is sacrificing ANWR worth it?

There are alternatives to sacrificing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain