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Thanks to Bunnell Arts Center Paul Banks Elementary would like to thank Bunnell Street Arts Center, Alaska State…

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‘Fraid feral pheasants are harbingers of spring

I have recently rebooted my attempt to meditate and have achieved a personal level of bliss of just…

Birds find nooks and crannies in the rock to perk on Gull Island in Kachemak Bay on Saturday, April 14, 2018 on Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Best Bets

“Are we out of the woods yet?” “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back…

Pet of the Week: Dolly

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Pet of the Week: Dolly

Pet of the Week Dolly is a 2-3-year-old female. This gal is affectionate, playful and an all around…

Michelle Morton, left, and Shawn Zuke, left, play harp and guitar at Bishop’s Beach, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Steinberg)

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Sacred Sound as medicine

Play a familiar childhood song for Alzheimers patients who can’t remember their own daughters’ names, and they’ll light…

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Cook Inlet fisheries management plan proving tricky to work out

The United Cook Inlet Drift Association, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, the National Marine Fisheries Service and…

This office building on Ocean Drive is the site of Uncle Herb’s, a cannabis retail shop owner by Lloyd Stiassny. (Homer News file photo)

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First Homer pot shop could open in May

Uncle Herb’s, Homer’s first retail cannabis shop, could open in May in time for the start of the…

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Arts Briefs

‘Brouhaha’ opens April 20 What if all of Homer’s real City Council members and Mayor Zak all wound…

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Alaska Perfect Peony selected as American Small Business Champion

Homer flower farm Alaska Perfect Peony has been selected as one of two Alaska winners of the American…

It’s all about the view A bald eagle sits on a tree branch while another eagle watches their nest on Monday morning, April 2, near the Lake Street and Homer Bypass intersection. Since 2010, a pair of bald eagles has built four nests in the area near Beluga Slough south of the Lake Street and Sterling Highway intersection. This pair returned to the nest earlier in March. The first nest was destroyed when the tree fell down in a winter storm. In 2012 the eagles built a new nest across from the Homer Post Office by the motorhome dump station. In 2014 they built another nest in a new tree closer to the slough. In 2016 they built another nest, but in 2017 moved to the post office location. This nest is the same one built in 2016. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Best Bets

“Here comes the sun — doo doo doo doo.” Or so we thought. Maybe the rest of Homer…

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Herring sizes down as season progresses

Herring fisheries are moving up the coast to Kodiak, Cook Inlet and the Bering Sea, after the Sitka…

Assistant Professor of English Lia Calhoun poses in her office in Bayview Hall on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Delcenia Cosman)

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KBC English professor earns PhD

After years of dedication and hard work, Lia Calhoun, assistant professor of English and communications at Kachemak Bay…

Photo by Lisa Linegar Willem Hakala swims across the pool during an invitational held by the Kachemak Swim Club on Friday and Saturday, April 6-7 at the Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center in Homer.

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Kachemak Swim Club dominates at Homer invite

The Kachemak Kings helped Mother Nature this weekend by heating up the waters at Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center…