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Ronald J. Wilson

Ronald J. Wilson June 12, 1923 – Feb. 17, 2018 Soldotna resident Ronald J. Wilson, known by friends…

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Ava Grace Carlson

Ava Grace Carlson was born at 5:21 p.m. Thursday, March 8, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Kasi…

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Sayo Iwashita Olson

Sayo Iwashita Olson was born on Friday, March 9, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Shizue and Daniel…

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Wesley Townsend Head

Wesley Townsend Head was born at 9:55 a.m. Saturday, March 10, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Angela…

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Nova Ulmer Mede

Nova Ulmer Mede was born at 7:15 a.m. Sunday, March 11, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Monica…

Announcements

Town Crier

The Kachemak Bay Birders’ next trip is to Seaside Farms, Mile 5 East End Road on Sunday, March…

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School briefs

Scholarships: The Kenai Borough Employees Association (KBEA) Scholarship Committee is currently accepting applications for four scholarships of $500…

Four kinds of nascent tomato seedlings are thriving under lights. Just think of the smell of tomatoes in the greenhouse on a summer day. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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March is here – get on with it

If you tell yourself enough times that our environment needs the snow — that the skiing is excellent,…

Students at the Homer Folk School take a nature journaling class. (Photo provided)

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Crafting a handmade life at Homer Folk School

Weaving and fermentation are called folk skills these days, as though from a bygone era. As though, in…

Opinion

ADF&G release Bristol Bay processing survey

ADF&G has released the 2018 Bristol Bay sockeye salmon processing capacity survey summary, and to the surprise of…

On the first day of Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, March 11, 2018 seagulls fly over the Homer Spit, Alaska. Fresh snow covered the beach to the high tide line. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Best Bets

If you’re reading this online from your Maui vacation cottage, Betsteroids, congratulate yourself on escaping for spring break…

Pet of the Week: Sarah

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Pet of the Week: Sarah

Pet of the Week Sarah is an 8-year-old female cat. A strong, independent feline who knows what she…

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Juniper Eve Fonkert

Editor’s note: This birth announcement has been updated to correct spellings of several names. Juniper Eve Fonkert was…