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Dr. Kelly Cline will present “Mystery of the Martian Plumes,” a free public science lecture, at 7 p.m.…

Jill Brown (foreground) dipnets alongside Chelsee Largo (background) on Kenai’s north beach on Sunday, July 19. Dipnetting on the Kenai River is open through July 31. People heading to the Kenai River should expect a crowd as sockeye numbers have been increasing over the last few days.-Photo by Ben Boettger, Morris News Service - Alaska

Outdoors & Recreation

Silvers pickier than pinks (and taste better, too)

Let’s face it. Putting the hammer on silvers while they are cruising beneath our inlet waters or doing…

Conrad Winslow

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Composer with Homer roots taking part in international event

Conrad Winslow, who grew up in Homer, was selected as one of only eight resident composers at the…

Arts in Brief

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Arts in Brief

Artists needed to decorate buoys for Homer’s first halibut festival The Alaska Marine Conservation Council is inviting artists…

Chicago-based and Grammy Award winning ensemble “eighth blackbird” will be the featured guest artists at this year’s Wild Shore Festival for New Music Aug. 5-11.-Photo provided

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Wild Shore fest designed to inspire, create new music

What do you hear when the tide rushes in or deviously trickles out? A soothing change of pace?…

Medicaid expansion: It’s time

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Medicaid expansion: It’s time

Last week, I sent a letter to the Legislative Budget & Audit (LB&A) Committee, giving members the required…

Medicaid expansion: It’s time

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Medicaid expansion: It’s time

Last week, I sent a letter to the Legislative Budget & Audit (LB&A) Committee, giving members the required…

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Gate to close Bishop’s Beach at night would polarize users

We have lived adjacent to Bishop’s Beach for 20 years, and cherish the beach every day.  Occasionally the…

Bay Welding’s Brad Howe caps 3 1/2-inch holes used to fill the circle hook sculpture with concrete to keep it from shuddering in a stiff breeze.-Photo by Miranda Weiss

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City ends hook’s shudders

You can’t venture onto the Homer Spit without noticing something new and interesting — totes of beautiful red…

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Gardening: Peaceful, never dull

Jade the Dog hunts red-backed voles in the perennial beds. Mayhem. Destruction. Fewer red-backed voles.      What…

Joan Splinter’s and Don Felton’s garden creates an oasis of calm and color. It was one of the gardens featured in the 2014 garden tour. Five gardens are on this year’s tour; all are designed to inspire — just like this one.-Photo by Brenda AdamsBrenda Adams

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Homer Gardeners unveil their masterpieces

The mere mention of Impressionist painter Claude Monet brings forth, in many minds, stunningly beautiful pieces of art…

Morgan Kelly, 18, of Homer, jumps with a Morgan horse named Island Rumba. To her right is Briggs and to her left is Shirley Cox from Happy Valley on her horse Boomer. Behind Cox is Leslie Whip of Homer, riding Rio.-Photo by Aaron Carpenter

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Pony Club

Eighteen riders and horses practice their jumps at Mariner Beach Friday. It was the wrap-up to a five-day…

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DOT plans to revamp downtown Homer

Driving in downtown Homer traffic can be a hassle. Is it better to drive all the way around…