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Pet of the Week: Artemis and Moo Moo

This 1-year-old brother-sister duo are just the sweetest. They’re about a year old and ready for their furever…

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A still photo from digital video, “The Runner,” by Sussanah Webster and Michael Walsh.

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‘All Souls Night’: A pop-up cinema event of performance and moving image art

“All Souls Night” will be an evening extravaganza of experimental and avant-garde film, music, and performance art. Curated…

There’s no shortage of pumpkins and gourds at local stores, just in time for the Halloween season. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Across the Peninsula, and beyond, parents are in all stages of creating, mending, and/or shopping for their kid’s…

Louie Flora (courtesy photo)

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Candidate statement: Louie Flora for House District 6

You can always gauge how near we are to the end of the campaign season by the quantity…

Heath Smith (Photo provided)

Opinion

Candidate statement: Heath Smith for Senate District C

If Alaska is to move forward it is time to move on from those that have perpetuated and…

Gary Stevens (Photo provided)

Opinion

Candidate statement: Gary Lee Stevens for Senate District C

It has been my privilege to represent this Senate district. We have been through a lot what with…

Ginger Bryant (photo provided)

Opinion

Candidate statement: Ginger Bryant for House District 6

I’m overwhelmed seeing everything that Alaska has to offer being swallowed up by resource seekers. Resource seekers are…

Sarah Vance (Photo provided)

Opinion

Candidate statement: Sarah Vance for House District 6

Dear Friends,

Chris Bye, a Libertarian wearing a “Got Liberty” T-shirt under button down shirt, is shown getting ready for a debate for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Bye faces U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, and Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich in the November general election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Peltola faces Palin, Begich, Bye in debate

Peltola beat Palin and Republican Nick Begich in a ranked choice August special election

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Steven Bradley Walter obituary.

Steven Bradley Walter

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U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican seeking reelection, answers a question during a candidate forum, Saturday in Anchorage. She faces Republican Kelly Tshibaka and Democrat Pat Chesbro in the Nov. 8 election.

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Asylum seekers are Indigenous Siberians from Russia

The two landed earlier this month near Gambell, on Alaska’s St. Lawrence Island

The masthead for the Homer Weekly News as sketched by Alathea Clymer of Fritz Creek Studios.

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

Ginger Bryant (photo provided)

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House District 6: Ginger Bryant

This week we are featuring House District 6 candidates’ answers to a group of questions