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Point of View: UAA faculty provide a place of belonging for students

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Cynthia Pratt Cox

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Cynthia Pratt Cox

Cynthia Pratt Cox

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

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Loa Palmyra Dyer

Loa Palmyra Dyer was born March 30, 2022, at South Peninsula Hospital to Thorey Krebs Munro and Jordan…

Birders check out shorebirds on the outgoing tide on Saturday, May 8, 2021, at Mud Bay on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Put on your boots and grab your binoculars — It’s Shorebird Festival

Correction: The date has been corrected for Ballet of the Birds, a dance performance by choreographer Breezy Berryman…

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Town Crier

The 30th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival runs through May 8. Attendees can look forward to boat tours,…

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Maura, Sodapop and Two Bit.

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Pets of the Week: Maura, Sodapop and Two Bit

Last spring, an Alaskan working in Tajikistan noticed a mama cat frequenting his yard, and sure enough, she…

Michael O'Meara's cartoon for April 28, 2022.

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Point of View: What would Abe say?

How dare they? How dare today’s blasphemous Republican Party claim ascendancy as the “Party of Lincoln,” our 16th…

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Charlie Pierce poses in his home on Thursday, March 11, 2022, in Sterling, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Point of View: Poorly managed fishery bycatch is an Alaska tragedy

During my visits with communities throughout Alaska, a number of concerns are discussed. One major concern, is the…

Members of the Homer Mariner baseball team wash cars for a fundraiser on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Wells Fargo in Homer, Alaska. The Mariners play Friday vs. Redington High School in Wasila and Saturday vs. Barlett and Service in Anchorage. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

It takes nerves of steel to attempt the near-impossible during break-up: get your car washed (see above). Nonetheless,…