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Snow covers surplus newspaper boxes at the Homer News earlier this mont, a reminder of how much snow fell in Homer before a post-Christmas warm spell melted the snow and turned streets icy. The weather forecast calls for snow and then cold, clear weather for the new year. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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It’s been a rough two years, Betster persons. Last year turned into isolation and despair as a worldwide…

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A homeon Skyline Drive is one of the displays the Homer Chamber of Commerce noticed on a driver around town. (Photo courtesy Homer Chamber of Commerce)

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‘Let it Glow’ holiday lights contest ends next week

Winners will be announced at New Year’s Eve fireworks.

From left to right, Reid Rauch, Ellis Lorentz, Sawyer Johnson, Wylder Johnson, Selma Johnson, Renn Lorentz and Che Lorentz celebrate at the Ski Your Age event held Dec. 26, 2020 at the Lookout Mountain Trails near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Lila Johnson)

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Ski Your Age is Sunday

Event is fundraiser for HHS Mariner ski team.

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Lilli Ellington is the Homer Flex October Phoenix Award recipient. (Photo by Beth Schneider)

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Ellington named October Phoenix Award recipient

The October recipient of the Homer Flex High School Phoenix Award is Lilli Ellington.

At mid-day on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, as seen at Bishop’s Beach the sun is as low to the horizon as it will be all year in Homer, Alaska. After the Winter Solstice, the sun will rise higher and higher at solar noon each day, with daylight hours also increasing. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Whew. Christmas is coming and New Year’s Day is on its way, all the more reason to get…

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Pets of the Week: Rambo and Precious

Rambo, age 7.5 years, and Precious, age 8.5 years, are quite the pair. They have lived together for…

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Odin Rathnam and Mannfried Funk performed a variety of arrangements that made many members of the audience smile, cry and even laugh during the Pratt Museum & Park’s Glacier Salon benefit on Friday, Dec. 10. Rathnam and Funk performed in the Ron Senungetuk: A Retrospective exhibit. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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This month has been chock full of palindrome dates. If you write the date numerically and in American…