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Families enjoyed exploring the sensory spider bin.

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Refuge Notebook: Nature is for everyone

A few weeks ago, I found myself in a dark room with around 500 spiders. This might sound…

Mike O'Meara

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor,

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Opinion

Opinion: Strengthening Alaska’s public safety: Recent growth in the VPSO program

The number of VPSOs working in our remote communities has grown to 79

Opinion

Point of View: Some answers

In the Nov. 14 edition of the Homer News, in a letter to the editor titled “A Request…

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Community

Pets of the Week: Twink and Dink

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, these two need a home to call their own.…

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Community

Best Bets

Happy Thanksgiving from the Homer News! The Betster hopes everyone gets a break this holiday season, and time…

Mike O'Meara.

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

We’re all in it together

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Community

Pets of the Week: Twink and Dink

Nov. 17 was National Black Cat Day. This black cat duo would love to be celebrated and adopted.…

The Alaska Psychiatric Institute in Anchorage. (Alaska Department of Family and Community Services photo)

Opinion

Point of View: Small wins make big impacts at Alaska Psychiatric Institute

The Alaska Psychiatric Institute (API), an 80-bed psychiatric hospital located in Anchorage, is operated by the Department of…

Rachel Lord. (Photo courtesy Rachel Lord)

Opinion

Point of View: We stand with the Kachemak Bay Family Planning Clinic

Our thoughts and hopes are with KBFPC staff, volunteers and clients

Rosa Parks, whose civil rights legacy has recent been subject to revision in class curriculums. (Public domain photo from the National Archives and Records Administration Records)

Opinion

Point of View: Proud to be ‘woke’

Wokeness: the quality of being alert to and concerned about social injustice and discrimination: “will this new era…

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Community

Filling a niche

Yup’ik and Alutiiq artist blends traditional techniques with contemporary methods

Carla Milburn

Obituaries

Carla J. Milburn

June 24, 1955 – November 2, 2024