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    Cops and courts
    Cops and courts
    By Megan Pacer • July 18, 2018 5:58 pm

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

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    Bird is the word Palmer artist Francois Girard stands by art from his show, “Alaska Wings,” at the First Friday opening on July 6 at the Art Shop Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Girard creates sculptures he calls “Bird Blocks” made from prints adhered to wood and varnished. He also displays some of his original paintings. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Best Bets
    By Megan Pacer • July 18, 2018 5:28 pm

    After a late spring and subsequently late summer, the Betster is finally starting to see some happy results, some telltale…

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    An aerial photo taken in 2014 shows the current South Peninsula Hospital campus. (Homer News file photo)
    Propostitions to move hospital service area boundaries head...
    By Megan Pacer • July 18, 2018 4:05 pm

    Two proposals that would alter the boundaries of the South Kenai Peninsula Hospital Service Area have made it onto the…

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    Kachemak Bay State Park trails report
    Kachemak Bay State Park trails report
    By Megan Pacer • July 18, 2018 3:05 pm

    Overall conditions:

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    Alice Soolaimon Wood
    Alice Soolaimon Wood
    By Megan Pacer • July 18, 2018 2:57 pm

    Alice Soolaimon Wood was born at 8:03 p.m. Saturday, July 14, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Mandy and Nicholas…

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    Yarrow Hinnant, the Pratt Museum’s new gardener, works in the botanical garden outside the building Thursday, July 12, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    The Pratt’s new gardener wants you to rediscover...
    By Megan Pacer • July 18, 2018 2:07 pm

    Yarrow Hinnant has long known the many health and subsistence benefits native plants can provide. As the Pratt Museum’s new…

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    Chariots of Fur 5K enters third year, benefits Homer Animal Friends
    Chariots of Fur 5K enters third year, benefits...
    By Megan Pacer • July 18, 2018 2:01 pm

    Dogs, and their humans, of all shapes and sizes took to the sand last Saturday for the third annual Chariots…

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    Pet of the Week: Prince
    Pet of the Week: Prince
    By Megan Pacer • July 11, 2018 9:51 pm

    Prince is a 7-year-old male.

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    Kachemak Bay State Park Trails Report
    Kachemak Bay State Park Trails Report
    By Megan Pacer • July 11, 2018 7:54 pm

    General announcements

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    From left to right: Leah Evans Cloud, Jonah Cloud, Jeff Dean, Brad Thornburgh and Ranja Dean chat outside the Deans’ home down East End Road before a tour on Friday, July 6, 2018 near Homer, Alaska. The Deans open their farm and art studios to interested visitors. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Local artists open home, farm to tourists
    By Megan Pacer • July 11, 2018 7:53 pm

    Down the road a piece, nestled in the woods just off East End Road, is a homemaker’s paradise — Jeff and Ranja Dean’s home, farm and art studio.

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    Town Crier
    Town Crier
    By Megan Pacer • July 11, 2018 7:43 pm

    The Chariots of Fur 5K and Family Fun Run will be held from 10-11 a.m. Saturday, July 14 in Mariner…

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    A novice competitor prepares to throw a braemar stone during the Kachemak Bay Scottish Highland Games on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Annual highland games a show of strength and...
    By Megan Pacer • July 11, 2018 7:32 pm

    Locals and sassenachs alike descended upon Homer last weekend for the Eighth Annual Kachemak Bay Scottish HighlandGames, and the kilted competitors did not disappoint.

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