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    Articles by Michael Armstrong
    Michael Armstrong, left, wears a flight suit while doing a helicopter tour of agricultural sites in Kachemak Bay in 2008. At right is cattle rancher Chris Rainwater. (Photo provided, U.S. Department of Agrculture)
    Out of the Office: Planes, trains, automobiles and...
    By Michael Armstrong • May 25, 2022 2:30 am

    Every new Alaskan has a bucket list of things they want to check while living here (hopefully, a long time)….

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    The 10 participants in season 9 of "Alone," premiering on May 26, 2022, on the History Channel. Terry Burns of Homer is the third from left, back. Another Alaskan in the series, Jacques Tourcotte of Juneau, is the fourth from left, back. (Photo by Brendan George Ko/History Channel)
    Homer man goes it ‘Alone’
    By Michael Armstrong • May 25, 2022 2:30 am

    Burns brings lifetime of wilderness experience to survival series.

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    A graudating senior decorated her hat for graduation on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at Homer High School. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Class of 2022 graduates
    By Michael Armstrong • May 25, 2022 2:30 am

    Seniors graduate in ceremonies from Nanwalek to Ninilchik.

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    Hank Singletary
    Hank Singletary
    By Michael Armstrong • May 25, 2022 2:30 am

    Hank Singletary was born at 5:17 p.m. May 21, 2022, at South Peninsula Hospital to Anna and William Singletary of…

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska.
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Homer man dies of COVID-19
    By Michael Armstrong • May 25, 2022 2:30 am

    Homer man in his 50s did not die recently; 17 other Alaskans reported dead.

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    A black bear gets into a bird feeder in Apri 2005 at Long Lake, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Fish and Game)
    Watch out for bears, moose
    By Michael Armstrong • May 18, 2022 2:30 am

    Take precautions to keep attractants away from bears and give moose and calves space.

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    This illustration from the May 9, 2022, Homer City Manager's Report shows a draft map from a proposed tsunami brochure being developed by the City of Homer to educate visitors and residents about tsunami hazards in Homer, Alaska. The yellow line suggests the borders of the area people should leave in the event of tsunami evacuation order, but some places within that area are not in an inundation zone, such as the Homer Police Station. (Photo courtesy of City of Homer)
    City to revise tsunami brochure
    By Michael Armstrong • May 18, 2022 2:30 am

    After council criticism, city will revise tsunami brochure to exclude police station from evacuation zone.

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska.
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Case rates doubles for southern peninsula
    By Michael Armstrong • May 18, 2022 2:30 am

    Fifteen Alaskans reported dead of COVID-19.

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    A 2019 photo of Anesha “Duffy” Murnane, missing since Oct. 17, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided, Homer Police Department)
    Police arrest man in murder, kidnapping of Anesha...
    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    Ogden, Utah, man knew Murnane when he lived in Homer in 2019.

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    Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska.
A sign at the corner of Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street points the way to the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street on Feb. 17, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Case rates steady on southern peninsula
    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    One Alaskan reported dead of COVID-19.

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    Members of Breezy Berryman's dance troupe make an appearance for the Homer Brewing Company's bird calling contest during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival on Saturday, May 7, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The troupe performed "The Ballet of the Birds" earlier that day and later that evening at the Land's End Quarterdeck. From left to right are Christina Platter, Ireland Styvar, Reilly-Sue Baker and Natalia  Sherwood. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Arts briefs
    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    Bed of Roses performs Friday

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    Firefighters and medics lines the steps to Homer High School before a memorial for Gary Thomas on Sunday, Jan.19, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. Thomas, a community advocate and volunteer firefighter for more than 40 years, was found dead this month after a water heater explosion at a home out East End Road. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Thomas family reaches settlement in wrongful death suit
    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    Funds from settlement will go to area nonprofits in Thomas’s name.

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    Birdwatchers scan Mud Bay for birds on Friday, May 6, 2022, during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Shorebirds — and birders — return
    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2022 2:30 am

    Twenty-seven shorebird species seen at 30th Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival

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