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    Articles by Michael Armstrong
    Former Homer News Editor-in-chief Michael Armstrong poses for a photograph Oct, 26, 2024, in Wilmington, Vermont. (Photo by Janet Shook/courtesy)
    Aging Gracefully: Retirement: Is that all there is?
    By Michael Armstrong • April 24, 2025 2:30 am

    It might seem counterintuitive, but I’ve come to realize the trick to enjoying retirement turns out to be doing what…

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    Former Homer News Editor-in-chief Michael Armstrong poses for a photograph Oct, 26, 2024, in Wilmington, Vermont. (Photo by Janet Shook/courtesy)
    Aging gracefully
    By Michael Armstrong • March 27, 2025 2:30 am

    Debuting a new column from the Homer News former editor.

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    A photo taken from Skyline Drive at about 11:20 p.m. Saturday, July 15, 2023, shows vehicles evacuating from the Homer Spit after a tsunami warning was issued. The warning did not affect the Homer area, but sirens sounded anyway. The warning was later canceled. Photo by Shannon Cefalu.
    No tsunami warning for Homer
    By Michael Armstrong • July 15, 2023 2:30 am

    Warning is for Kodiak, Kennedy Entrance south to Unimak Pass.

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    Traffic is backed up on the Homer Spit late Friday afternoon on June 20, 2023, in Homer, Alaska, while Homer Police and Homer Volunteer Fire Department staff respond to a tourist injured when she was hit by a car that veered onto the bike trail. (Photo by Christina Whiting/Special to the Homer News).
    Crash that injured tourist also killed her dog
    By Michael Armstrong • July 12, 2023 1:30 am

    Arkansas woman suffered major injuries when driver veered into her on the Homer Spit Trail.

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    People gather for Light Up a Life on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Hospice of Homer’s Light Up a Life honors...
    By Michael Armstrong • December 22, 2022 2:30 am

    The luminarias lined paths at WKFL

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    Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion 
Pete Kineen, a neighbor of the proposed Beachcomber LLC gravel pit, stands on his deck and points to where the pit could be, on May 2, 2019, in Anchor Point, Alaska.
    Judge upholds denial of Anchor Point gravel pit
    By Michael Armstrong • December 14, 2022 2:30 am

    Decision affirms decision of KPB Planning Commission to set standards in gravel pit applications.

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    This map shows the location of a magnitude 4.5 earthquake that hit about 100 miles southeast of Homer, Alaska, near Nuka Island in the Gulf of Alaska. The map also shows the intensity of the quake as reported by observers. (Map by U.S. Geological Survey)
    M. 4.5 quake hits peninsula
    By Michael Armstrong • December 14, 2022 2:30 am

    No damage, injury was reported.

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    Michael Armstrong poses at his desk in February 2015 at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Out of the Office: So long, and thanks...
    By Michael Armstrong • December 14, 2022 2:30 am

    Like many things in life, I didn’t intend to stay at the Homer News for 23 years and six months….

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    Homer News Editor Michael Armstrong, left, and Senior Reporter Emilie Springer, right, pose for a photo on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022, at the paper offices in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Charlie Menke/Homer News)
    Homer News editor Armstrong will retire
    By Michael Armstrong • December 7, 2022 2:30 am

    Longtime Homer News editor and reporter Michael Armstrong will retire from the paper next week. Armstrong’s last paper will be…

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A mural by Brad Hughes was among the improvements made in the past decade at the headquarters of the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies on Smokey Bay Way.
    CACS turns 40: 2012-2022 — Change, growth, and...
    By Michael Armstrong • November 30, 2022 2:30 am

    Editor’s note: The story of the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies continues in the latest of a series of stories….

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    Two roses washed up with the tide on the Homer Spit on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Finding grace on the...
    By Michael Armstrong • November 30, 2022 2:30 am

    Last month while walking the Homer Spit beach I came across two red roses and a scattering of petals that…

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    Some of the Homer Public Library books a citizens group has asked be removed from the children's section lie on a table at the meeting of the Library Advisory Board on Nov. 15, 2022, in the Cowles Council Chambers at Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Testimony on LGQBT+ library books runs four hours
    By Michael Armstrong • November 17, 2022 2:30 am

    Library board will consider issue at its Jan. 17 meeting.

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    People visit at the Loved & Lost Memorial Bench on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at the Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska, for a memorial for Anesha “Duffy” Murnane and the dedication of the bench. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Calderwood is extradited to Alaska
    By Michael Armstrong • November 16, 2022 2:30 am

    Man accused of killing Anesha “Duffy” Murnane now at Wildwood in Kenai.

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    U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola waves a sign during the morning rush hour in Anchorage, Alaska, on Tuesday Nov. 8, 2022. Peltola, who became the first Alaska Native elected to Congress when she won a special election earlier this year, faces Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and Libertarian Chris Bye in the general election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
    Peltola leads Alaska’s US House race in early...
    By Michael Armstrong • November 10, 2022 2:30 am

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Democrat U.S. Rep. Mary Sattler Peltola was leading in first-choice votes after early returns were posted Tuesday…

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    The Homer Public Library as seen on Aug. 18, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (File photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Library Advisory Board to consider petition to move...
    By Michael Armstrong • November 9, 2022 2:30 am

    Update: This story has been updated to include a list of LGQBT+ books the petitioners have asked to be moved…

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    Rep. Sarah Vance, R-Homer, waves a campaign flag on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. Vance was part of a group supporting Republican Party candidates including Heath Smith, running for State Senate District C, Kelly Tshibaka, running for U.S. Senate, and Nick Begich III, running for U.S. Congress. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Stevens, Vance lead in preliminary results.
    By Michael Armstrong • November 9, 2022 2:30 am

    If results hold, incumbents could win on first round of ranked-choice voting.

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