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Cats Sophie Morin, left, and Llena Bice, right, perform in the Homer Nutcracker Ballet the weekend of Dec. 2-3, 2017 at Mariner Theater in Homer, Alaska. The play continues this weekend at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9. Tickets are on sale at the Homer Bookstore and River City Books in Soldotna or at the door. (Photo by Andrea Van Dinther)

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Nutcracker dazzles in opening weekend

Mice patrol Cats Sophie Morin, left, and Llena Bice, right, perform in the Homer Nutcracker Ballet last weekend…

A line of about 25 people wait to buy tickets for the Homer premiers of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” about noon Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, at the Homer Theatre in Homer, Alaska. Tickets went on sale for a gala opening night on Dec. 14 as well as shows that weekend. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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The Force is strong with them

A line of about 25 people waited to buy tickets for the Homer premiere of “Star Wars: The…

Julie Woodworth, president of the South Peninsula Hospital Board of Directors, praises SPH CEO Bob Letson at a going-away party last Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017 at AJ’s OldTown Steakhouse in Homer, Alaska. Woodworth listed his accomplishments over the past 10 years of his service, including expanding health services, steering new construction, adding new physicians and health providers, and tripling hospital revenues. “Bob has been committed to SPH and community. He wore the hat of CEO seven days a week and was on call all the time,” she said. “…He has created a thriving rural, community hospital. Thank you, Bob. You’ve created a legacy.” (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Job well done

Job well done Julie Woodworth, president of the South Peninsula Hospital Board of Directors, praises SPH CEO Bob…

Hannah Heimbuch as Aunt Drosselmeyer, far right, rehearses a scene with Serena Funkhauser, left, Ava Halstead, center, and Lance Seneff, right, as the harlequin toys at the Mariner Theatre Friday, Nov. 24, 2017 in Homer, Alaska for the Nutcracker Ballet. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Nutcracker once again dazzles in Homer-grown production

When you get to the end of the road, sometimes stuff gets jumbled around. That might explain why…

Posing behind the articulated skeleton of Woody, a sea lion from the Alaska SeaLife Center, on Wednesday, Nov. 22, are from left to right, Kachemak Bay Campus Biology Professor Debbie Boege-Tobin, Marine Skeletal Articulation Instructor Lee Post, Nicole Webster, Kyle Cullum, and Zobeida Rutkin in Pioneer Hall on Kachemak Bay Campus in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Sea lion’s legacy continues in KBC class

Woody, a popular Steller sea lion at the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward that died in November 2015…

December First Friday features new work by Cline, others

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December First Friday features new work by Cline, others

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. Holiday Fun with Barbara, by Barbara Lavallee 5-7:30 p.m., First Friday…

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Voznesenka man convicted in fed court of felon possessing firearms

A federal jury in Anchorage last Wednesday, Nov. 15, found guilty a Voznesenka man for being a felon…

Pinky Sarber skates on Beluga Lake last Friday afternoon, Nov. 17, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. With clear and cold weather, the lake has frozen enough to support ice skating. A slight dusting of snow last Thursday didn’t affect skating. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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Skate away

Clear weather and sub-freezing cold the past few weeks froze Beluga Lake and other Homer area ponds thick…

Tom Irons, left, and Jean Aspen, right, film in the summer of 2017 as part of their ongoing chronicle of life at their cabin, Kernwood, on the Chandalar River in the Brooks Range. (Photo provided by Jean Aspen and Tom Irons)

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Homer filmmakers show new film at AIFF

For most of her adult life, writer and filmmaker Jean Aspen has been recording her experiences in remote…

Vladimir Martushev, one of the first five families to settle Nikolaevsk, has died

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Vladimir Martushev, one of the first five families to settle Nikolaevsk, has died

In 1968, the first five families arrived at the site of what would become Nikolaevsk, Alaska’s first Russian…

Amy Kruse’s art. (Photo provided)

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First Friday

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. Homer Guest Artist Nancy Wise, fused glass artist 5-7:30 p.m., First…

Jonathan White, author of “Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean” (Photo provided)

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Author looks at science and poetry of ‘Tides’

Anyone who doubts the power of the tides should never take an old beach truck out on the…

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Thanks to farmers, fishermen and hunters for Food Pantry donations We have had a bountiful season of fresh-grown…