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    Articles by Michael Armstrong
    Fog rolls n on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022 at the Halibut Campground in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Rain happens
    By Michael Armstrong • September 14, 2022 2:30 am

    As I write this on Sept. 8, since July 1 Homer has had eight days of clear weather, 30 days…

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    People with Walk for Life march up Bartlett Street to the Water's Edge crisis pregnancy clinic on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. About 140 people walked from the Assembly of God Church and Glacier View Baptist Church on East End Road along Pioneer Avenue and up Bartlett Street to show their support for pro-life efforts and opposition to abortion. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    ‘Walk For Life’ draws 140 marchers
    By Michael Armstrong • September 7, 2022 2:30 am

    Update: This article has been changed to include the full name of the Water’s Edge Pregnancy Care and Family Resource…

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    Soniyae Stephens Reid rehearses for "Dance Moves," one of the Alaska World Arts Festival events for the festival starting Friday. (Photo provided)
    Alaska World Arts Festival back for 4th year
    By Michael Armstrong • September 7, 2022 2:30 am

    After four years and a pandemic, the Alaska Worlds Arts Festival might have found its groove.

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    One of the works of art from a scholarship fundraising exhibit at Ptarmigan Arts. (Photo provided)
    Summer isn’t quite over with September First Friday...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 31, 2022 5:30 am

    Although school is back in session, the fireweed has gone to fluff and the Labor Day weekend heralds the traditional…

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    Fog rolls in over the sign for the Storyknife Writers Retreat at an open house on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Finally: Storyknife holds open house
    By Michael Armstrong • August 31, 2022 2:30 am

    Monday afternoon while a torrential rain poured down on Homer, in the bluffs above town a light fog faded away…

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    Recover, the 18th annual Burning Basket, starts to burn on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Burning Basket construction starts on Labor Day
    By Michael Armstrong • August 24, 2022 2:30 am

    The 19th annual Homer Burning Basket 2022 will be held Sept. 11 at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit. This…

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    Homer artist Oceana Wills illustrated the cover of Scott Burbank's "Interior Waypoints: Sailing to Colombia."
    ‘Interior Waypoints’ came out of six years of...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 24, 2022 2:30 am

    Decades from now literary scholars may ponder an interesting cultural blip: Why did so many memoirs get written in the…

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    Dr. Joe Llenos, right, poses for a photo in July in Homer, Alaska, with his wife Cindy, left, who also works in health care as a nurse. A board certified family medician physician, Dr. Llenos has joined the Homer Medical Clinic team. (Photo provided/South Peninsula Hospital)
    Doctors Martinez, Roberts join SPH hospitalist team
    By Michael Armstrong • August 24, 2022 2:30 am

    Change means SPH will have full-time hospitalist team.

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    City of Homer staff hold a meeting in the Cowles Council Chambers at Homer City Hall in this undated photo. The chambers are being remodeled to allow COVID-safe public meetings. (Photo courtesy of City of Homer)
    Mayor faces no opposition in re-election
    By Michael Armstrong • August 17, 2022 2:30 am

    Mayor Castner will run for third term

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    A line of voters runs out the door of the Diamond Ridge Voting Precinct at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Chamber Executive Director Brad Anderson said he had never seen the amount of people coming through the polling place. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Stevens, Vance lead in unofficial primary results
    By Michael Armstrong • August 17, 2022 1:01 am

    With three candidates in the Senate and House races, all in the primary advance to the general election.

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    A roll of I voted stickers await voters on Saturday at the Alaska Division of Elections office in Juneau. A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to block campaign finance provisions of a ballot measure approved by Alaska voters in 2020. (Ben Hohenstatt / Juneau Empire File)
    Stevens, Vance lead in unofficial primary results
    By Michael Armstrong • August 16, 2022 1:01 am

    With three candidates in the Senate and House races, all in the primary advance to the general election.

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    A banner at Homer City Hall identifies the building as a voting precinct. Early voting runs at city hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Friday and Monday in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Vote Tuesday in primary, special elections
    By Michael Armstrong • August 10, 2022 2:30 am

    Races on Southern Kenai Peninsula including three running for State Representative, State Senator.

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    Kate Lochridge stands by one of her paintings for a pop-up show of her work on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at the Homer Council on the Arts in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by MIchael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Pop-up exhibit shows culmination of art-science residency
    By Michael Armstrong • August 10, 2022 2:30 am

    First Friday art goers last week who stumbled upon a show in the basement of the Homer Council on the…

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