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    Articles by Michael Armstrong
    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    One of photographer Blaine Wright's images from his show opening Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at Ptarmigan Arts in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided)
    Artists new and returning to Homer show for...
    By Michael Armstrong • August 3, 2022 5:30 am

    August First Friday shows feature an artist new to the Homer art scene among a solid collection of well-known southern…

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    Icebergs have been pushed close to shore at Grewingk Glacier Lake on Monday, July 25, 2022, in Kachemak Bay State Park near Halibut Cove, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Glorious Grewingk
    By Michael Armstrong • August 3, 2022 2:30 am

    It’s a little walk to Grewingk Glacier, but worth it.

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    Mt. Redoubt rises above Cook Inlet and the Anchor River drainage as fireweed is in bloom, as seen from Diamond Ridge Road on Friday, July 22, 2022, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: Take the long way...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 28, 2022 2:30 am

    “Slow Down. What’s the hurry?” reads an inscription on the Reuben Call bench at the end of the Homestead Trail…

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    Callie Steinberg, the new multimedia sales consultant for the Homer News, poses for a photo on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Homer News hires news multimedia sales consultant
    By Michael Armstrong • July 20, 2022 2:30 am

    The Homer News has hired a new multimedia sales consultant, Callie Steinberg. New to Alaska since last November after moving…

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    A new sign on July 2, 2022, on Pioneer Avenue and Bartlett Street indicates the new times and days for the South Peninsula Hospital COVID-19 testing and vaccine clinic on Bartlett Street. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Homer woman dies of COVID-19
    By Michael Armstrong • July 13, 2022 2:30 am

    Woman 80 or older was part of 25 new deaths reported.

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    • Soldotna requests changes to planning commission ordinance
    • It’s Kenai girls vs. SoHi; SoHi boys vs. Juneau for Division II state soccer titles
    • Mouth to Mouth Wild Run and Ride celebrates 10 years
    • NLC softball: Kodiak clinches spot in final, awaits Homer-Kenai winner
    • Southcentral Conference baseball: Kodiak, Palmer advance to championship

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