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Odin Rathnam and Mannfried Funk performed a variety of arrangements that made many members of the audience smile, cry and even laugh during the Pratt Museum & Park’s Glacier Salon benefit on Friday, Dec. 10. Rathnam and Funk performed in the Ron Senungetuk: A Retrospective exhibit. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Homer’s Best Bets

This month has been chock full of palindrome dates. If you write the date numerically and in American…

Basil, Parmesan, pine nuts and olive oil come together to make a fragrant pesto. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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On the strawberry patch: Pesto and presents

The fragrance of basil conjures Christmas memories

Rich chocolate pudding can use up excess milk products. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Pudding to the rescue

Chocolate dessert saves a feast gone awry.

Ash Naderhoff, center, pointing, shows the rest of the team the spot where he witnessed the mysterious figure that morning and documented its scat in the woods. (Courtesy Photo by Daniel Lennon/Discovery+)

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New reality-TV show explores Nantinaq stories

Series follows 40-day expedition to Port Chatham in search of mysterious Bigfoot-like creature.

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

Fireweed Academy kindergarteners drum along with Sankofa Dance Theatre during their residency on Thursday, Dec. 9. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Sankofa Dance Theater teaches Fireweeders traditional African culture

Sankofa Dance Theatre Alaska spent last week with kindergarten, first and second graders at Fireweed Academy for an…

Fritz (Photo courtesy of Alaska Mindful Paws)

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Pet of the Week: Fritz

Fritz is such a good boy. He’s young, curious and more than ready for his furever home. He’s…

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‘A Christmas Parade’ is local author’s first book

Just in time for Christmas, a new Homer writer and artist has published her first book. Bumblebee Books,…

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

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Unhinged Alaska: Enough is enough

Ole Mother Nature must have misplaced her backup box of vintage dregs from a Cold Duck wine vat.