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The key to this alphabet soup is knife work, and you get extra credit for homemade chicken bone broth. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Reading at the table

We had a great time at dinner picking letters out of our alphabet soup and thinking of words…

Betty, 6-year-old female. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

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Pet of the Week: Betty

She might have a grumpy face, but it doesn’t represent her personality.

Gooseberries ripen on a thorny bush on Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025, at Jackson Gardens near Soldotna, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Best Bets

It’s homecoming week, and you know what that means — a great big bonfire, lots of school spirit…

Artist Rosemary "Rozzi" Redmond shows a series of acrylic paintings with fishing themes at Grace Ridge Brewing in Homer, Alaska. The exhibit is open through September 2025. Photo by Christina Whiting

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Art for an ocean life

Redmond’s current exhibit aims to connect with those who have experienced similar thrills and excitement while on the…

Loren, editor and publisher of the Cheechako News, sold a lot of ad space during the back-and-forth publicity campaigns by communities striving to become the administrative seat for the Kenai Peninsula Borough. When the campaigns were over, he offered unifying words for the future. (Photo courtesy of the KPC historical archive)

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No Simple Matter: Finding the borough a home — Part 3

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Kenai Peninsula citizens voted in 1963 to create a second-class governing entity called the Kenai Peninsula…

These chicken wings are sweet, mildly spicy, and fragrant with fresh ginger and garlic. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Small bites of indulgence

These gochujang-braised chicken wings are best enjoyed as a side dish to seasoned vegetables and in the comfortable…

Rainy, 15-year-old female. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

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Pet of the Week: Rainy

This sweet girl is a gentle soul, looking for the same.

Ceramics by Jenny Nakao are on display through September 2025 at Bunnell Street Arts Center in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Bunnell Street Arts Center

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1st Friday of fall

Fall is in the air and new art is on display in Homer’s galleries.

Years Ago

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

A fledged crane colt follows its parent across the Kachemak Bay Campus lawn on Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. The other parent was waiting across the street and rendezvoused with these two at Oodalolly's. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Summer is quickly leaving and we’re sliding into fall, but that just opens the door for a whole…

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Lukas Dubbe birth

Lukas Dubbe was born on Aug. 22, 2025, to parents Chelsea and Ben Dubbe in Homer, Alaska.

Volunteers at Glacier Spit Cleanup in September 2022. Photo provided by Center for Alaska Coastal Studies

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CoastWalk 2025 kicks off this September

CACS’s annual marine debris cleanup and data collection event starts Sept. 6.

A photo from July, 2025 of the backstage at Pier One Theatre. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)

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Out of the office and on the stage

Ruminations on a return to community theatre