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Because of poor ice conditions, Homer Hockey Association Inc. has canceled Skate the Lake and will shoot for…

Ebony. (Photo courtesy Homer Animal Shelter)

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Pet of the week: Ebony

Ebony is a 9-year-old female cat.

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

A large flock of rock sandpipers flies over the Mud Bay side of the Homer Spit on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

For about a week there the year 2021 looked like it might show some promise. We had an…

My favorite breakfast bagel sandwich from my favorite neighborhood coffee shack, on Jan. 5, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Looking for a few good bagels

Simple ingredients to make your own breakfast sandwich

The cover of the reprint of Tom Kizzia's "The Wake of the Unseen Object." (Photo courtesy of University of Alaska Press)

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Local author’s ‘Wake of the Unseen Object’ back in print after 30 years

Literary travel book had roots in newspaper series about rural Alaska.

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.

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Town Crier

Because of poor ice conditions, Homer Hockey Association Inc. has canceled Skate the Lake and will shoot for…

Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News
The Homer Animal Shelter on March 16, 2020, in Homer, Alaska.

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Pet of the week: None available this week

The Homer Animal Shelter is closed to the public, including volunteers, until further notice. People interested in adopting…

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

People walk the beach on the New Year's Eve, Dec. 32, 2020, at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

OK, Betster persons, admit it. January at the End of the Road can get a wee bit quiet.…

Nancy Johnson's "Fireweed," one of her paintings on exhibit at Grace Ridge Brewery in January 2021 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Nancy Johnson).

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Johnson’s exhibit of dot paintings, rocks is at Grace Ridge Brewery

Johnson’s dot paintings start with central dot and expand out onto canvas.

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Max James Laffert

Max James Laffert was born at 8:53 p.m. on Jan. 2, 2021 at South Peninsula Hospital to Morgan…