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Leera Jalynn Hall

Leera Jalynn Hall was born at 9:12 a.m. on May 9, 2019, at Homer Birth and Wellness Center,…

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Please report sandhill crane sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch at 235-6262 or reports@cranewatch.org. Date, time, location, behavior, and…

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Levi Hebden Barnard

Levi Hebden Barnard was born at home at 10:36 p.m. on April 29, 2019 to Richard and Marissa…

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News

Sandhill cranes feed in Beluga Slough on May 11, 2019, in Homer, Alaska, during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

BEST BEER BET: Come to the next Barley &O.A.T.s (Outdoor Adventure Talks) to listen to Hig of Ground…

Art Briefs

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Art Briefs

Quilt show winners announced

With rhubarb now growing, Teri Robl’s rhubarb almond cake makes good use of the Alaska early-spring staple, as seen here in this photo of the cake taken in her Homer, Alaska, kitchen on May 12, 2019. (Photo by Teri Robl)

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Kachemak Cuisine: Rhubarb season a reason to make tasty treats

It’s rhubarb season. Dark green crinkled leaves on the plants give way to short red and green stalks…

Performers in “Kaleidoscope” rehearse on May 5, 2019, at the Mariner Theatre in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Tia Pietsch)

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Youth performers create ‘beautiful form’

With the cancellation this year of the annual Jubilee performing arts show in February, a new youth program…

Flex School student Makayla Prescott holds up a collage she showed at Flex First Friday, an exhibit of art done by Flex students, teachers and staff over the past year. The show included pottery created during an Artist in the School residency by Jeff Szarzi. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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If you’ve noticed people prowling around town with big long spotting scopes staring out into Mud Bay, no,…

Pet of the Week: Perch

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Pet of the Week: Perch

Need a cat that thinks she’s a bird? Meet Perch. She’ll balance on your shoulder while you go…

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Rhone Elizabeth Hauser

Rhone Elizabeth Hauser was born at 10 a.m. April 4, 2019, at Providence Alaska Medical Center, Anchorage, to…

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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

Please report sandhill crane sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch at 235-6262 or reports@cranewatch.org. Date, time, location, behavior, and…