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Pet of the Week: Aurora

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Pet of the Week: Aurora

Aurora is an 11-year-old female.

Cops and Courts

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Cops and Courts

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

A sun pillar appears over the Kenai Mountains at sunrise about 9:20 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. A sun pillar forms when light from the rising or setting sun is reflected by ice crystals in thin, high-level clouds. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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If you were lucky enough to glimpse part of the super blood moon eclipse on Sunday (during the…

A bronze statue near Anchorage’s Ship Creek represents Olga, an elder and matriarch for the Dena’ina people north of Anchorage. (Photo courtesy of Joel Isaak)

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Soldotna artist honors Dena’ina heritage with Anchorage statue

Near Anchorage’s Ship Creek, a new bronze statue of an elder named Olga, a Dena’ina matriarch from the…

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Baby girl Busche-Vold

Baby girl Busche-Vold was born at 1:45 a.m. on Jan. 22, 2019 at South Peninsula Hospital to Sarah…

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Hanin Eric Calhoun

Hanin Eric Calhoun was born at 3:19 a.m. on Jan. 22, 2019 at South Peninsula Hospital to Lia…

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Ava Dawn Gaedecke

Ava Dawn Gaedecke was born at 2:35 p.m. on Jan. 18, 2019 at South Peninsula Hospital to Nina…

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Baby boy Hough

Baby boy Hough was born at 9:58 a.m. on Jan. 16, 2019 at South Peninsula Hospital to Remy…

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Town Crier

The Alaska Peony Growers Association Winter Conference will take place on Jan. 25 and 26 at the Land’s…

Kachemak Cuisine: January is a good time for one-pot dishes

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Kachemak Cuisine: January is a good time for one-pot dishes

Winter has been a bit rough on me this year with the bitter cold and ice. After a…

In this photo taken on Aug. 24, 2018, a pile of gravel behind the Homer Council on the Arts offices on Pioneer Avenue shows the general area planned for the Mary Epperson Performing Arts Center in Homer, Alaska. HCOA has put aside plans to build a large yurt for the PAC and instead will build a more permanent building. (File photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Pet of the Week: Fluffy

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Pet of the Week: Fluffy

Check out this guy … the shelter’s new office cat! He has taken to it quite well and…

Some of Hanna Young’s felted figures. (Photo provided)

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Artist creates felted forest friends

Using the fiber technique of needle felting, artist Hanna Young creates bold, colorful sculptures and two-dimensional landscapes. While…