Evergreen primula auricula thrives here at latitude 59 and 1/2 degrees. These have found a home under the lilacs.-Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick

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Annuals fulfill purpose by adding color, punch to garden

I talk too much. Three times this past week I have invited interested gardeners over to look at…

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Courts

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through May 9: Criminal Court Burton D.…

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Trooper Report

May 7 Alaska State Troopers at 7:18 p.m. conducted a traffic stop near mile 162 of Sterling Highway.…

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Homer Police

May 2 A caller at 7:18 a.m. reported a suspicious vehicle on Pennock Street. A caller at 10:02…

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Kachemak Emergency Services

May 2-8 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians responded to one medical call and two fire calls,

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Homer Fire

May 2-8 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to seven medical calls and one fire call.

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Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services

May 2-8 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians responded to three medical calls and one fire. 

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Announcments

Kachemak Emergency Service Area Board will its regular monthly board meeting at 7 p.m. today at the McNeil…

Visitors of the non-feathered variety are also flocking to Homer for the town’s other attractions. Brad Warner, a doctor from St. Louis, Missouri, takes a photo of the Spit Beach at low tide on May 9. Warner came to Homer to fish with friends.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Homer’s best bets

The birds have been back in town for a couple of weeks, surely but surely arriving in time…

Brian Payne, left, and Skywalker Payne, right, pose with their recent publications.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Marrying life, art

T he partnership of Homer artists Skywalker and Brian Payne sounds like a romance novel tease. Can a…

Moosie

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Pet of the Week

Watch out, the “Moose is loose!”  Moosie is a 4-year-old red terrier. Under the heading, “Good things come…

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Court report

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through May 2: Criminal Court Jennete R.…

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Troopers

April 23 Alaska State Troopers at 10:38 p.m. located a 31-year-old Oregon man at a local beach in…