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Kachemak Emergency Services report

Dec. 28-Jan. 3 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to five medical calls.

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Homer Fire report

Dec. 28-Jan. 3 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to 12 medical calls and two fire calls.

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Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services report

Dec. 28-Jan. 3 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to three medical calls and three fire calls.

Patrick B. Griffard

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Patrick Bernard Griffard

Patrick Bernard Griffard was born Dec. 28, 2015, at Providence Medical Center in Anchorage to Christina Griffard of…

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Mariwyn Piper McCarthy

Mariwyn Piper McCarthy was born at 3:48 a.m. Jan. 2, 2016, to Anna and McKenzie McCarthy. She weighed…

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Baby Girl Owen

Baby Girl Owen was born at 2:29 a.m. Jan. 2, 2016, at South Peninsula Hospital to Kayla and…

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Announcements

It’s Jupiter January at the MakerSpace. Design rockets then print them on 3D printers. Makers will aim for…

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the Arts in Brief

Telluride Mountainfilm next week For the 16th year, Telluride Mountainfilm shows in Homer. Two evenings of films show…

Homer High School Nordic ski team members gather together at the finish line at a recent meet. Kenai Peninsula schools compete in the Homer Invitational Ski Meet starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Ohlson Mountain Lookout Ski Trails. Recent rainy weather didn’t ruin the trails in the Homer hills.-photo by Alan Parks

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Homer’s Best Bets

Seven days into the new year, and already it’s shaping up to be a doozy. To recap the…

Suraj “White Eagle” Holzwarth performs a song from her latest CD,“Holy Ground” on Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015 at the Sterling Community Center in Sterling. Holzwarth and other performers are on a tour to promote the album, which was recorded to honor the foreign countries they visited over the last 20 years.

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Healing rhythms: Homer residents part of CD release concert

If Anchorage Symphony Orchestra violinist Daniel Perry had been told a few weeks ago he would be chanting…

Seashells and kelp decorate a driftwood tree at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit. An unknown artist made the sculpture, and beach walkers have been embellishing the tree since it was first put up earlier this month.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

As our planet rounds the point on its revolution that we arbitrarily call a new year, you might…

Fat Kat

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Pet of the Week

Fat Kat is a little bit shy at first, but don’t let that stop you.  This 6-year-old, spayed,…

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Courts

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through Dec. 24: Judgments Cody A. Falcone,…