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Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion This hearty and warm split pea soup uses bacon instead of ham or can be made vegan.

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Hearty split pea soup warms frigid January days

This soup is nutritious and mild and a perfect way to show yourself some kindness.

Matthew Smith, Homer Public Library staff member and the organizer for the annual Lit Lineup community reading program, poses with a selection of books next to the lineup display on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Christina Whiting

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A new Lit Lineup

Homer Public Library’s annual Lit Lineup encourages year-round reading.

Emilie Springer/Homer News Bunnell’s January Artist-in-Residence Maryam Ghasempour Siahgaldeh demonstrates printmaking skills for students at Kachemak Bay Campus on Saturday, Jan. 4.

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Bunnell’s January Artist-in-Residence hosts printmaking workshops

Iranian-born artist Maryam Siahgaldeh will host a second workshop at KBC next Saturday

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Best Bets

With all this wind and rain and ice, the Betster hopes everyone is staying safe and taking precautions…

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Bella, 2.5-year-old female. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

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Pet of the Week: Bella

Bella is the true unicorn of shelter dogs; she gets along great with dogs, cats and kids, and…

Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion A copy of “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Menal Illness” rests on a desk in the Peninsula Clarion newsroom in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024.

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Off the Shelf: ‘Anxious Generation’ underserves conversations about cellphones

The book has been cited in recent school board discussions over cellphone policies.

Photo courtesy of the Peggy Arness Collection Nellie McCullagh feeds a pen-raised fox on her family’s farm in Kachemak Bay, in 1922.

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Mostly separate lives: The union and disunion of Nellie and Keith — Part 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Forest ranger Louis Keith McCullagh and school teacher Nellie Dee Crabb had married in June 1915…

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Facing the new year one dumpling at a time

I completed another impossibly huge task this weekend and made hundreds of wontons by hand to serve our…

Alaska Representatives Sarah Vance from Homer and Andrew Gray from Anchorage present Tom Kizzia with a state legislative citation award at the Homer Public Library on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Photo provided by Cheryl Illg with Friends of the Homer Public Library.

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Writer receives award for contributions to Alaska history

Homer author Tom Kizzia was commended for contributions to Alaska history publications

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Taking a winter break

Homer’s new galleries and public art spaces celebrate with new or ongoing arts exhibits

Keanu Reeves is Shadow the Hedgehog in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3.” (Promotional photo courtesy Paramount Pictures)

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On the Screen: ‘Sonic 3’ brings craft, stakes to colorful kid’s movie

When I was a kid, in the early 2000s, Sonic the Hedgehog was a pretty big deal

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Homer happenings from years past