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Pet of the Week

Dolores is a spritely, 6-month-old dark tortiseshell cat. Playful and loving, this little girl gets along well with…

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Court Report

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through May 4: Criminal Court Melissa Gagnon,…

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Trooper Report

April 24 Alaska State Troopers at 11:10 p.m. made a traffic stop on the driver of a 2001…

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Homer Police Report

April 27 A caller at 1:11 p.m. reported a theft at a Lake Street address. Police at 7:13…

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Kachemak Emergency Services

April 27-May 3 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to two medical calls and two smoke investigation calls. 

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Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services

April 27-May 3 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to five medical calls. 

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Births

Alina Rei Osborn was born at 2:16 a.m. on April 30, 2015, at South Peninsula Hos- pital to…

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Announcements

Homer Electric Association holds its Annual Meeting today at Homer High School. Registration for the meeting begins at…

Kim McNett, the featured artist for this year’s Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival, canoes an Alaska lake.-Photo by Bjorn Olson

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Environment inspires shorebird artist’s work

A  red squirrel splitting open a nut. A giant Pacific octopus nestled in the tide. Kachemak Bay Shorebird…

Colin Tolman, drums

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Shorebird Festival concert celebrates water and wildlife

Take six musicians who have played everything from Cajun to classical to blues, add original compositions by Homer’s…

Volunteers deliver trash and recyclables for the annual Cleanup Day on Saturday afternoon at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center. About 800 bags of trash were picked up.-Photo by Aaron Carpenter, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

After decades living in Homer, the Betster can finally admit it. Yours truly has succumbed to birder fever.…

Gardening should be enjoyed; pick your battles

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Gardening should be enjoyed; pick your battles

Busy. This is the point in the gardening season that so much happens at once. We have had…

Four sandhill cranes fly over Beluga Slough last Thursday, the advance scout of a wave of cranes that arrived on the lower Kenai Peninsula over the weekend.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Last Thursday the Betster took a photo safari looking for sandhill cranes at Beluga Slough. The B. got…