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One of Elizabeth Emery’s prints on exhibit at Bunnell Street Arts Center.-Photo provided

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First Friday Events

Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center 95 Sterling Highway Voices of the Wilderness, poetry, paintings, photography, fiber art,…

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Fall First Friday opens with new venues

As the season changes, so too do First Friday openings. Some galleries go on hiatus, with no new…

A leaf and berries lie on a boulder in the Pratt Museum’s botanical garden last Friday — one of the best places in town to do some fall “leaf peeping,” as they call it in New England.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Every October we enter the cusp of winter, or winter as we Alaskans define it. Alaska doesn’t cycle…

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Pet of the Week

Snowy has been plotting his big breakout. Map of the shelter: check. Bandana full of kibble: check. Oops, there’s…

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Court Reports

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through Sept. 30: Judgments Shawn A. Montgomery,…

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State Trooper Reports

Sept. 25 Alaska State Troopers at 7:01 p.m. went to a report of a domestic disturbance near Mile…

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Fire Company Reports

Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services Sept. 22-28 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to two medical calls.…

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Homer Police Reports

Sept. 23 A caller at 11:44 a.m. reported an injured sandhill crane in the Skyline Drive area. Police…

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Raziya Tommiya Ukatish-Evans

Raziya Tommiya Ukatish-Evans was born at 3:13 a.m.. Sept. 28 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital to Raissa Ukatish…

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Madgelee Judy-Lynn Staria Thomas

Madgelee Judy-Lynn Staria Thomas was born at 9:22 p.m. Sept. 24, 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital to Sage…

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Announcements

The Homer Hockey Association holds a pie auction and spaghetti and salmon dinner from 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the…

Homer’s Best Bets

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Homer’s Best Bets

You know that metaphor about trying to nail Jell-O to a table? The Betster has had a week…

An April 1976 Homer News photo shows two cars stuck in mud on East End Road.-Homer News file photos

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East End Road: Under construction since 1925

For the past summer, residents and visitors driving East End Road past Kachemak Drive have had to endure…