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Photo from a U.S. Application for Seaman’s Protection Certificate Vera Liebel, pictured here, and Mary Douglas Barnsley, friends and both former nurses in the Kenai area, were two of the only women known to have had a cabin on Tustumena Lake in the early to mid-1900s.

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Cosmopolitan Tustumena — Part 1

Few people these days would associate the word “cosmopolitan” with Tustumena Lake, and for good reason. The lake…

Driftwood stands upright in the sand at Bishop's Beach on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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It’s the turn of a new season

Birch trees have begun to turn yellow in this view of the Maria Road area and across Kachemak Bay as seen on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, from Old East End Road near McNeil Canyon, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Fall courses offered through Homer Community Recreation

A full calendar of events offered is also available on the Community Rec website

"Pushki Sunset" by Lorna Branzuela is on display through September at Fireweed Gallery in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Fireweed Gallery

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Celebrating seasonal transitions

September First Friday showcases work by new, local and statewide artists

Photo provided by Sally Oberstein Dancers at the Homer Mariner Theater perform in Nice Moves during the Alaska World Arts Festival in 2022.

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The Alaska World Arts Festival returns to Homer

It will run Sept. 13 to Sept. 26

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

Florence Stebbins-Penrod. Photo provided by Lesa Klancher

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Death notice — Florence Stebbins-Penrod

Florence passed away at 101 years of age at her home in Homer.

A lone hooligan fisherman heads upstream on the lower Kenai River to try his luck from Cunningham Memorial Park. (Clark Fair photo)

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States of Mind: The death of Ethen Cunningham — Part 6

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Sometimes it seems as though the resolution of a criminal investigation, the resulting hearings or trials,…

This nutritious and calorie-dense West African Peanut Stew is rich and complex with layers of flavor and depth. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Taste of change for the changing season

Gusting wind drove the rain into our windows and drummed against the house. Branches snapped as they whipped…

Rozzi Redmond’s painting “Icy Straits” depicts her experience of sailing to Seward through a particularly rough region of the Inside Passage. Redmond’s show will be on display at Homer Council on the Arts until Sept. 2. Emilie Springer/ Homer News.

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‘A walk through looking glass’

Abstract Alaska landscape art by Rozzi Redmond on display through end of Monday

Kids race their handcrafted zucchini cars during the Zucchini Festival at the Homer Farmers Market on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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A new season, a new reign

The annual Zucchini Festival returned to the Homer Farmers Market on Saturday, bringing crafts, kids zucchini car races,…

Liam James, Javin Schroeder, Leeann Serio and Mike Selle perform in “Leaving” during last Saturday’s show at Pier One Theatre on the Spit. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)

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Local playwrights contribute Slices: A Ten-Minute Play Festival

Slices: A Ten-Minute Play Festival opened at Pier One Theatre last weekend and will run three more shows…

The 2023 Burning Basket, titled “Create,” burns after sundown on Sept 10, 2023 at Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Mavis Muller

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Burning Basket build week begins Sunday

The 2024 Homer Burning Basket enactment will take place at sundown on Sept. 8