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Peewee, two-year-old male. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

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Pet of the Week: Peewee

This sweet boy is waiting so patiently for his furever family. He is gentle, gets along with other…

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Turkey trot to support food pantry, celebrate community

Homer’s 5K Turkey Trot Fun Run/Walk returns this year on Thanksgiving Day, along with a food drive supporting…

Daisy Lee Bitter.  Photo contributed by the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies

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Rotary Club members share memories of Daisy Lee Bitter at meeting

Daisy Lee Bitter, a long-time Homer social scientist and environmental advocate, died Nov. 2 at the age of…

"Curious One" is a mosaic piece created by Cindy Nelson, whose work is available year-round at Ptarmigan Arts. Photo provided by Cindy Nelson

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Express yourself

Homer artist pursues a variety of mediums, encourages others to explore their means of expression

Photo from Ball Family memorial slideshow, 2022
This photo from the early 1960s shows Jackson Ball enjoying the Christmas holidays with his eldest three daughters. His fourth and youngest daughter was born less than a year and a half before Ball’s death in 1968.

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Human Complexity: The Story of Jackson Ball — Part 3

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Misfortune was written across the recent history of the Arlon Elwood “Jackson” Ball family. Ball’s father…

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Off the Shelf: Majestic landscape marred by narrow perspective

John Muir’s classic “Travels in Alaska” juxtaposes beauty with a writer’s disconcerting bias

These spiced date cookies may look a lot like Fig Newtons, but the texture and flavor are quite different. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dessert in a pinch

Spiced date cookies make a last-minute save

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Best Bets

The nights grow colder and the days grow shorter, and we’re all looking forward to the holiday season.…

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Pet of the Week: Feo

Feo is a playful young cat with a great outlook on life. He entered the shelter as a…

Bowls created by local ceramic artists will be available for purchase at the Homer Food Pantry Empty Bowl fundraiser event on Nov. 10 at Homer United Method Church.  Photo provided by Tracy Asselin.

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Food bank serves up ‘Empty Bowl’

Homer Community Food Pantry annual lunch fundraising event will take place Friday

Homer musician Sunrise Sjoberg stands in front of the home she was born in near Thurston Drive on East End Road in Homer . Sunrise is the November featured musician at Bunnell’s Arts by Air program. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Sunrise Sjoberg to perform in Arts by Air radio series

A partnership between Bunnell Street Arts Center and KBBI, the radio event marks three years of performances