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Breezy Berryman and Mariah Maloney by Beluga Lake in Homer.

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Homer-raised dancer receives Fulbright to study Irish traditional music and dance

Growing up in Alaska has influenced her study and practice of dance through the years

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Homer youth warming up at theater camp on the Homer Spit on August 3.

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Pier One performance of ‘Anne of Green Gables’ to spotlight theater skills developed in local youth camp

Pier One Theatre opens the youth theater production of “Anne of Green Gables” on Aug. 11 at 6…

Homer woodworker Ted Heuer in photographed in his shop with rockfish and halibut trivets in 2022. Photo by Beth Heuer

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Local craftsman finds ‘almost no limits’ to woodworking

Homer man shares his passion for turning wood into functional and beautiful works of art

A grazing board, also known as a charcuterie board, is prepared Saturday, July 22, 2023, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Grazing board rules

Charcuterie boards are all the rage in the wedding scene right now

Mable Smith pecks away at her typewriter in the Cheechako News office in Ridgeway, circa mid-1960s. (Cheechako News photo)

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Don’t stop the presses

The Mable Smith Story — Part 2

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See what’s waiting for you at the farmers market

Now that the sun has punched through, how is your garden growing? You can definitely see the effects…

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

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Pet of the Week: Griffin

Griffin is a sweet young man with a heart of gold. He is very affectionate, gentle and loves…

The Homer Theatre adds new items to the menu, photographed on Thursday, July 20, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. Photo by Christina Whiting

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Best Bets

Named after Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, August refers to the eighth month of the year and…

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

Jacqueline Burke is photographed in front of her store Sirens & Sailors on the Homer Spit in the summer of 2022 in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Jacqueline Burke

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Meet Your Neighbor: Sirens & Sailors

Homer clothing company provides employment and supports a statewide suicide prevention organization

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Creative endeavours on display in August First Friday exhibits

Summer is in full swing and Homer’s galleries and other art spaces celebrate artists’ creative endeavors with First…

Promotional material for both “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.” (Photos courtesy WarnerMedia and Universal Pictues)

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On the Screen: ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ together spark excitement at the cinema

The double feature, despite or perhaps because of how silly it is, totally worked

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Mable Smith came into her own as a reporter for the Cheechako News (central Kenai Peninsula) in the 1960s and early 1970s.

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Don’t stop the presses

The Mable Smith Story — Part 1