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John Fenger, seen here in his later years, died in 2006. (Photo courtesy of the Fenger Family Collection)

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Medical establishment comes to Homer — Part 3

In early spring 1965, there were loose ends to tie up …

Rachel Nesvig with Hardanger fiddle. Photo provided by Rachel Nesvig.

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Norwegian traditional arts workshop and performance come to Homer

Homer Council on the Arts hosted a week of Norwegian traditional arts, featuring musician Rachel Nesvig on the…

Brown bear, Ursus arctos, on the Alaska Peninsula in 2021. Photo provided by Derek Stonorov.

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Homer author to give talk on bears

Homer community resident Derek Stonorov is an Alaska brown bear expert. He started to watch and study the…

Tofu, spinach, fried egg, carrots, mushrooms and sprouts are served on rice in this Korean Bibimbap recipe. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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A Korean dish with a little bit of everything

Bibimbap is a delicious, nutrition-packed meal with all the quintessential elements

Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion A copy of Marie Aubert’s “Grown Ups” sits on a desk in The Peninsula Clarion building on Wednesday in Kenai.

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Off the Shelf: Good for her

Marie Aubert’s “Grown Ups” caught my attention with a flashy cover and a review from Independent Ireland on…

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police, and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases.

Photo taken in 2023 and provided by the artist “I See Myself” mixed media comic book pages by David Brame on the themes of queerness, depression, sobriety and addiction, on display for the month of March at Bunnell Street Arts Center.

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Comics, pastels and self-reflections on display in March First Friday shows

The daylight hours are getting longer and splashes of color will soon be upon us. In the meantime,…

The Fenger children — (left to right) Heidi, Eric and Peter — delight in a bounty of silver salmon gathered by setnet below their home in August 1962. (Photo courtesy of the Fenger Family Collection)

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Medical establishment comes to Homer — Part 2

It was normal for Dr. John Fenger to receive phone calls when someone in Homer needed medical attention.

A moose peeks into the Homer News window in February 2023.

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Best Bets

Ah Homer, there’s never a shortage of activities going on to keep us all inspired, informed, and entertained.…

Photo courtesy of Cristi Kearn Little Fireweed students collect beach clay north of Bishop’s Beach with artist David Kauffman on Feb. 20 for their week with the artist in the school.

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Making art from the earth

Artist in the School David Kauffman and Little Fireweed students create with local clay

High tide on the Homer Spit, late February, photo by Christina Whiting.

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Best Bets

Written by English author Thomas Fuller in 1732 and regularly included in The Farmer’s Almanac, the saying “March…

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Cops and Courts

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Posing stiffly in the bow of the M.S. Hygiene, along the Alaska coast, is Nurse Grace Heutink, clad in a warm fur parka. (Photo courtesy of the Fenger Family Collection)

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Medical establishment comes to Homer — Part 1

In the early days of formal medicine in Homer, doctors and dentists were often forced to improvise.