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Fog rolls across Kachemak Bay on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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The horrors persist, but so do we — and so will the many, many spooky events returning soon…

Adam Owen was born on Sept. 11, 2025, to Joanna and Chris Owen at South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy of Joanna Owen

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Adam Owen birth

Adam Owen was born on Sept. 11, 2025, at South Peninsula Hospital to parents Joanna and Chris Owen…

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Crusty and firm bread bowls are best for brothy soups, or make them pillowy soft for thicker stews. Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion

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Beautiful bread is performance art

Though these bread bowls will soon be eaten and gone, the effort will not be wasted.

This is part of the intake data entered when, in 1913, King David Thurman began his 50-day sentence in the Seward Jail for violating Alaska’s game laws. A 1911 attempt to nail Thurman for such a violation had failed.

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King Thurman: An abbreviated life — Part 3

AUTHOR’S NOTE: King David Thurman, a miner and trapper who lived and worked in the Cooper Landing area…

Martha Colburn's video, "Day of Dutch," will screen as part of Bunnell Street Art Center's FilmJam on Nov. 1, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by Bunnell Street Arts Center

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Bunnell features October exhibits, film, calls for art

Visit the gallery this month for ongoing shows, One Seat Cinema, FilmJam25 and Bunnell Arts by Air.

"Katmai Bears" is a watercolor painting by Bruce Sink on display through October at Fireweed Gallery. Photo provided by Fireweed Gallery

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‘An image that tells a story’

Artist showcases Alaskan-themed landscape and wildlife watercolor paintings to benefit local food pantry.

Serve your London Fog in a lovely cup and enjoy while reading the news. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Sip while reading the news

This London Fog is delicious, served in a lovely cup with milk and honey.

Photo from Marshall Scull’s 1914 memoir, Hunting in the Arctic and Alaska Ferdinand “Fritz” Posth, left, poses with two Dall sheep heads and fellow guide/packer William “Wild Bill” Dewitt at a cabin on upper Killey River in the early 1910s. When King David Thurman was arrested for a game violation in 1911, Posth testified against him, but some jurors discounted his testimony and declined to convict Thurman.

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King Thurman: An abbreviated life — Part 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE: King David Thurman came to Alaska seeking gold. One of the earliest specific records of his…

A pair of ducks enjoy the new pond in the Homer Public Library's rain basin following recent heavy rains on Friday, Oct. 3, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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The air is crisp and the wind has blown just about all the leaves from the trees —…

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Hunter, 12-year-old male. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

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Pets of the Week: Hunter

He’s a gentle giant with a big heart.

The cover of Alaska’s Sourdough Kid, a memoir concerning the early life of Emmett T. Krefting, authored by Krefting and his son, Michael D. Krefting. Emmett met and befriended King David Thurman during the first decade of the 20th century.

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King Thurman: An abbreviated life — Part 1

A probate court met in Seward on Jan. 28, 1915, to determine the fate of the personal property…