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Margot Francis Pollak

Margot Francis Pollak, also known as Strawberry, was born at 7:44 a.m. May 3, 2022, at South Peninsula…

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Cops and Courts

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

Pets of the week: five brothers

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Pets of the week: five brothers.

Five times the fun! These five 10-week-old brothers are the shelter’s newest members of the Itty Bitty Kitty…

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The staff of Sen. Lisa Murkowski will visit the Kenai Peninsula in late May and early June. The…

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Homer happenings from years past

The 10 participants in season 9 of "Alone," premiering on May 26, 2022, on the History Channel. Terry Burns of Homer is the third from left, back. Another Alaskan in the series, Jacques Tourcotte of Juneau, is the fourth from left, back. (Photo by Brendan George Ko/History Channel)

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Homer man goes it ‘Alone’

Burns brings lifetime of wilderness experience to survival series.

People attend a grief circle for Anesha "Duffy" Murnane on Wednseday, May 18, 2022, at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. A Homer man has been charged with the murder and kidnapping of Murnane, who went missing on Oct. 17, 2019. The circle was held to give people a chance to mourn and remember Murnane. 
Homer artist Mavia Muller built a basket for people to place spruce cones in as tokens of memory for Murnane. Muller said the smaller basket will be place in the next Burning Basket, to be called "Breathe."
"It feels like after years of holding our breath we can finally breathe," Muller said at the grief circle.
(Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

If you’re melanin challenged and got out and about last weekend, you probably developed a case of racoon…

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Alathea Denslow Clymer

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Jim and Ruth Lavrakas, left, in 1997 and right, today. (Photos provided)

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Ruth and Jim Lavrakas

Ruth and Jim Lavrakas

Hank Singletary

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Hank Singletary

Hank Singletary was born at 5:17 p.m. May 21, 2022, at South Peninsula Hospital to Anna and William…

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Cops and Courts

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

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The American Legion Post 16 Auxiliary will sell poppies to wear at Safeway in Homer on Friday, May…

Pet of the Week: Florence. (Photo provided, Alaska Mindful Paws)

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Pet of the Week: Florence

This sweet, 1-year-old gal is ready for her furever home. Florence is affectionate, easy on the eyes, and…