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Sagen Zedekiah Wade Sherritt

Sagen Zedekiah Wade Sherritt was born at 2 p.m. April 15, 2021, at South Peninsula Hospital to Taya…

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.

Pet of the Week: Janet

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Pet of the week: Janet

We don’t know what life was like for Janet before she got to the shelter, but every day…

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Homer happenings from years past

A sure sign of spring is crocuses blooming in front of the Homer Bookstore, as seen here in this photo taken on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener: Take heart: Spring is rushing at us

Let’s start this by addressing the amount of snow that those of you who live at elevation are…

The cover of Anne Coray's novel, "Lost Mountain."

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Review: New novel set near fictional Pebble Mine

Coray’s ‘Lost Mountain’ looks at personal, community conflict in setting where a large mine might happen.

An atmoshpheric phenomena called STEVE — for "Sudden Thermal Emission from Velocity Enhancement" — is seen in the southern sky early on Saturday, April 17, 2021, from Diamond Ridge near Homer, Alaska. The STEVE appeared the same night as a strong display of auroras to the north. Don Hampton, a research associate and faculty member at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, said STEVEs are not auroras, but a stream of charged particles or sub-aurora polarization streams. "It's actually primarily a different phenomena or mechanism that is creating light," Hampton said of STEVEs. A STEVE is more of a broadband emission than an aurora and can be distinguished by its color of light. Auroras tend to be green or vivid red, while a STEVE appears white to the human eye and may have tinges of red. Hampton said scientists knew about streams of charged particles that are not auroras, but hadn't thought to look if there's an optical phenomena associated with. Aurora chasers in Canada first noticed the optical phenomena in 2014, and it was named by Chris Ratzlaff as a joke reference to the film "Over the Hedge," where the animals called the hedge "Steve." NASA scientist Elizabeth Macdonald came up with the description. "It's pretty cool," Hampton said. "The whole history of the STEVE is that it's a citizen scientist discovery." (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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In the long haul toward spring, even though winter might be hanging on with all its might, light…

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

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Lucy Kisken Sawyer

Lucy Kisken Sawyer was born at 8:12 p.m. on April 13, 2021, at South Peninsula Hospital to Anna…

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Aspen Levy

Aspen Oceana Levy was born at 9:32 p.m. on April 14, 2021, at South Peninsula Hospital to Anna…

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Jacob Mathew Gregoire

Jacob Mathew Gregoire was born on April 12, 2021, at South Peninsula Hospital to Christine and Mathew Gregoire.…

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Peyton Harper Carlson

Peyton Harper Carlson was born at 3:55 a.m. on April 6, 2021, to Kasandra DeVaney and Christian Carlson.…

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Robert Linwood Durr

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