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Unhinged Alaska: Slip slidin’ away

Can you feel it yet? There is definitely something different about nature’s pulse and the actions of her…

Big, colorful salads made with fresh ingredients from the garden are a summer staple. (Photo by Teri Robl)

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Kachemak Cuisine: Savor the bounty and freshness of summer gardens

Each visit I make to our little Alaskan garden surprises me as I am not much of a…

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The Grand Opening of the Alaska Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign Office for the Kenai Peninsula will be held…

Mary McBurney

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Mary McBurney

Mary McBurney

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Cops and Courts

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

Janet Klein, left, holds her grandson, Silas Reising, 4, while she visits with her daughter, Deborah Klein, center, and son-in-law George Reising, right, at Bishop’s Beach, Homer, Alaska, on Aug. 9, 2018. Not shown is Kai Reising, 6. Sylas and Kai were the inspiration for the Klein’s “color and learn” book, “Alaska’s Dinosaurs and Other Cretaceous Creatures.”

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Kleins publish new book on Alaska dinosaurs

A new children’s book out this month fulfills a request made by two Seward boys to their mother.…

Best Bets

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Best Bets

We have now entered the limbo days of summer. Yes, children, we understand vacation ended for you on…

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Ephraim Benaiah Magee

Ephraim Benaiah Magee was born at 12:28 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Megan…

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Arts Briefs

State Parks artist in residence speaks at Bunnell

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Brenda Steenblock

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Years Ago

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News

Trinity White, 10, and Alexa Richards, 12, chase pigs down the track during the pig races at the Kenai Peninsula Fair on Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Race organizers need volunteer chasers to keep the pigs going in the right direction. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Pigs, sword swallowers and magic, oh my: it’s fair time

Kenai Peninsula Fair

Pet of the Week: Thelma

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Pet of the Week: Thelma

Thelma is a 9-year-old female who unfortunately made her way back to the shelter again. This affectionate gal…