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

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Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges meets at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20 at Islands &Ocean Visitor Center.…

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Carina Belle Hoffman

Carina Belle Hoffman was born on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Joanna and Jason…

Jay Green, second from left, and Andrew Hodnik, second from right, hold up Quilts of Valor given to them and made by Dana Moore, far left, and Connie Isenhour, far right. The quilts are a project of Faith Friday Friends, a group at Faith Lutheran Church. Under the national program volutneers make quilts to honor service members and veterans touched by war. Green flew 196 combat missions in Vietnam as a U.S. Navy pilot from 1967-68 and Hodnik served in the U.S. Army as a combat engineer from 1989-93, including tours in Operation Desert Storm and Somalia. In the middle is Hodnik’s mother, Dr. Vicky Hodnik. The quilts were presented at Hodnik’s dental office on Feb. 6 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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At Monday’s Homer City Council meeting, council member Shelly Erickson suggested a little snow jujitsu. “I’m just thinking…

Arts Briefs

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Arts Briefs

Brandi Carlile will headline Salmonfest Singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile has been added as a major headliner to the 2018…

Pet of the Week: Lil’ Bit

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Pet of the Week: Lil’ Bit

Pet of the Week Lil Bit – 10-month-old male “Little bit had a rough go in the beginning.…

The Young Dubliners, pictured here, will play at the Down East Saloon on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. (Photo courtesy Young Dubliners)

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For longtime Irish rock band, Homer is one of a few constants over the years

When musicians or bands who have enjoyed as long and varied a career as the Irish rock group…

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Cops and Courts

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

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Isla James Duff

Isla James Duff was born at 7:59 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2017 at South Peninsula Hospital to Kari…

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Skyler Logan Smith

Skyler Logan Smith was born at 12:19 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Traci…

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The 2018 Homer Winter Carnival will take place from Thursday, Feb. 8 through Monday, Feb. 12. It is…

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Try special treats for someone sweet

Treat those you love this Valentine’s Day with a special sweet. I don’t believe one needs a specific…

A man enjoys an afternoon of snowkiting, or kite skiing, across Beluga Lake with his dog Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. It was one of the last cold, clear crisp days for outdoor enthusiasts before a temperature spike and a snow dump on Tuesday. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Hold onto wool hats, people, we are nearly up to 9 hours of beautiful, bountiful, blessed light a…