Pet of the Week: Cinch

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Pet of the Week: Cinch

Pet of the Week Cinch is a 3 to 5-year-old male. This poor guy came to the shelter…

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Kachemak Advocates of Recycling (KARe) will meet from 4:30-6 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 at the Center for Alaskan…

High waves blow on Kachemak Bay about 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 as seen from West Hill Road in Homer, Alaska. The storm caused power outages on the lower Kenai Peninsula and high winds caused drifts on area roads, including Ohlson Mountain Road. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Was there ever a friend so fickle as the weather? The Betster thinks not. Just when she lulls…

Taz Tally signs his new book, “Backroads & Byways of Alaska,” Friday at the Art Shop Gallery. (Photo provided)

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First Friday

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. Backroads & Byways of Alaska by writer and photographer Taz Tally…

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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…

Pet of the Week: Orin

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Pet of the Week: Orin

Pet of the Week Orin is a 1 1/2-year-old male. He is sweet as all get out and…

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Wesley Mason Thompson-Orriss

Wesley Mason Thompson-Orriss was born at 4:46 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Carla…

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Nora Teall

Nora Teall was born at 5:08 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Coral…

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The Kachemak Bay Birders will meet at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 26 at the Islands and Ocean Visitor…

Peggy and John Chapple, 2018

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John and Peggy Chapple 1968-2018

John and Peggy Chapple John (Bumper) and Peggy Chapple celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with family on Feb.…

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Happy Endings

My first taste of really good Asian food was many years ago in Anchorage at a wonderful restaurant…

The shell of the bird egg rests in a box in a file cabinet at the Pratt Museum on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. Part of the shell has broken away to reveal a type of foam that had been pumped into the egg to help preserve it. Collections Manager Savanna Bradley said this is an older method that is no longer practiced at the Pratt. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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History abounds in rooms of the Pratt

Savanna Bradley is the collections manager at the Pratt Museum in Homer, but she’s been a personal fan…

A young moose browses on a bush by Homer City Hall on Friday morning, Feb. 9, 2018. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

The other night the Betster drew the short straw and had to cover one of those important community…