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Art Shop Gallery owner Joell Restad (left) and former longtime gallery owner Karin Marks (right) pose for a photo in front of the gallery sign on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, in Homer, Alaska. Photo courtesy Taz Tally

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Celebrating a local legacy

The Art Shop Gallery has been a staple of the Homer art community since 1992 and is now…

Photo courtesy of Alaska Mindful Paws.

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Pet of the Week: First Friday Foster Night

Learn what fostering looks like and the support we provide, all in a no-pressure setting.

Nian gao is a traditional Lunar New Year treat enjoyed in China for over two thousand years. Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion

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A Lunar New Year’s treat

This sweet, steamed rice cake is chewy, gooey and full of positivity.

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Ben Swesey: More to the story — Part 5

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Seasoned Seward outdoorsmen Ben Swesey and William Weaver left home on Oct. 15, 1917 in Swesey’s…

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

Two male ring-necked pheasants stroll around outside on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, outside the Homer News office in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Countdown to Valentine’s Day — and, more importantly, the annual Homer Winter Carnival Parade! The chamber is looking…

Yup'ik storytellers Quentin Simeon (left) and Amber Webb (right) are Bunnell Street Arts Center's February Artists-in-Residence and will be creating a stop-motion animation. Photo provided by Bunnell Street Arts Center

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Out of hibernation

Homer’s art scene returns in full force for February First Friday.

Photo courtesy of Alaska Mindful Paws.

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Pet of the Week: First Friday Foster Night

Learn what fostering looks like and the support we provide, all in a no-pressure setting.

John P. Holman poses with his first Dall sheep ram, shot in 1917 while being guided by Ben Swesey in the Kenai Mountains. (Photo from Holman’s 1933 hunting memoir)

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Ben Swesey: More to the story — Part 4

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Seven years after his friend William Weaver nearly drowned in Kenai Lake while returning from guiding…

This dish is creamy, rich and comforting, and gets dinner time done fast. Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion

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Full of mother’s love

This one-pot dish is creamy, rich and comforting, and can be ready in 30 minutes.

The northern lights dance in the night sky 4.5 miles out East End Road in Homer, Alaska, on Jan. 20, 2026. Photo by Christina Whiting

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Best Bets

Blink and you’ll miss it — January sure has passed quickly, and now February is just around the…

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

A Homer Public Library patron checks out a stack of books from this year's Lit Lineup list. Photo by Christina Whiting

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The return of Homer’s asynchronous book club

Lit Lineup, the Homer Public Library’s annual community reading program, debuts this year’s book list.