A row of skin kayaks is on display at a previous Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Festival last Saturday. (Homer News file photo)

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Wooden boat fest celebrates big 2-5

Since its start in May 1993, the annual Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Society Festival has moved in both…

Clouds parted briefly over Homer, Alaska, at about 8:45 a.m. during a partial eclipse of the sun in this view taken from Diamond Ridge on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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As we all know, Homer along with the rest of the country was recently subject to a solar…

Hundreds participated in the 7th annual Salmonfest Action of Art on Aug. 5, 2017 and led by installation artist Mavis Muller. Volunteers helped Muller create the installation art. Muller said the art “was meant to send a strong message of advocacy for Alaska’s waterways and the salmon which are ‘canaries in the coal mine.’ alerting us to the impact of climate change on the health of our communities and entire ecosystem.” (Aerial drone photo taken by John Newton)

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Basket build starts Sept. 2 The 14th annual Homer Burning Basket project of community interactive, impermanent art runs…

Visitors to the Pratt Museum look at “Wild Alaska,” above, by Karla Moss Freeman, and a 1900 map of the Cook Inlet Coal Fields railroad, one of the historic pieces included in cARTography exhibit Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 at the Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)

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cARTography exhibit blends art, mapmaking

The Pratt Museum’s latest exhibit, cARTography, makes a typeface play, emphasizing “art” in the word. That also pays…

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Kachemak Bay Birders’ next meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28, at the Islands and Ocean…

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Cops and Courts

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Pet of the Week: Lucy

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Pet of the Week: Lucy

Pet of the Week Meet Lucy! She is a 5-year-old female. How is this dog still here? She’s…

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Olivia Marie Day

Olivia Marie Day was born at 8:09 a.m. Aug. 18, 2017, at South Peninsula Hospital to James and…

Carla Klinker-Cope., left, and Becca Bottebaum paint with encaustics in Ann-Margret Wimmerstedt’s “Wax. Wine & Wimmerstedt”class held July 30, 2017 at Wimmerstedt’s home. Wimmerstedt, far right, reaches for a propane torch. The torch is used to manipulate the wax by melting it and also to fuse the finished painting. “Encaustic” means “to burn.” (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Artists feel the burn in encaustics class

On a cloudy Sunday last month, artist Ann-Margret Wimmerstedt brought together six student artists with one mission. Feel…

Women pose in scarves in 2015 in Petra, Jordan. (Photo courtesy Christina Whiting)

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Writer, photographer shares stories of Jordan Writer, photographer and adventure traveler Christina Whiting presents “Meandering the Middle East:…

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Brace yourselves: the school year is coming. Gone are the mornings when a Homerite can drive through town…

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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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The Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma holds its annual Back to School Supplies Project through the month…