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Youth orchestra plays at K-Bay Caffé Saturday The Homer Youth String Orchestra Club performs from noon-1 p.m. Saturday…

Cantina of the Dead, by Katie Hollingsworth.

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Dia de los Muertos explores death, loss in creative ways

At the quarter point between the equinox and the solstice, spiritual and secular celebrations appear in numerous cultures,…

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Years ago in Homer

20 years ago in the Homer News: Thirty members of the Homer community marched down Pioneer Avenue to…

Fresh snow covers boats and ramps at the Homer Harbor on Monday. The first snowfall of the season hit Homer on Oct. 17, causing numerous accidents on the lower Kenai Peninsula.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

For the past few days a car has laid on its side by a hairpin curve on West…

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Arts in brief

HPL Book Club reads Chiappone’s ‘Liar’s Code’ For October, the Homer Public Library Book Club reads Homer writer…

Some of the recycled box masks made by Claudio Orso-Giacone in a workshop at Bunnell Street Arts Center last month.

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Bunnell Artist in Residence brings poetic sensibility

After several years of Bunnell Street Arts Center artist residencies, the concept has evolved into a simple but…

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Cops and courts

Homer Police Oct. 4 A caller at 4:22 p.m. reported two intoxicated subjects walking down the street at…

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News Homer’s centennial celebration started off with hundreds of spectators turned out…

Apple tree produces fruit this year

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Apple tree produces fruit this year

Those of you who grow apples have scoffed at my columnar apple tree. It has been said that…

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News: Sylvia Thompson was about a month away from celebrating her 100th…

Northern lights dazzle over Homer

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Northern lights dazzle over Homer

Sound sleepers might miss early morning displays of the northern lights, but if you have a dog that…

Homer City Council member and mayor pro tempore David Lewis, right, presents a fire-wise flag from Teshio, Japan, to Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Robert Painter, left, as Homer Police Chief Mark Robl, center, watches. Lewis recently returned from a trip to Japan where he visited Homer's sister city, Teshio. Lewis also gave Robl a Teshio police pin. "Our sister city really outdoes itself when you are there," Lewis said. "I have never been treated so well in my whole life."

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Homer’s Best Bets

As we toil here at Homer News election central into the wee dark hours of the morning, the…

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The Arts in Brief

Women of the World perform International a cappella group Women of the World perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday…