Members of TorQ play with percussion instruments. From left to right are Daniel Morphy, Adam Campbell, Richard Burrows and Jamie Drake, all of Toronto, Canada.

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Hitting stuff for a living: TorQ plays on Valentine’s Day

For Canadian percussion group TorQ, its name has a double meaning. “Tor” stands for “Toronto,” the Ontario city…

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Chloe Eve O’Keefe

Chloe Eve O’Keefe was born at 5:10 p.m. Feb. 6, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Michaela Holthaus…

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Renn Jackson Marden

Renn Jackson Marden was born at 1:34 a.m. Feb 4, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Katie Moerlein…

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Announcements

The Kachemak Emergency Service Area Board holds a budget workshop meeting at 4 p.m. today followed by the…

The costumed Thoning family gets ready for the start of Sunday’s Ski For Women. From left are Brightly Thoning as Little Red Riding Hood, Beka Thoning as a wolf, and Lucas Thoning, who was crowned Mr. Homer at the 2014 Homer Winter Carnival.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

This week we had an important celestial event: Groundhog Day, or as we call it in Alaska, Marmot…

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Court Report

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through Jan. 30: Judgments Nikolai N. Yakunin,…

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State Trooper Report

Jan. 25 Alaska State Troopers at 1:30 p.m. contacted a 32-year-old Port Graham man at his home and…

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Homer Police Report

Homer Police Jan. 23 A man at 7:55 a.m. turned in property. Police returned the property to the…

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Fire Company Report

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

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Announcements

An organizational meeting for a Parkinson’s Support Group is 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Homer Senior Citizens Center…

Fanny

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Pet of the Week

This gorgeous, 6-year old calico Manx has little patience with other cats. She would rather have that lap…

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First Friday Events

Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 W. Bunnell Ave. On Hockey, sculpture and other works by Michael Conti 5-7…

Art by Carolyn Seymour

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Faces featured in two exhibits

With some galleries on winter hiatus, only three of the regular art galleries have first Friday openings. Fireweed…