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Court Reports

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through Oct. 6: Judgments John S. Anderson…

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State Trooper Reports

Sept. 30 Alaska State Troopers at 12:28 p.m. went to Nikolaevsk for a report of vandalism. Troopers said…

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Homer Police Reports

Sept. 29 A caller at 8:13 a.m. reporter furniture and other items stolen from a Homer Spit building.…

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Fire Company Reports

Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services Sept. 29- Oct. 5 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to four…

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Announcements

Kachemak Emergency Service Area Board holds its regular monthly board meeting at 7 p.m. today at the Kenai…

Rio Shemet Pitcher stands next to his LEGO sculpture of the RMS Titanic.-Photo by Don Pitcher

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Homer boy’s Lego art to be in Anchorage Museum show

Homer LEGO artist and creator Rio Shemet Pitcher, 12, has had his sculpture of the RMS Titanic selected…

Fisherman signs new book

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Fisherman signs new book

Longtime commercial fisherman and Homer resident Jerre Wills signs his new book, “Alaska is My Mistress,” from 3-6…

Melisse Reichman kneels by her sculpture, “A Soulful Eye.”-Photo by Kammi Matson

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Artist unveils new Spit sculpture

Melisse Reichman stands by her sculpture, “A Soulful Eye” installed at the End of the Road Park on…

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Visiting artist holds Wednesday workshops

Old Town Artist in Residence Elizabeth Emery holds a potluck dinner and printmaking workshops from 6 to 9…

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‘Les Miserables’ opens Oct 10

The Pier One Theater season ends with a showing of “Les Miserables” starting at 7 p.m. Oct. 10…

One of Elizabeth Emery’s prints on exhibit at Bunnell Street Arts Center.-Photo provided

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First Friday Events

Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center 95 Sterling Highway Voices of the Wilderness, poetry, paintings, photography, fiber art,…

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Fall First Friday opens with new venues

As the season changes, so too do First Friday openings. Some galleries go on hiatus, with no new…

A leaf and berries lie on a boulder in the Pratt Museum’s botanical garden last Friday — one of the best places in town to do some fall “leaf peeping,” as they call it in New England.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Every October we enter the cusp of winter, or winter as we Alaskans define it. Alaska doesn’t cycle…