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Sandhill crane colts are starting to fly. Please report sightings of fledged colts to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include…

Alaska Service Corps members pose for a photo near the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center last Friday. Working with the Southeast Alaska Guidance Association out of Juneau, they pulled up hemp nettle, an invasive weed. From left to right are Sheba Brown of Claremont, Calif.; Kendall Tuniston of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Myles Morris of St. Paul, Minn.; Heather Hughes; Megan Montgomery of Brookfield, Conn.; Matt Harrison of Mound, Minn.; and Dan Bowen of Juneau.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Now that the August primary has ended, school has started, the silver salmon run has slowed down and…

Sarah Outen and Justine Curgenven land on the Homer Spit at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, after a 101-day, 1,300-mile kayak journey from Adak.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Adventurer completes Pacific ocean crossing

She tried three times in three years, but after 3,700 miles, at 8 p.m. last Thursday, British adventurer…

The full moon emerges from clouds before sunrise on Monday. August’s full moon was what’s commonly called a super moon, defined as when the moon is closer than 223,694 miles to the earth. The average distance to the moon is 238,000 miles.

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Homer’s Best Bets

Starting next week we enter the Twilight Zone of not-quite summer but not yet fall. Here in Alaska,…

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Pet of the Week

Scrappy is a good boy. Super affectionate, this 1-year-old, short-hair Siamese is a happy cat, and would do…

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Court Reports

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through Aug. 11:   Judgments Kathryn R.…

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State Trooper Reports

July 28 Bureau of Highway Patrol troopers at 6:30 p.m. went to Mile 117 Sterling Highway for a…

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Homer Police Reports

Aug. 4 A man at 1:32 p.m. reported fraud and a credit-card theft. A caller at 2:47 p.m.…

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Fire Company Reports

Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services Aug. 4-11  Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to six medical calls…

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Announcements

Sandhill crane colts are starting to fly. Please report sightings of fledged colts to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include…

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Library seeks art work

The Homer Public Library seeks two-dimensional artwork for display at the library.  Although the artwork cannot be for…

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Dance performance is next week

Performing and media artists join together for “Nature’s Walk: An Evening of Dance and Multimedia Performance” at 7…

Outrageous Jazz performs in 2012 at Pier One Theatre. From left to right are Karen Strid-Chadwick, piano; Brenda Vulgamore Hune, vocals; Heidi Herbert-Lovern, bass; Dale Curtis, trumpet; and Curtis Bates, drums.
Bates is not playing this year, with Cameron Cartland playing drums. 
-Photo provided

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Outrageous Jazz will make Pier One pop this weekend

When Pier One Theatre goes dark between its Youth Theatre production in late July and the closing show…