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Kenai Peninsula Fair: 63 years old and counting
In 1951, the southern Kenai Peninsula had two fairs, one in Homer and one in Ninilchik. According to…
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Homer’s Best Bets
Now would be the time when the Betster does the annual summer punch list column. As kids prepare…
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Homer Spit Campground: 40 years a family tradition
As long as people have been visiting the Homer Spit, they have camped outdoors. Archaeologists have found shell…
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Chicken Liquor plays Down East in September
California old-time string band Chicken Liquor performs 8-11 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Down East Saloon. Featuring “rollicking…
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Writer, artist hold retreat at Peterson Bay
Writer Marilyn Sigman and artist Marilyn Kirkham lead “Line by Line,” a writing and art retreat Aug. 22-24…
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Marian Beck offers plein-air workshop
Halibut Cove artist Marian Beck offers a plein-air, or open-air, workshop from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Aug. 17 in…
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Grandmother Drum keeper offers drum-making class
White Eagle Medicine Woman, the drumkeeper of the 7-foot wide Alaska Grandmother Drum, and performance artist Michaela Baumgartner…
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Hear stories of Alaska women
For the Carl Wynn Nature Center’s Fantastic Fridays series, Rosie Burgess and friends share stories of amazing Alaskan…
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Visiting artists Michael, Isaak embody modern Native Alaska art
When Homer artist Ron Senungetuk curated “Inspirations: An Alaska Native Art Exhibition” in September 2010 at the Pratt…
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Pet of the Week
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s just Trixie, up on her high perch waiting for someone to take…
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Court Reports
Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through Aug. 4: Judgments Jennifer M. Godola,…
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State Trooper Reports
July 30 Alaska State Troopers at 9:52 a.m. received a report from a 53-year-old Nikolaevsk man that while…
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Homer Police Reports
July 28 A woman at 8:12 a.m. said a black bear was in her Tundra Rose Road yard…