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Pratt Museum gets $300,000 federal grant

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $300,000 grant to the Pratt Museum to implement its “People…

A mask from Drew Michael's Bunnell Street Arts Center show, “Spaces Within.”-Photo provided

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First Friday events

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Avenue Black and white, photography by Taz Tally and glass work by…

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Picture Alaska to go out of business; First Friday shows look at remote landscapes, boreal forest

Picture Alaska, a constant presence on Pioneer Avenue for First Friday art openings, announced this week that after…

Don Felton and Joan Splinter, with helpers Henry and Schnitzel, have spent little more than a year creating their garden on West Hill.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Gardeners’ Weekend: A perennial event

One has only to look as far as the Homer Garden Club for a definition of “perennial.” The…

Betsy Scott sings while Eddie Wood plays the cajon at the Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire last Saturday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer Street Faire

Visitors to the annual Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire on Hazel Avenue enjoyed sunshine, music, arts…

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Pet of the Week

Watch out, evildoers, Miss Marple is on the case! This young calico’s got the scent: is it tuna? …

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Courts

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through July 18: Judgments Aliesha L. Ottobre,…

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Troopers

Troopers July 15 Alaska Wildlife Troopers cited a 54-year-old Homer man for commercial fishing during a closed period…

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Cops and Courts

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

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Announcements

Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

The crew of the F/V Western Freedom work on the boat at the steel grid at the Homer Harbor about 1 p.m. last Thursday. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Have you noticed how some Alaskans like to drive glossy black trucks with tinted windows, jacked up tires…

Several people stand by a building at Coal Point in 1892 on the Homer Spit, the first non-Native settlement there. -Photo provided, Pratt Museum

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PARKS DAY: CELEBRATING EARLY HOMER SPIT HISTORY

Most everyone knows the story of the naming of Homer, and how in April 1896, 50 men and…

A small but enthusiastic crowds dances to live music performed Saturday by Nervis Rex.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Rains don’t dampen Concert on Lawn spirit