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Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion Attendees gather to dance and to listen during a performance by Blackwater Railroad Company, part of the Levitt AMP Soldotna Music Series on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Soldotna Creek Park in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Soldotna Music Series lineup announced, opens June 5

The music series runs every Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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Pets of the Week: Ash and Cyprus

These two are possibly the cutest kittens around. They love absolutely everyone — kids, cats, dogs, adults. It’s…

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Best Bets

While you don’t have to put away your birding scopes just yet, it is time to dig out…

This Al Hershberger photo of his good friend Hedley Parsons was taken in Germany in 1945, after World War II had ended. Parsons and Hershberger came to Alaska together a few years later, and in 2010, when Parsons was interviewed for this story, he may have been the last person living who had actually attended George Dudley’s messy funeral

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This parting was not sweet sorrow — Part 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The funeral 57 years ago for North Kenai’s George Coe Dudley became the stuff of local…

This green goddess salad is full of fiber, protein, and nutrition, and when paired with some pita crackers or tortilla chips makes a complete and satisfying meal. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Greens to get through the day

This green goddess salad is full of fiber, protein and nutrition

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Camera? Check. Binoculars and/or scope? Check. Notebook? Check. Festival schedule? Check! The 32nd annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival…

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

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Pet of the Week: Leight

Leight is a young cat with an old soul. She is adventurous, kind, beautiful and gentle. She loves…

Photo courtesy Barnabus Firth, executive director of the Norman Lowell Art Gallery Foundation Norman Lowell’s 72- by 96-inch painting, “The Sea,” is photographed May 6, 2024, at the Norman Lowell Art Gallery north of Homer. The work was based on sketches from a painting trip to the Aleutian Islands.

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Arts council and Norman Lowell Gallery to host black tie gala fundraiser

Homer Council on the Arts and the Norman Lowell Gallery will host a black tie gala fundraiser May…

"Sandhill Crane," a acrylic on wood painting by Torie Rhyan, was painted in the winter of 2023. Photo provided by Torie Rhyan

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Nature’s color and whimsy

Homer artist expresses her passion for natural beauty through paints and plants

The front of George Coe Dudley’s 1941 draft-registration card bears his signature and shows him as a resident of Anchorage. By the 1950s, he was living on the Kenai Peninsula.

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This parting was not sweet sorrow — Part 1

AUTHOR’S NOTE: A similar version of this story first appeared in the Redoubt Reporter in 2010.

Earl Grey and lavender cupcakes are elegantly decorated. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Cupcakes to celebrate community and connection

These beautiful Earl Grey and lavender cupcakes are elegant and refined

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Unhinged Alaska: Helpful tips for those contemplating a high seas cruise

I recently received a few emails referencing timely tips that I’ve offered over the years concerning ocean cruising.…