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Local author wins international writing contest

HoWL founder’s short story will be published in Irish paper on Dec. 28

Tom Blyth portrays Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler portrays Lucy Gray Baird in "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes." (Promotional photo courtesy Lionsgate)

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On the Screen: ‘Hunger Games’ still has something to say

Surprisingly rich prequel interrogates contemporary politics through dystopian lens

Photo provided by Ptarmigan Arts The Ptarmigan Arts Gallery is photographed in June 2023.

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Looking forward, looking back

Homer’s art galleries reflect on this year and look to the year to come

Besides his P.E. duties, Rex Edwards also coached swimming and wrestling and was involved in numerous other activities. Here, he poses with his wrestlers. (Image courtesy of Rex and Beverly Edwards)

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First in the Pool — Part 1

AUTHOR’S NOTE: A slightly modified version of this two-part story about former teachers Rex and Beverly Edwards and…

Image via Harper Homer Council on the Arts and Friends of the Homer Library are co-hosting an exhibit on the theme of “Finding Home” with an open call for community member art, inspired by the novel “The Cold Millions” and based on the 2022-2023 NEA Big Read theme, “Where we live.”

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Finding home

The Friends of the Homer Library and Homer Council on the Arts are cohosting an exhibit

This cornbread is sweet and fluffy, perfect with chili after a long day. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Cornbead and crockpots for chilly days

This cornbread is sweet and fluffy, perfect with chili after a long day

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Best Bets

No need to dream of a white Christmas — we’re sure to have one with all this snow…

The sun shines over Tern Lake on Sunday, May 22, 2022 near Cooper Landing, Alaska. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tales of trails

‘Trail Mix Journal’ collects stories and experiences from local wilderness

A copy of William L. Iġġiaġruk Hensley’s “Fifty Miles from Tomorrow” is held outside the Peninsula Clarion building on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: A powerful record of Alaska Native advocacy

In “Fifty Miles From Tomorrow,” William L. Hensley divulges a lifetime worth of insight into both his childhood…

Photo courtesy of the Bodnar Family Collection In about 1948, after he and brother Alex had proven up on his homestead and were in the process of proving up on Alex’s, Marcus Bodnar poses here with his cabin along the Kenai River near the site of the bridge, which was just being built at this time.

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The Bodnar Brothers: Early to Arrive, Early to Depart — Part 2

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The brothers Marcus and Alex Bodnar, sons of Ukrainian immigrants, came to the central Kenai Peninsula…

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Unhinged Alaska: You are never that far from home

We all have certain memories or thoughts of times and places that provide us with an internal source…