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Sugarplums are made of toasted nuts and dried fruit with spices and honey, rolled in sparkling sugar. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dreaming of sugarplums

These fruit specialties conjure the magic of the holidays

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Best Bets

Dashing through the snow on your way to great events? Please drive safely, but don’t miss out on…

Olive, female bunny. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

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Pet of the Week: Olive

Olive has been at the shelter for almost a month now. Let’s share the holiday spirit and get…

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Clover Morrison birth

Clover Blossom Morrison was born on Dec. 1, 2023 at South Peninsula Hospital to parents Erin Pollock and…

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Homer happenings from years past

The Pratt Museum makes a call for local stories to include in January’s participatory exhibit.

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Pratt Museum accepting local stories for January exhibit, ‘Our Stories, Our Place’

Homer’s Pratt Museum is opening the new year with their “Our Stories, Our Place” exhibit. Typically in the…

The sign at the entrance of Kenai Peninsula College’s Kachemak Bay Campus is photographed on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Finn Heimbold/Homer News)

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Kachemak Bay Campus to host panel on the Israel-Palestine conflict

The Kachemak Bay Campus of the University of Alaska will host a five-member open-format conversation about the Israel-Palestine…

"Specific Gravity, a multimedia work by Michael Armstrong is on display in Homer Council on the Arts' "Fun with 5x7" show in November and December 2023. Photo by Michael Armstrong

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A life guided by art

Former Homer News editor Michael Armstrong pursues his creative life

Peter and Pearl Bodnar (front, center) pose for a 1930 Christmas portrait with much of their family, probably in Manitoba, Canada. Pictured are: (back row, L-R) Alex, sister Anna (Bodnar) Bandura, brother Michael holding daughter Pearl next to his wife Jessie, and Marcus. In the front row are: Michael’s eldest daughter Olga, parents Parascevies “Pearl” and Peter Bodnar, and Michael’s middle daughter Marion. (Photo courtesy of the Bodnar Family Collection)

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The Bodnar Brothers: Early to Arrive, Early to Depart — Part 1

It’s summer 1947, the year of the immense Kenai Burn: Marge and Frank Mullen are sitting at the…

Fresh mozzarella, above, is great if you find yourself with a gallon of milk on its last day. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mozzarella saves the day

After all our Thanksgiving guests departed, we received a delivery of several gallons of milk nearing their expiration…

A copy of Sherry Simpson’s “The Way Winter Comes” is held in the Peninsula Clarion offices on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 in Kenai, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Off the Shelf: Inhabited by winter

Juneau writer spins haunting tales of Alaska’s darkest season in 1998 short story collection

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There’s a feeling of Christmas in Homer — the sidewalks and streets are dressed in holiday style, and…

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Pet of the Week: Domino

Domino is a lovely gal with a lot of heart, and toes (she’s polydactyl). Domino has lived with…