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Thinking of Homer’s community care

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: The country’s economy is brewing caf and decaf

Most people have seen news reports, social media posts and business charts that show a line moving up…

A parent and teen use conversation cards created by the Alaska Children's Trust. Photo courtesy Kaila Pfister

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Opinion: Staying connected starts with showing up

When our daughter was 11 and the COVID lockdown was in full swing, she, like many of the…

Neil Davis spent much of his career in the 1960s through the 1980s at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute. He authored many Alaska Science Forum columns and the book Alaska Science Nuggets. Geophysical Institute photo

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The mystery of the dancing wires

In this quiet, peaceful time of year, with all the noisy birds flown south and all the scary…

Mike O'Meara.

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Where do you draw the line?

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: Poor Southcentral spending decisions matter to everyone

Too many residents, business owners and politicians of Southcentral Alaska — we’re talking the state’s population center of…

Conrad Heiderer. Photo courtesy Conrad Heiderer

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Opinion: The Kenai Peninsula could become Alaska’s 1st ‘corridor of life’

The Kenai Peninsula holds a kind of clarity that is hard to find in most places. Between the…

This mosaic image shows combined passes from NOAA 21, Suomi NPP and NOAA 20 satellites. All show the auroral oval during the geomagnetic storm of Nov. 11-12, 2025. Vincent Ledvina, a graduate student researcher at the UAF Geophysical Institute, added the typical auroral oval to the image before posting it to his Facebook page (Vincent Ledvina — The Aurora Guy). Image by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Vincent Ledvina.

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As the dark season begins, more light

It’s November in Fairbanks, when the sun reminds you of where on the globe you’re leaving the snowy…

Mike O'Meara.

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Local community supports displaced families through fish drive

Joe Ravin. Photo courtesy of Joe Ravin

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Point of View: Youth Corner: Fostering a ‘third space’ for community youth

I was fortunate enough to have attended the Boys and Girls club here in Homer for most of…

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Point of View: It takes a hamlet to feed the hungry

Homer is known as “the cosmic hamlet by the sea” or, alternately, as “a quaint little drinking village…

Larry Persily. (Juneau Empire file photo)

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Opinion: New service takes the crime out of being a bagman

Used to be, a bagman was the guy in the movie who picked up or delivered the takings…

A rare red  aurora is seen over Alaska in February 1958. Photo courtesy of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute

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Red aurora rare enough to be special

Charles Deehr will never forget his first red aurora. On Feb. 11, 1958, Deehr was a student at…