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    ‘Tis the season for arts
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    December First Friday hosts new and ongoing exhibits

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    Homer “Nutcracker” dancers Ella Gustufson and Sofia Loboy help create Christmas tree gift tags for the 2024 Homer Share the Spirit in the Homer High School green room during “Nutcracker” rehearsal last weekend. They are joined by one of the Nutcracker’s small participants. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)
    Share the Spirit brings holiday cheer, support
    By Emilie Springer • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer’s longtime community donation program “Share the Spirit” returns for the Christmas holidays.

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    Michael McKinney and Bobby McKinney add finishing touches to the party scene fireplace at the Homer “Nutcracker” rehearsals on Sunday at the Homer Mariner Theater. (Emilie Springer/ Homer News)
    Behind the scenes at ‘The Nutcracker’
    By Emilie Springer • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    The 2024 Homer Nutcracker Ballet opens on Friday and cast and crew have put in hundreds of volunteer hours in…

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    Civil Air Patrol Alaska Wing logo. Photo courtesy of Civil Air Patrol Homer Squadron
    Civil air patrol to offer emergency radio training
    By Delcenia Cosman • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    CAP intends this effort to help communities be prepared for catastrophic events

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    Pratt Museum receives funds to restore Gull Island exhibit
    Pratt Museum receives funds to restore Gull Island...
    By Emilie Springer • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    Homer’s Pratt Museum has received a $15,827 grant from Museums Alaska, a nonprofit organization supported by the Rasmuson Foundation. The…

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    Unhinged Alaska: A butthead named Baster
    By Nick Varney • November 27, 2024 2:30 am

    Time now for the Baster saga that took place a few years ago

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    Board President Zen Kelly speaks during a special meeting of the Kenai Peninsula Board of Education in Soldotna, Alaska, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    School board looks to create more restrictive cellphone...
    By Jacob Dye • November 27, 2024 1:30 am

    The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s Board of Education is seeking to make the district’s cellphone policy stricter. At a…

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    Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News
Christopher Kincaid, sound technician, takes photos for the 2024 “Nutcracker” production at rehearsal on Sunday, Nov. 10<ins>, 2024,</ins> in the Homer Mariner Theatre<ins> in Homer, </ins><ins>Alaska</ins>.
    Kincaid brings sounds to ‘Nutcracker’
    By Emilie Springer • November 27, 2024 1:30 am

    Preparing for Homer’s “Nutcracker” production takes substantial community volunteer effort from the youth dancers, various dimensions of technical crew, costume…

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    Photo by Kaiti Grant/courtesy Alaska SeaLife Center
Alaska SeaLife Center Wildlife Response Team members treat a juvenile northern sea otter that was admitted for care on Nov. 16 in Seward.
    Sealife center admits juvenile sea otter
    By Delcenia Cosman • November 27, 2024 1:30 am

    The juvenile otter was rescued from Seward with “significant” facial trauma

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    Sunrise over UAA's Kenai Peninsula College Kenai River Campus main entrance and Clarence E. Goodrich Building. Photo provided by KRC.
    $2.3 million grant will fund migrant education at...
    By Emilie Springer • November 27, 2024 1:30 am

    The College Assistance Migrant Program is a five-year grant provided by the U.S. Department of Education

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    Josiah Kelly, right, appears for a superior court arraignment at the Kenai Courthouse in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    Anchor Point resident arraigned in Homer shooting case
    By Jacob Dye • December 5, 2024 1:30 am

    He’s currently in custody at Wildwood Pretrial Facility

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    Dwayne Johnson as Callum Drift, J. K. Simmons as Santa Claus, Chris Evans as Jack O’Malley and Lucy Liu as Zoe Harlow in “Red One.” (Promotional image courtesy Amazon MGM Studios)
    On the Screen: ‘Red One’ is light on...
    By Jacob Dye • November 21, 2024 1:30 am

    Only a few short years ago, movie theaters were dominated by superhero films. The Avengers were the safest box office…

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    Filling a niche
    By Christina Whiting For Homer News • November 21, 2024 1:30 am

    Yup’ik and Alutiiq artist blends traditional techniques with contemporary methods

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