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Last weekend the Betster took a camping foray to the best little campground on the Kenai Peninsula. Like…

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A quick glance at today’s Homer News reveals a frightening development: a boat load of articles about heading…

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In the midst of all the pandemic pandemonium, when life seems uncertain and we struggle to hold our…

A patch of heart-shaped snow clings to the side of the Kenai Mountains on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, near Hope, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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The Betster has been so busy recently that yours truly almost didn’t notice a somber fact of late…

An old hay mower lies by the side of the recently rerouted Homestead Trail on Saturday, July 11, 2020, on Diamond Ridge near Homer, Alaska. Several historic homesteads were established in the hills above Homer in the 1930s and 1940s. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Once again a public relations person has sent a missive to World Betster Headquarters stating what the Betster…

As a reminder to be safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Homer artist Julie Tomich painted face masks on the figures of Tom Reed’s mural, “Tribute to Performing Artists,” as seen on July 3, 2020, on Pioneer Avenue in Homer, Alaska. Reed painted the mural in August 1985 on a retaining wall in front of NOMAR (then Proctor’s Grocery), and updated the mural with additional figures in 2008 under a city grant. Using a chalk-based, non-permanent paint, Tomich got permission from the city to add the masks to the mural. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Once again some Lower 48 website has provided the Betster with exciting news about Alaska. In this case,…

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Except for the You Know What, this summer is turning out to be awesome. We’ve had a pretty…

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Wouldn’t you know it, one moment we were begging the snow to leave, and the next we’ve watched…

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Although this has been a fabulous summer, you have to admit that the rain this week has been…

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In his recent novel, “Agency,” William Gibson suggests a weird kind of time travel where through an artificial…

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If you’ve studied your history or maybe even lived in the certain eras, today’s headlines might seem a…

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If you dared to come into town over the weekend, Holy Los Angeles did this town ever change.…