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While birch trees have turned yellow, a moose finds some greenery left to graze on along the side of West Hill Road on Tuesday morning. -photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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In the past week, the weather has ranged from toasty warm to rain with a chance of seagulls…

A great blue heron rests in Beluga Slough last week. Herons are more common on the south side of Kachemak Bay, but sometimes visit Homer.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, started on Sunday. Yes, it’s now year 5,776, a pretty respectable run…

Steven Michael Allen paints his wooden boat at the Kachemak Bay Wooden Boat Festival on Saturday. The boat building shop for kids is always a popular event.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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The sandhill crane colts have begun to gather together for the big migration. On the Spit, except for…

Kite surfers, stand-up paddleboarders and body surfers play in the waves off the Spit last month.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Now that Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has ordered Mt. McKinley be renamed Denali, will other prominent…

Hannah Heimbuch, left, of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council watches a video on an information kiosk about ocean acidification at Coal Point Trading Company on the Homer Spit. Kyra Wagner also watches. The kiosk was dedicated Monday. The Alaska Marine Conservation Council and Cook Inletkeeper collaborated on the project. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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The other day the Betster ran into a friend who has toiled for decades in the visitor industry.…

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In the past it happened that moose hunting season and school opened in the same week. The School…

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Recently the Betster has been having issues with computers — OK, to be exact, the grand wonder of…

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Recently the Betster has been having issues with computers — OK, to be exact, the grand wonder of…

Stilt walkers Kylee Wegner, left, and Phill Stasz, right, lead March Fourth as the Portland, Ore., band parades during Salmonfest on Sunday. Sunshine blessed the three-day music festival at the Kenai Peninsula Fairgrounds, Ninilchik.-Photo by Michael Armstrong. Homer News

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On a fine summer evening when the setting sun lights up a cloud-splattered sky in azure blues and…

The tourist season is in full swing at the Homer Spit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Less than 24 hours after the Homer City Council held its longest meeting in recent memory — 4…

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OK, Besteroids, here’s something the Betster bets you didn’t know: This is National Moth Week. In celebration of…

Visitors to Homer look at an eagle nest near Lake Street and by Beluga Slough.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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On an early morning walk this week, the Betster, observant as always, noticed a couple of things: 1.…

Flowers in teapots add some color to the boardwalk by Coal Town Coffee and Tea on the Homer Spit.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Recently while walking the Spit, the Betster noticed an odd phenomenon: Homer cars sure do have a lot…