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    Sandhill cranes feed in Beluga Slough on May 11, 2019, in Homer, Alaska, during the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    May 15, 2019 5:30 am

    BEST BEER BET: Come to the next Barley &O.A.T.s (Outdoor Adventure Talks) to listen to Hig of Ground Truth Trekking…

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    Flex School student Makayla Prescott holds up a collage she showed at Flex First Friday, an exhibit of art done by Flex students, teachers and staff over the past year. The show included pottery created during an Artist in the School residency by Jeff Szarzi. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    Snow falls on a pink flamingo lawn decoration on Sunday afternoon, April 21, 2019, on Diamond Ridge Road in Homer, Alaska. A spring snowstorm dropped about 6 inches of snow on Homer over the weekend. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    April 24, 2019 5:30 am

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    Moose browse at the east end of Beluga Lake about 6 p.m. Thursday, April 11, 2019, as seen from the airport viewing platform at the end of FAA Road in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    April 17, 2019 5:30 am

    The Betster has decided, that, rather than waste these precious sunny hours before the rain and typical spring weather hits…

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    Sandy Mazen looks at the Quilt of Valor made for him by Lorraine Murphy, right, of the Kachemak Bay Quilters. Mazen received the quilt on April 4, 2019, at Kachemak Community Center in Kachemak City, Alaska. (Photo provided)
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    April 10, 2019 5:30 am

    Walk around town this weekend and through Monday, and you’ll hear a strange clickety-clack sound coming from many Homer businesses…

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    Daffodils bloom on April 2, 2019, on the south side of the Homer Electric Association building in Homer, Alaska. According to the Alaska Climate Research Center of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, new monthly high temperatures records were set for March in 10 of 19 weather stations, including Homer. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    March 27, 2019 5:30 am

    The Betster doesn’t have all that much to say this week, Homerites. Perhaps it’s all this sunshine affecting the mind.

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    A moose takes a drink of water from a marshy area just off Kachemak Drive on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
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    March 20, 2019 5:30 pm

    What was that about April showers? Are they supposed to be here in March?

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    Leia the dog stands in a Diamond Ridge driveway covered in 4-foot snow drifts on Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. A blizzard over the weekend kept plow drivers busy. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    By Michael Armstrong • March 13, 2019 5:30 am

    On Sunday America holds its annual celebration of Irish culture and history, St. Patrick’s Day. Back in the old sod,…

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    Riana Boonstra of Kenai skis near Diamond Ridge in the Kachemak Nordic Ski Marathon on March 11, 2017, near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    March 6, 2019 5:30 am

    This weekend marks the annual grumpfest where we complain about that dang Daylight Saving Time and how here in the…

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    Lynda Reed appears in the Homer Senior Citizens Inc. Annual Senior Fashion Show last Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, at the Homer Senior Center in Homer, Alaska. The theme of the show was “intergalactic.” This show was a part of the center’s Intergenerational program bringing all ages together to celebrate the senior population. (Photo provided)
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    February 27, 2019 5:30 am

    If you’re a working schmo on a regular 9-to-5 schedule, you may have noticed an odd phenomena. On either end…

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    Community members enjoy a free ice skating party hosted by Rotary Club of Homer-Kachemak Bay, McDonalds and the City of Homer on Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 at Ben Walters Park and Beluga Lake in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
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    A marcher with the Krewe of Gambrinus dances during the Winter Carnival Parade on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
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    February 13, 2019 5:30 am

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