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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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    April 3, 2019 5:30 am

    People who take short vacations during spring break may experience temporal dislocation upon their return, especially in March and early…

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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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    February 20, 2019 5:30 am

    If you’ve noticed the interwebs have been a bit slow lately, don’t blame an uptick in video streaming now that…

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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

    Good morning, lovebirds!

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    Venus shines over a crescent moon about 8:30 a.m. last Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    February 6, 2019 5:30 am

    It’s time to thank a U.S. Coast Guard member!

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    A bald eagle sits on a picnic table at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit on Jan. 28, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. This and other eagles had been feeding on a dead sea otter that washed up on the beach. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    January 30, 2019 5:30 am

    Well, Homerites, it would appear Mother Nature has ceased her ill-natured boycott of the southern Kenai Peninsula. Happy days are…

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    A sun pillar appears over the Kenai Mountains at sunrise about 9:20 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. A sun pillar forms when light from the rising or setting sun is reflected by ice crystals in thin, high-level clouds. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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    January 23, 2019 5:30 am

    If you were lucky enough to glimpse part of the super blood moon eclipse on Sunday (during the brief moments…

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