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

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

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

A juvenile robin feeds in spruce trees near Beluga Lake on Jan. 8, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Every now and then some data cruncher compiles chunks of information and spits out lists like “Top 10…

Fireworks explode in the sky above Mariner Park on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Editor’s note: The spelling of self-defense teacher Ken Domela’s name has been corrected.

The Homer Ukulele Group performs at the Bear Creek Winery’s Garden Lights last Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018, in Kachemak City, Alaska. More than 500 people attended that night for an evening of music, colorful lights and hot beverages. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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If you’re not still stuck in your couch cushions, weighed down by the delicious and copious amounts of…

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You’ve heard of summer solstice, now get ready for his darker, grumpier, more menacing brother: winter solstice.

Jim Hadley holds a copy of the Dec. 7, 1941, Anchorage Daily Times reporting the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Hadley, 84, was 7 and living in Anchorage when the Japanese bombed Hawaii, causing the United States to declare war on Japan and enter World War II. Hadley visited the Homer News on Dec. 7, 2018, to share the newspaper with the staff. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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If you’re one of the many Homerites dreaming of a white Christmas, you’ve finally got what you asked…

The halibut hook at the Homer Harbor has been wrapped in lights for the dark winter on Nov. 17, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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We haven’t quite figured out what to call last Friday’s big earthquake. For the 1964 9.2 quake that…

Snow casts a monochrome haze over Beluga Lake as it falls Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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It seems we barely had time to catch our breath after one holiday before being launched into the…

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Are you ready for it, Homerites?

A porcupine feeds by the side of a driveway off Diamond Ridge Road on Nov. 10, 2018, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Here on the south shore of Beluga Lake — called SoBe by Homer hipsters — we’ve been noticing…

Northern lights shine over Diamond Ridge about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Whew! We made it, Homerites. We collectively survived the 2018 midterm elections.