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    Best Bets
    Smart moose A moose crosses the Sterling Highway near the crosswalk at Pioneer Avenue last last Tuesday night.
    Best Bets
    By Michael Armstrong • June 22, 2017 9:35 am

    Yo, visitors from far-off lands. If you want to see moose in Homer, here’s a hot tip from the Betster:…

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    June 15, 2017 9:43 am

    The other day the Betster stood in line at the liquor store between some nice guys from Yukon Territory, Canada,…

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    June 8, 2017 10:13 am

    Here on Kachemak Bay, we’re hip to the concept that tides can change quickly and rise dramatically. Mariners know not…

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    June 1, 2017 11:03 am

    As regular readers of our Cops and Courts section know, the pace of police activity changes come summer. In winter…

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    By Michael Armstrong • May 24, 2017 12:13 am

    Batten down the hatches, Betsteroids. Get out the barbecue grills. Go find the garden tools. If you haven’t noticed, we’re…

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    May 18, 2017 10:40 am

    All over town this weekend, parents and emerging young adults will be preparing for The Big Day. What nice clothes…

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    POPS, the Patrons of the Pratt, unveiled its 2017 fundraiser quilt, “Moosin’ Around,” at a luncheon on Monday. Posing with the quilt they helped make are, from left to right, top, Sherry Broome, Janet Bacher, Ruby Nofziger, Kathy Pankratz, Linda Wagner and Shirley Svoboda; from left to right, front, Eileen Wythe, Glenda Rosenbalm and Karrie Youngblood. Wythe also did this year’s bonus quilt, “Swamp Rose.”
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    By Michael Armstrong • May 11, 2017 10:31 am

    Who loves you, Betsteroids? That’s right — your mama. Don’t forget the annual celebration of mothers this Sunday, May 14….

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    May 4, 2017 9:28 am

    Last weekend the first cruise ships of the season pulled into Juneau, and what did Homer get? A big gray…

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    Best Bets, April 20
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    April 20, 2017 10:25 am

    The obvious joke today would be to write something about it being 4-20. Holy sinsemilla, dude! You don’t know about…

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    April 13, 2017 10:52 am

    Sharpen those pencils. Get out the shoebox of receipts. Gather togther your W-2s, your 1099s and your Schedule Ks. The…

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    By Michael Armstrong • April 6, 2017 10:12 am

    We live in a time of great transition, Betsteroids. Chaos has descended upon the world. What once seemed black and…

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    At the Homer City Council meeting on March 28, Poppy Benson speaks in support of council members Donna Aderhold, David Lewis and Catriona Reynolds, the targets of a movement to recall them. Many of the 100 people attending Tuesday's meeting held paper hearts to show support for the three council members. One woman held a sign that said, "Let's recall hatred." Recall organizers have targeted the three because they sponsored Resolution 17-019, the inclusivity resolution. "I would hate to think any faction in our city would go after you," Benson said to Aderhold, Lewis and Reynolds. "It is very unfortunate the city is going to be put through this. I would like to express my support for all three of you who are the target of a vicious action." Tess Dally also spoke in support of the three council members as well as the council and the mayor.  "Three of you have made a difficult decision that really ended up taking a risk, taking a risk for people on the margin," Dally said of Aderhold, Lewis and
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    March 29, 2017 5:27 pm

    If your social media newsfeed has been clogged with talk about fake news and alternative facts, boy, do we have…

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    By Michael Armstrong • March 23, 2017 9:56 am

    Last Thursday at his talk about William Seward and Tsar Alexander II, writer Michael Dunham tossed off a “what-if” that…

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