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    The 24th Annual Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival starts Thursday, May 12. Get out your binoculars and get ready to watch a pulse of birds — like these Western sandpipers and dunlins that flew by Mud Bay in May 2015 — and tourists who traveled from afar to view Homer’s notable bird populations.-Homer News file photo
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    May 5, 2016 11:01 am

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    Simon Lopez, left, and Marina Co, right, perform a clown skit, “Fast Food,” last Saturday at the Homer Council on the Arts Jubilee Performing Arts Show. The show featured musical, theater, circus skills, dance and other acts by local youth.-Photo by Aaron Carpenter, Homer News
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    April 28, 2016 11:59 am

    If you drove out to the Spit  this week and happened to see a cluster of people huddled against the…

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    Amanda Dorough, right, shows Homer High School senior Griffin Scero how to listen to breathing in Sim Man, a robotic teaching mannequin, at the Homer College, Career and Job Fair last Friday at Kachemak Bay Campus. Dorough is a student in the paramedic program at the Kenai Peninsula College, Kenai River Campus. The $125,000 teaching tool can simulate thousands of medical situations, including heart attacks.                               -A full recovery is expected
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    April 21, 2016 11:13 am

    As the Betster writes this, 93 days have passed and the Alaska Legislature still hasn’t passed a budget or solved…

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    Former KBBI Public Radio General Manager Dave Anderson, left, shakes Homer Mayor Beth Wythe’s hand after she recognized him for his 35 years of service to the station at the March 29 Homer City Council meeting. Anderson retired last Friday and there is a party for him at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Alice’s Champagne Palace.
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    April 14, 2016 10:48 am

    You know the rhyme, “April showers bring May flowers?” Not current in this time zone, as television broadcasters used to…

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    April 7, 2016 11:20 am

    Periodically the Homer News gets press releases from Outside media flacks pitching a story. Usually they went us to cover…

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    Crocuses are in bloom at the Homer Bookstore last Saturday. South-facing planters that get plenty of spring sun have begun to sprout flowers.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    March 30, 2016 5:22 pm

    As you travel around town on Friday, don’t be surprised if you see some strange things. Holy crocuses! No, we…

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    The Easter Bunny arrives by Maritime Helicopters at a previous Easter Egg Hunt at the Homer Elks Lodge. The aerial arrival of the Easter Bunny has been a longtime tradition for the Elks Easter event.-Homer News file photo
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    March 24, 2016 10:23 am

    To seasoned Alaskans it should come as no surprise that spring started with a pleasant little flurry of snow. Winter…

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    A flock of rock sandpipers flies over Mud Bay last Friday off the Homer Spit. Rock sandpipers winter in Kachemak Bay. Local birders reported seeing groups of up to 3,000 on the Spit last week.-Winging their way to spring
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    March 17, 2016 10:15 am

    This week has been chock full of important dates. On Monday, 3/14/16, we got Pi Day, because the date is…

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    March 10, 2016 1:11 pm

    Should you stroll down Pioneer Avenue on Friday night, don’t be surprised if the streets look empty. Unless you’re at…

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    Winn Levitt, front, and Beth Graber, back, play marimba during last year’s Marimba Madness. Their group, Tamba Hadzi, is one of four groups playing starting at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Homer Elks Lodge.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    March 3, 2016 10:08 am

    When historians look back at March 1, 2016, they will hail it as the day one man overcame obstacles and…

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    Joni Wise paints Paul Banks Elementary School second grader Xoe Bremicker’s face at the carnival last Saturday.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News
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    February 18, 2016 11:01 am

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    February 10, 2016 1:59 pm

    Why, hello there friend of 3.57 degrees of separation. We don’t know each other yet, but according to a recent…

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    Clouds mask the view across Kachemak Bay, though sunshine  poked through briefly on Tuesday. It is unknown if any marmots saw their shadows on Alaska’s Marmot Day.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    February 4, 2016 11:43 am

    The Iniskin quake so shook up the Betster last week that yours truly totally forgot about one of the most…

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