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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

    Are there any sociology graduate students out there looking for a dissertation topic? Oh brilliant minds, if you haven’t figured…

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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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    The West Homer Elementary School Brickheads celebrate at the Lego Robotics Tournament in Anchorage last weekend. The team won the Homer tournament and placed 28th — but won first place for Core Values, the teamwork award. From left to right are Seamus and Theo McDonough, Casey Anderson,  assistant coach Jonah Brost, Aiden Brost, Ryan Carroll, Victor Romanko, coach Zach Miller, Cecilia Fitzpatrick, Thatcher Lowney and Eric Marshall.  Not pictured is Rayna Lowther.  -Photo by Erica Fitzpatrick
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    January 28, 2016 11:22 am

    Remember KLM Flight 876, the jet that went through the Redoubt Volcano ash in 1989? All four engines shut down…

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    Homer Mayor Beth Wythe, center, shakes Homer High School Activity Director and head wrestling coach Chris Perk’s hand as she recognizes the championship Homer High School Mariners wrestling team at Monday night’s Homer City Council Meeting at the Cowles Council Chambers, Homer City Hall. Wythe also honored Perk for being selected as Alaska Wrestling Coach of the Year and assistant wrestling coach Bubba Wells for being selected as Alaska Assistant Wrestling Coach of the Year.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    January 14, 2016 10:29 am

    Next Monday honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., widely considered the man who inspired the modern Civil Rights movement….

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    Homer High School Nordic ski team members gather together at the finish line at a recent meet. Kenai Peninsula schools compete in the Homer Invitational Ski Meet starting at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Ohlson Mountain Lookout Ski Trails. Recent rainy weather didn’t ruin the trails in the Homer hills.-photo by Alan Parks
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    January 7, 2016 10:12 am

    Seven days into the new year, and already it’s shaping up to be a doozy. To recap the news so…

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    Seashells and kelp decorate a driftwood tree at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit. An unknown artist made the sculpture, and beach walkers have been embellishing the tree since it was first put up earlier this month.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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    December 31, 2015 10:17 am

    As our planet rounds the point on its revolution that we arbitrarily call a new year, you might think to…

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    Lights and holiday figurines brighten up a home on Tuesday night near Mile 15 East End Road. -Photo by Michael Armstrong
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    December 24, 2015 8:47 am

    By one of those odd coincidences, today marks not just Christmas Eve, but Eid Milad ul-Nabi, the birthday of the…

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