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Information regarding courthouse activity is taken from logbooks and court-issued forms and may not contain all details of…

She's a jolly good fellow

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Homer’s Best Bets

Recently in the newsroom we got talking about an issue once not a problem in Homer: traffic. OK,…

Jonas Noomah, a currently undeclared major at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia.

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Homer college students rediscover home

Many Homer students have gone on to varying types of post-secondary education, often in different cities and states,…

Recent blooming flowers from the Kachemak Gardener's garden are lillies (pictured), and rosa pimpinellifolia

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Deadhead, deadhead, deadhead

We all think about how we can make the most of our time. So there I was, considering…

(left to right) Craig Matkin and Bill Jirsa gaze at the Cook Inletkeeper sponsored mural that will be placed in front of the dilapidated building between Bay Realty and Captain's Coffee on Pioneer Avenue. The salmon-filled mural leaning on the back wall is sponsored by Ulmer's Drug and Hardware.

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Homer’s Best Bets

Here’s the problem of living in a small town that grows by a few hundred people in the…

Clay, wood featured in First Friday shows

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Clay, wood featured in First Friday shows

Heading into the Fourth of July weekend, July openings celebrate a freedom not often noted in art: media,…

Paintings by Austin Parkhill are on display at the Homer Council on the Arts

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First Friday

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. New work by Taz Talley 5-7:30 p.m., First Friday Opening Reception…

Slow down!

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Homer’s Best Bets

While driving home to Chez Betster, yours truly passed a caravan of Land Rover campers with French flag…

Kady Perry works on the Heath Street mural last Friday.  David Brame wrote the story told in the series of panels.

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New mural replaces Heath Street art

A mural project on a Kachemak Center retaining wall by Heath Street stirred up some controversy this month…

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Arts In Brief

Salmonfest announces full lineup Salmonfest has announced its full musical acts lineup. To be held Aug. 5-7 at…

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Creating writers with community

Creating writers through community From the outside, the Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference may seem like any other event…

Homer native and Ross University School of Medicine student Ben Kuhns poses with senior associate dean of the Dominica campus after receiving his certificate for the dean's honor roll. Kuhns placed on the dean's list all four semesters during his first two years at medical school. Senior Associate Dean, Dominica Campus

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It takes a village to raise a doctor

If all goes according to plan, one day Homer native Ben Kuhns will be a doctor. However, before…

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Years Ago in Homer

20 years ago in the Homer News: Several suspicious fires had city fire officials concerned, especially as the…