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The P/V Augustine passes by the M/V Statendam as the Alaska Public Safety boat leaves the Homer Harbor on Tuesday. Troopers provided security for King Harald V on his visit to Homer.-Photo by Michael Armstrong; Homer News

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If you’re like the Betster, you might have been putting in some extra hours lately. Hey, it’s summer,…

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Arts in brief

Artist offers workshop Artist Faith Revell offers a workshop for young adult and adult artists from 10 a.m.-4…

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Dinner in the Street auction items

Artists ACROBATS Melissa Gagnon and Jason Cameron BANNERS Dinner in the Street Banner by Desiree Hagen BOWLS by…

Dinner in the Street dazzles

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Dinner in the Street dazzles

Dinner in the Street returns to Homer this Sunday with an evening of food, family and fun. Old…

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Arts in Brief

Saulitis reads from new poetry book Homer poet Eva Saulitis reads from her new poetry collection, “Prayer in…

Photographer finds inspiration in her children

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Photographer finds inspiration in her children

“Making Love to Business and Politics” is a politically driven and topical photography exhibit being hosted by the…

Jay Calvert left, and Meagan DeBenedetto, right, hold a pipe distributing silver salmon fry into pens at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon last Thursday. About 130,000 fry were put into the pens. Calvert is a doctoral student at the Ulster University in Northern Ireland. He is a Fulbright Scholar and is here Alaska working with Alaska Pacific University biology environmental science professor Bradley Harris of on a seabed mapping project. DeBenedetto is an undergraduate student at APU. They were with a group of 14 APU students working with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game on various projects.

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Senators, governors and distinguished congresspeople have visited Homer. Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon,…

If you have held off on planting, it’s now time  to harden off seedlings

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If you have held off on planting, it’s now time to harden off seedlings

T his gardening season is off and running. Here at elevation 396 feet, I have the entire vegetable…

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Memorial Day: A day to remember

It’s a day to remember. In 1868, three years after the Civil War ended, Major General John A.…

Blackwater Railroad Company to Play Concert for Homer Youth

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Blackwater Railroad Company to Play Concert for Homer Youth

The popular Alaska folk band, Blackwater Railroad Company, is coming back to Homer, but this time, they’re only…

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Here’s the thing about living in a magical place people pay lots of money to visit. Sometimes we…

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Arts Briefs

Writers invited to submit works for June production Performance artist Emily Johnson seeks poetry, prose, short stories, songs…

Homer writer starts new romance series

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Homer writer starts new romance series

As romance writers go, Jennifer Bernard said she still thinks of herself as a newbie — even though…