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A quote from Toby Tyler offers inspiration.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Cottonwood trail: an easy hike with a great view

On the Homer side of Kachemak Bay, finding a good, short hike can be a challenge. Across the…

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Lavallee visits Art Shop Gallery

Anchorage artist and author Barbara Lavallee visits the Art Shop Gallery from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday. Part…

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Improv group performs next week

Blank, a local improvisational troupe, performs at 8 p.m. July 25 at the Art Barn, behind 1060 East…

Visitors to the 2012 Homer Council on the Arts Street Faire stroll down Hazel Avenue and look at booths.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Street Faire returns to its Hazel Avenue spot

Started in 1987, and held in locations as diverse as Heath Street and even Homer High School, the…

Nervis Rex performed at last year’s Concert on the Lawn, to the enjoyment of hoopers and dancers.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Concert on the Lawn:

Along with the Spit Run, the Ninilchik Rodeo and the Kenai Peninsula Fair, one of the lower peninsula’s…

Swans glide across Beluga Lake.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsy, Homer News

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Birding, wildlife van tour a great way to see ‘home’

“You can’t see the forest for the trees” is a great description for what happens when you live…

Homer experienced a big city traffic jam last Thursday when the Sterling Highway repaving project and gas line utility work caused traffic to back up from Lake Street west.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

The other day the Betster noticed a large, saucer shaped cloud hovering over Homer. Sometimes a cloud is…

Gardens soak up the summer sunshine

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Gardens soak up the summer sunshine

This is proving to be an astounding growing season. The vegetable garden is producing with a single-minded purpose…

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Craigie and Jones perform in August at K-Bay Caffé

Acoustic folk singers John Craigie and Leigh Jones perform at 7 p.m. Aug. 9 at K Bay Caffé.…

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Artist workshop Aug. 9-11

Registration is now being held for an art workshop with visiting artist and abstract painter, Rebecca Crowell, to…

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Birdsall visits Art Shop Gallery

Well-known landscape artist Byron Birdsall visits the Art Shop Gallery from 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday. He shows…

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‘Swimming in The Shallows’ opens at Pier One Theatre

The latest play in Pier One Theatre’s summer season opens at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the theater on…

Fishermen pick a net in a still from “We Can’t Eat Gold,” a film by Joshua Tucker and Giovanna Marcantonio.-Photo provided

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Pebble Mine film opens Thursday at KBC

“We Can’t Eat Gold,” a film about the proposed Pebble mine and its potential impact on Bristol Bay…