A cow moose and newborn twin calves graze in the grass on the side of Diamond Ridge Road near Shelton Drive on Saturday evening, June 2, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

The dog days of summer are here, folks. Do you, like the Betster, find yourself scrambling about the…

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Festival of Literary Reading is this weekend

In conjunction with the 17th annual Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, visiting faculty present readings this weekend, June 9…

Saint-Malo, France, in April 2018, as seen at low tide. The setting of Anthony Doerr’s “All the Light We Cannot See,” the town on the coast of Breton was heavily destroyed in the liberation of France in World War II. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Writers conference keynote speaker considers time, setting and the control of information

In his novels and short stories, Anthony Doerr, this year’s keynote speaker at the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference,…

Start summer with a taste of seafood

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Start summer with a taste of seafood

It’s “sun-officially” summer. The rivers on the lower Kenai Peninsula are open for salmon fishing and we enjoyed…

Members of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars hold flags on Memorial Day, May 28, 2018, at Hickerson Memorial Cemetery, Homer, for services there. (Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News)

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Best Bets

This past Monday, Homerites young and old took time to remember the veterans who gave their lives for…

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First Friday

Art Shop Gallery 202 W. Pioneer Ave. Original Collages by Linda Guitta Corey 5-7:30 p.m., First Friday Reception…

Peter Sheppard, left, and Matt Lees, right practice a scene from Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot.” Sheppard directs the play, opening at 7 p.m. Friday, May 25, for the start of Pier One Theatre’s 2018 season. (Photo by Richard Rose)

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Pier One opens season this weekend

Now in its second season after former Pier One artistic director Lance Petersen passed the torch to current…

An American Legion flower wreath decorated the Ninilchik Cemetery at a 2106 Memorial Day service to honor those fallen in battle. (Homer News file photo)

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Best Bets

Blame it on a cold spring, a ripping and gnarly break up, or just being too darn busy,…

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Art briefs

Registration ends June 6 for writers conference Registration for the Kachemak Bay Writers Conference closes June 6. The…

A quick, simple clean solution to edging your beds. (Photo by Rosemary Fitzpatrick)

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Kachemak Gardener

You noticed. I know you did. I have faith in you. May 17th the leaves unfurled, the air…

Erin Rae D’Eimon stands by one of her paintings at the First Friday opening for her show on May 4, 2018 at the Homer Council on the Arts in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Shorebird artist explores birding through sound

Featured artists for the Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival sometimes tend toward the Roger Tory Peterson side of the…

Isla Brown, age 5, sits on Wildheart, the Giving Salmon, sculpture Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the ribbon cutting for the Homer Boat House in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

“Skjdfsdan,” one of our hotshot reporters wrote as a draft lede to Best Bets. No, that’s not the…

The Kachemak Bay Quilt Show include challenge quilt blocks on the theme of “Space.” The quilt show was held last weekend at the Homer Elks Lodge. (Photo by Michael Armstrong / Homer News)

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Arts Briefs

Pier One starts season with kick-off celebration Pier One Theatre on the Homer Spit starts its summer 2018…