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Distance runners junior Jared Brant, sophomore Elan Carroll and freshmen Luciano Fasulo, Corbin Mattingly and Bill Rich run on the Homer High School track with juniors Audrey Rosencrans and Megan Pitzman, and sophomore Alex Moseley following behind.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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With 15 events, track and field athletes face busy season

Practice for the Homer High School track and field team runs like a well-oiled machine. Athletes work on…

The Arts in Brief

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The Arts in Brief

Mary Perry signs new book at Anchor Poit Library Anchor Point writer Mary Perry signs her new book,…

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First Friday Events

Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 W. Bunnell Ave. Lyrical Topography, art by Sarah Frary 5-7 p.m., First Friday…

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April ‘First Friday’ could be called ‘First Weekend’

So much happens with arts events this weekend, the monthly preview of First Friday should be called First…

August Kilcher and the cast of Working: A Musical sing the opening song of the first act, All the Livelong Day, to kick off the start of the show during a Saturday, March 25 rehearsal.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Working: A Musical focuses on the average-joe

The latest musical performed by Homer High School students is a departure from the typical production. Instead of…

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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Homer’s Best Bets

To seasoned Alaskans it should come as no surprise that spring started with a pleasant little flurry of…

The Arts in Brief

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The Arts in Brief

Artist Julianne Tomich holds talk at library   Homer artist Julianne Tomich’s paintings of birds are featured in…

Valisa Higman, left, and Erin McKittrick, right, with McKittrick’s children, Katmai, left, amd Lituya, right. Katmai was the boy who inspired their book, “My Coyote Nose and Ptarmigan Toes.”-Photo povided

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Seldovia writer, artist debut new children’s book

In April 2013, starting from their Seldovia home, Erin McKittrick and Bretwood Higman and their two children, Katmai,…

Now’s the time to plan what veggies you want

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Now’s the time to plan what veggies you want

It isn’t all that unusual to have five inches of new snow on the first day of spring.…

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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Homer’s Best Bets

This week has been chock full of important dates. On Monday, 3/14/16, we got Pi Day, because the…

The Arts in Brief

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The Arts in Brief

Wasteland Hop plays Friday at Alice’s   Fort Collins, Colo., folk-rock-hip hop band Wasteland Hop plays at 9…

Barnabas Firth, left, and Ben Firth, right, pose in front of their first-place ice sculpture-Photo by Karen H. Clautice

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AP Father-son team win ice carving contest in Fairbanks

Barnabas Firth provided the idea and his father, Ben Firth, perfected the technique. Earlier this month the Anchor…

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Homer’s Best Bets

Should you stroll down Pioneer Avenue on Friday night, don’t be surprised if the streets look empty. Unless…