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Now’s the time to assess your shrubs

This column is being written on Super Bowl Sunday. Taking into consideration that it would be impossible for…

Clouds mask the view across Kachemak Bay, though sunshine  poked through briefly on Tuesday. It is unknown if any marmots saw their shadows on Alaska’s Marmot Day.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

The Iniskin quake so shook up the Betster last week that yours truly totally forgot about one of…

The Arts in Brief

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The Arts in Brief

Shut Up and Write! is Thursdays at Alice’s “Shut up and write!” takes the writing experience from solitary…

Desiree Hagen works on her installation, “Seven Years,” last Friday at Bunnell Street Arts Center.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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First Friday events

Bunnell Street Arts Center 106 W. Bunnell Ave. Seven Years, installation by Desiree Hagen 5-7 p.m., First Friday…

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February First Friday openings slim but amazing

Some of Homer’s galleries take January off to remodel or take a break. For First Friday in February,…

The West Homer Elementary School Brickheads celebrate at the Lego Robotics Tournament in Anchorage last weekend. The team won the Homer tournament and placed 28th — but won first place for Core Values, the teamwork award. From left to right are Seamus and Theo McDonough, Casey Anderson,  assistant coach Jonah Brost, Aiden Brost, Ryan Carroll, Victor Romanko, coach Zach Miller, Cecilia Fitzpatrick, Thatcher Lowney and Eric Marshall.  Not pictured is Rayna Lowther.  -Photo by Erica Fitzpatrick

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Homer’s Best Bets

Remember KLM Flight 876, the jet that went through the Redoubt Volcano ash in 1989? All four engines…

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The Arts in Brief

Saulitis memorial reading is Friday at KBC The Kachemak Bay Campus sponsors a memorial reading for Homer writer…

Eva Saulitis

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HCOA honors diverse group of artists

From a 16-year-old new artist to a 90-year-old outdoors and history writer, the 11th annual Homer Council on…

The Arts in Brief

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The Arts in Brief

Homer Bookstore releases its 2015 best-seller list The Homer Bookstore has released its 2015 best-seller list of books…

Kenai Peninsula Orchestra Conductor Tammy Vollum-Matturo makes a face during the Link Up concert in Homer on Jan. 15.-photo by Anna Frost

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KPO rocks the house

Chock full of puns surrounding how an orchestra can rock — passing out literal rocks to musicians and…

Homer Mayor Beth Wythe, center, shakes Homer High School Activity Director and head wrestling coach Chris Perk’s hand as she recognizes the championship Homer High School Mariners wrestling team at Monday night’s Homer City Council Meeting at the Cowles Council Chambers, Homer City Hall. Wythe also honored Perk for being selected as Alaska Wrestling Coach of the Year and assistant wrestling coach Bubba Wells for being selected as Alaska Assistant Wrestling Coach of the Year.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Next Monday honors the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., widely considered the man who inspired the modern Civil…

A still from “A Line in the Sand.”-Photo provided

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MountainFilm back to cheer up gloomy town

In an alleged winter besotted by gray skies and cold rain, the Telluride MountainFilm On Tour festival has…

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the Arts in Brief

Help with cut-paper project Artist Desiree Hagen will display a cut-paper installation in February at Bunnell Street Arts…