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From left to right, Tyler Figley, Sam Tenhoff, Tyler Langham, Haven Multz-Mathews and Colin McArthur of Animal Eyes do a photo shoot in Kachemak Bay. Tattoo artist Sarah Frary of A Muse Ink did the body paint.-Photo by Joshua Veldstra

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Animal Eyes home to play

If anyone ever gets around to writing a history of Pacific Northwest popular music, a little town on…

A bull moose feeds by Beluga Lake early on the morning of Aug. 27. Hunting season started Aug. 20. Since hunting is prohibited in Homer city limits, the moose is safe.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Once again it’s time for the annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report that ranks the 200 largest cities…

Summer produces veritable berry heaven

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Summer produces veritable berry heaven

The strawberries are setting fruit — again. I really am impressed by the quantity of berries that John…

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Adventurer, author speaks Sept. 11

Endurance hiker and author Jennifer Pharr Davis speaks about her hikes and her book, “Called Again,” at 6…

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Four plays open this weekend at Pier One

Pier One Theatre’s summer season continues with four plays opening this weekend. Shows are 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and…

Poet seeks Kickstarter funding for book

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Poet seeks Kickstarter funding for book

Anchor Point poet Shannon L. Schrader is within $100 of her goal to help fund production of “Out…

Daniel Bunker poses with his family, son Caleb, wife Melissa and son Micah.-Photo by Toni Ross

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Injured bear inspires book for guide’s sons

“He was a rather large bear,” said Daniel Bunker. “Still, actually, fairly feared by the other bears.”  Bunker,…

Alaska Service Corps members pose for a photo near the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center last Friday. Working with the Southeast Alaska Guidance Association out of Juneau, they pulled up hemp nettle, an invasive weed. From left to right are Sheba Brown of Claremont, Calif.; Kendall Tuniston of Grand Rapids, Mich.; Myles Morris of St. Paul, Minn.; Heather Hughes; Megan Montgomery of Brookfield, Conn.; Matt Harrison of Mound, Minn.; and Dan Bowen of Juneau.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Now that the August primary has ended, school has started, the silver salmon run has slowed down and…

Sarah Outen and Justine Curgenven land on the Homer Spit at 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, after a 101-day, 1,300-mile kayak journey from Adak.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Adventurer completes Pacific ocean crossing

She tried three times in three years, but after 3,700 miles, at 8 p.m. last Thursday, British adventurer…

The full moon emerges from clouds before sunrise on Monday. August’s full moon was what’s commonly called a super moon, defined as when the moon is closer than 223,694 miles to the earth. The average distance to the moon is 238,000 miles.

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Homer’s Best Bets

Starting next week we enter the Twilight Zone of not-quite summer but not yet fall. Here in Alaska,…

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Library seeks art work

The Homer Public Library seeks two-dimensional artwork for display at the library.  Although the artwork cannot be for…

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Dance performance is next week

Performing and media artists join together for “Nature’s Walk: An Evening of Dance and Multimedia Performance” at 7…

Outrageous Jazz performs in 2012 at Pier One Theatre. From left to right are Karen Strid-Chadwick, piano; Brenda Vulgamore Hune, vocals; Heidi Herbert-Lovern, bass; Dale Curtis, trumpet; and Curtis Bates, drums.
Bates is not playing this year, with Cameron Cartland playing drums. 
-Photo provided

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Outrageous Jazz will make Pier One pop this weekend

When Pier One Theatre goes dark between its Youth Theatre production in late July and the closing show…