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Last year’s loss an opportunity to try something new

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Last year’s loss an opportunity to try something new

Egad! Methinks it has been a whole month since I last talked to you. There is much to…

Two drifter buoys are next to a larger wave buoy deployed in another project.    -Photo provided

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Understanding the currents of Kachemak Bay

If you built a raft with a big sea anchor and pushed off from Point Pogibshi, you’d drift…

Pig wrangler Robert McGinnis encourages two of the Kenai Peninsula Racing Pigs at the Kenai Peninsula Fair last Friday.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

You know why it rains in August? That’s so when students go back to school with their new…

Paul Ridgely and Nate Ellington of Eayrs Plumbing and Heating work on the restroom being constructed at the WKFL Park.  -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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New restrooms taking shape for visitors, locals

Call them what you will — privies, johns, earth closets, the shack out back or nooshniks if you…

Visitors walk the grounds last year at the Kenai Peninsula Fair. The annual August tradition opens at 9:30 a.m. Friday and runs through Sunday. The fair closes 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 5 p.m. Sunday. This year’s theme is “Clammin’ It Up.” Admission is $10 a day for adults, $5 for youth 6-12 and seniors 65 and older or a three-day pass for $25 adults, $10 youth and seniors. Friday is Red Shirt Friday to “remember everyone deployed.” Back this year are the popular pig races. For a fair schedule, go to kenaipeninsulafair.com.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

If you did a web search on “photos of icky fall colors” on local social media pages, your…

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Ukulele weekend coming soon

A weekend featuring ukulele performers, workshops and concerts is Aug. 30-Sept. 1 in Homer. Sponsored by the Homer…

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Dirty River Ramblers play in Ninilchik, Homer

The Dirty River Ramblers perform at several venues in Ninilchik and Homer. With Homer-grown musician Josh Krohn on…

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‘Swell and Debris’ plays Aug. 21

Men in the North Pacific” plays at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 21 at Pier One Theatre. Based on the…

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Moliere comedy opens at Pier One Theatre

For its last play of the season, Pier One Theatre presents a modern adaptation of Moliere’s “The Imaginary…

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Roustabout Circus performs Friday

The Roustabout Circus performs at 7 p.m. Friday at the Christian Community Church on Bartlett Street. The circus…

Artist Rebecca Crowell-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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‘Beneath the Surface’ evokes abstract in archaeology

In the controlled, deliberate science of an archaeological excavation, field workers gently uncover the past. Using trowels and…

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Kizzia on NYT Best seller list

Homer writer Tom Kizzia’s new nonfiction book about the Papa Pilgrim family, “Pilgrim’s Wilderness,” has made the New…

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Artists residencies started in Old Town

Two artist residencies have started in Old Town. Artist Dan Coe is painting a mural depicting the fireweed…