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Moose browse on willow bushes near Beluga Slough in the 2011 winter.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Moose population healthy, bulls recovering

In thinking about our own backyard, the wilderness and near-wilderness surrounding us isn’t just our playground. It’s the…

A good day to ride

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Homer’s Best Bets

For the past few days the Betster has been chasing owls and comets. The Betster has been on…

In the midst of a late-winter blizzard, West Homer Elementary School students Josiah Raymond and Noah Dabney are well-protected in a shelter they made at the Carl E. Wynn Nature Center.

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Wynn center focuses on winter fun

Somewhere under the snow there are trails and boardwalks and viewing platforms, but in the winter, with the…

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Arts Briefs

Heidijo films music video Homer musician Heidijo films a video from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday at AJ’s…

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‘Rigeletto’ gets update

How do you take an opera written for the 16th century and turn it into a Las Vegas…

Dan Fischer, left, and Deb Lowney, right stand by one of their sculptures.

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Artists combine talents in ‘Sticks and Stones’

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but when it comes to nature inspired art, they do something…

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Ponder this: You, too, can garden

(Editor’s Note: For 20 years Rosemary Fitzpatrick encouraged area gardeners in her column in the Homer News, the…

Shamba performs last Saturday for the Homer Council on the Arts Marimba Madness fundraiser. From left to right are Stephanie Leib Migdal, Sue Post, Jenny Stroyeck, Sara Reinert, Jackie Forster, Amanda Miller and Jim Levine.

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Homer’s Best Bets

Have you noticed this month how every date in March falls on the same day of the week…

The Alibi team poses with its treasures at a previous scavenger hunt. From left to right are Mikes Bairamis, Kendall Winslow, Yarrow Jones, Kimber Leigh, Megan Palma, Jasen Cronk, Adam Season and Beau Grenwald.

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St. Pat’s Day Scavenger Hunt: A fun fundraiser for 29 years

Like a lot of Homer history, the origins of the St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt are shrouded in…

Singer-songwriter Emma Hill

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Duo release album in Alaska tour

Singer-songwriter Emma Hill and longtime band mate Bryan Daste release their fourth full-length album, “The Black And Wretched…

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Homer artists are finalists

in ‘Power of Youth’ contest Two Homer students are finalists in F Magazine’s “Power of Youth” statewide student…

Tim O’Brien, right, signs books for Donna and Wayne Aderhold after the capstone address for O’Brien’s Big Read book, “The Things They Carried.”                            -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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‘The Things They Carried’ author says writing about Vietnam was way to ‘salvage that waste’

Lies, two-headed boys and hope. Out of the shared experience of Tim O’Brien’s Big Read book, “The Things…

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Homer artists are finalists in ‘Power of Youth’ contest

Two Homer students are finalists in F Magazine’s “Power of Youth” statewide student art and writing competition. Homer…