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    By Delcenia Cosman Homer News • October 16, 2025 1:30 am

    Homer happenings from years past

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    Crusty and firm bread bowls are best for brothy soups, or make them pillowy soft for thicker stews. Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion
    Beautiful bread is performance art
    By Tressa Dale • October 16, 2025 1:30 am

    Though these bread bowls will soon be eaten and gone, the effort will not be wasted.

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    This is part of the intake data entered when, in 1913, King David Thurman began his 50-day sentence in the Seward Jail for violating Alaska’s game laws. A 1911 attempt to nail Thurman for such a violation had failed.
    King Thurman: An abbreviated life — Part 3
    By Clark Fair • October 16, 2025 1:30 am

    AUTHOR’S NOTE: King David Thurman, a miner and trapper who lived and worked in the Cooper Landing area during the…

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    Serve your London Fog in a lovely cup and enjoy while reading the news. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
    Sip while reading the news
    By Tressa Dale • October 9, 2025 1:30 am

    This London Fog is delicious, served in a lovely cup with milk and honey.

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    Photo from Marshall Scull’s 1914 memoir, Hunting in the Arctic and Alaska
Ferdinand “Fritz” Posth, left, poses with two Dall sheep heads and fellow guide/packer William “Wild Bill” Dewitt at a cabin on upper Killey River in the early 1910s. When King David Thurman was arrested for a game violation in 1911, Posth testified against him, but some jurors discounted his testimony and declined to convict Thurman.
    King Thurman: An abbreviated life — Part 2
    By Clark Fair • October 9, 2025 1:30 am

    AUTHOR’S NOTE: King David Thurman came to Alaska seeking gold. One of the earliest specific records of his movements was…

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    Years Ago
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    By Delcenia Cosman Homer News • October 9, 2025 1:30 am

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    The cover of Alaska’s Sourdough Kid, a memoir concerning the early life of Emmett T. Krefting, authored by Krefting and his son, Michael D. Krefting. Emmett met and befriended King David Thurman during the first decade of the 20th century.
    King Thurman: An abbreviated life — Part 1
    By Clark Fair • October 2, 2025 1:30 am

    A probate court met in Seward on Jan. 28, 1915, to determine the fate of the personal property of Cooper…

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    These spiced molasses cookies with golden sprinkles are pillowy and fragrant. Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion
    Sweet, spice and everything nice
    By Tressa Dale • October 2, 2025 1:30 am

    These soft, pillowy cookies are sweet and fragrant and perfect with a glass of milk.

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    Years Ago
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    By Delcenia Cosman Homer News • October 2, 2025 1:30 am

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    Unhinged Alaska: A quick insight into moose
    By Nick Varney • October 1, 2025 2:30 am

    It seems that my style insults some of the intelligentsia who author odes to tree moss and/or are devout lingcod whisperers.

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    The George Navarre Borough Building, seen here in December 2011, stands on Binkley Street, but the initial decision to seat borough government in Soldotna — much less what shape that government would take — were not forgone conclusions.
    No Simple Matter: Finding the borough a home...
    By Clark Fair • September 25, 2025 2:30 am

    AUTHOR’S NOTE: Creating a borough government was no easy feat for the citizens and officials of the Kenai Peninsula, starting…

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    Years Ago
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    By Delcenia Cosman Homer News • September 25, 2025 1:30 am

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    These satisfying spiced bagels aren't sweet on their own, but pair well with a honey walnut cream cheese to please any sweet tooth. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
    The simple joy of pumpkin spice
    By Tressa Dale • September 25, 2025 1:30 am

    These spiced bagels are chewy and satisfying and pair well with a honey walnut cream cheese.

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