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A Dog’s Nose Knows
Look at a dog face-to-face and what stands out? Its nose. Put a dog in a new environment…
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Wooden Boat Festival features ‘Year of the Kayak”
Last Saturday for Tamamta Katurlluta, the gathering of Alaska Native traditions, a small fleet of skin-on-frame kayaks and…
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Tamamta Katurlluta combines native Traditions
From Nanwalek elder Nick Tanape’s desire to let people know “who we are that existed in Cook Inlet,…
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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…
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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…
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Top to top family explores world
By land and sea, world explorers often visit Homer on their way north for further adventures or an…
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Gardeners’ weekend 2013: See what Homer has to offer
Think “garden,” think flowers or vegetables or grasses or trees. Think sweeping landscaped areas or a single pot…
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Cottonwood trail: an easy hike with a great view
On the Homer side of Kachemak Bay, finding a good, short hike can be a challenge. Across the…
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Birding, wildlife van tour a great way to see ‘home’
“You can’t see the forest for the trees” is a great description for what happens when you live…
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Highland Games: bring a bit of Scotland to Homer
OK, first let’s get the obvious question out of the way. What do men — and women —…
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Homer Harbor: Tours offer glimpse of marine life, history
With so much boat traffic in and out of the Homer Harbor, it’s easy to think the harbor…
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Facing the elements to take hiatus
Moose have trampled on its art. Vandals have stolen and trashed works. Some sculptures have been left in…
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Be blown away by Homer Kitefest 2013
George Overpeck and Trace Carlos live for extreme sports in Alaska, but it’s not snow they crave —…