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    In Our Backyard
    Two drifter buoys are next to a larger wave buoy deployed in another project.    -Photo provided
    Understanding the currents of Kachemak Bay
    By Michael Armstrong • August 21, 2013 6:14 pm

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

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    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
    New restrooms taking shape for visitors, locals
    By McKibben Jackinsky • August 14, 2013 4:14 pm

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

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    The Schwoerer family of the S/V Pachamama and the Top To Top Expedition pose with Mossy Kilcher at Seaside Farm. From left to right, front, are Kilcher and Salina; back, Andri, Alegra, Sabine, Noe and Dario Schwoerer.-Photo by Michael Armstorng, Homer News
    Top to top family explores world
    By Michael Armstrong • August 7, 2013 7:27 pm

    By land and sea, world explorers often visit Homer on their way north for further adventures or an end-of-the-road finish…

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    A teacup finds a perfect setting in the garden of Lynne and Bob Borland.-Photo provided
    Gardeners’ weekend 2013: See what Homer has to...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 31, 2013 2:07 pm

    Think “garden,” think flowers or vegetables or grasses or trees. Think sweeping landscaped areas or a single pot of flowers….

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    A quote from Toby Tyler offers inspiration.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Cottonwood trail: an easy hike with a great...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 24, 2013 1:42 pm

    On the Homer side of Kachemak Bay, finding a good, short hike can be a challenge. Across the bay, Kachemak…

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    Swans glide across Beluga Lake.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsy, Homer News
    Birding, wildlife van tour a great way to...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 17, 2013 5:11 pm

    “You can’t see the forest for the trees” is a great description for what happens when you live in a…

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    Homer High School student Ian McCormick tosses the stone as judge Ron Campbell of Idaho watches. -Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Highland Games: bring a bit of Scotland to...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 9, 2013 12:38 pm

    OK, first let’s get the obvious question out of the way. What do men — and women — wear under…

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    Brayden Gross, 4, examines the underside of a sea star with Sarah Bedley, guide on Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies’ Creatures of the Dock tour.-Photos by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Homer Harbor: Tours offer glimpse of marine life,...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 2, 2013 4:58 pm

    With so much boat traffic in and out of the Homer Harbor, it’s easy to think the harbor is all…

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    Marie Wall Alexson’s “Flower Power,” from 2008, used alder and seaweed.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Facing the elements to take hiatus
    By Michael Armstrong • June 26, 2013 6:02 pm

    Moose have trampled on its art. Vandals have stolen and trashed works. Some sculptures have been left in place, slowly…

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    Kites lie on the beach at Mariner Park at a previous KiteFest.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Be blown away by Homer Kitefest 2013
    By HEATHER ERICSON • June 12, 2013 5:14 pm

    George Overpeck and Trace Carlos live for extreme sports in Alaska, but it’s not snow they crave — but wind…

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    Radiocarbon dating, as well as the condition and location where this chunk of woolly mammoth was found, indicates it came from somewhere other than the Kenai Peninsula.         -Photo Provided
    Radiocarbon dating raises questions about mammoth tusk
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 5, 2013 5:06 pm

    While gathering coal on Mariner’s beach with her husband and friends one day in 1976, Judy Winn of Homer found…

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    Graves of service members are decorated with flags in Anchor Point for the 2013 Memorial Day observance.-Photos by Adam Bauer, Homer News
    Remembering those who served
    May 29, 2013 3:55 pm

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    Adriana Amiya points to Grewingk Glacier on an orienteering walk last summer at the Carl Wynn Nature Center. Watching are, from left to right, Alex Gill, Troy Neese, Hannah Vance and assistant Heidi Neumann.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
    Nothing to do? Not this summer!
    By Michael Armstrong • May 22, 2013 6:36 pm

    “Ah, mom and dad, there’s nothing to do.” Kids, don’t try that line on your parents. Between arts, sports, science…

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