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    A trumpeter swan preens on a dock
    Preening on the dock of the lake
    July 24, 2014 11:33 am

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    The Arctica is the first boat across the starting line in the Sunday portion of the Homer Yacht Club-Land’s End Resort Regatta. The Arctica, with Captain Craig Forrest of Homer, was the overall winner of the two-day event.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Arctica wins 18th annual regatta
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 2, 2014 4:06 pm

    Two days of sunshine, but more importantly two days of an accommodating wind on Kachemak Bay drew eight boats out…

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    Nancy Lee-Evans, far left, talks to participants in the June 12 Thriving Thursday class about the medicinal uses of horsetail. The classes are presented by Seldovia Village Tribe Health and Wellness.-Photo by Shannon Reid
    Weeds may be ‘medicine at your front door’
    By Shannon Reid • July 2, 2014 4:04 pm

    What use does a dandelion have besides being a weed in a garden? Does devil’s club really have medicinal qualities?…

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    Breeding Bird Survey conducted by listening to songs
    Breeding Bird Survey conducted by listening to songs
    By Bri Kilbourne • July 2, 2014 3:33 pm

    I saw the moon for the first time this summer. Waking up at 2 a.m. brings a new perspective to…

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    Plants thrive after wildfire
    Plants thrive after wildfire
    By DR. ELIZABETH BELLA • June 11, 2014 5:37 pm

    The massive wildfire that recently engulfed a good chunk of the Kenai Peninsula landscape may look like a bleak, uninviting…

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    Karen Hornaday Park, complete with some recently added features, is the recipient of maintenance and cleanup performed by Church of the Rock Homer volunteers.-Photo by Toni Ross
    Church gives park plenty of TLC
    By Toni Ross • June 11, 2014 4:24 pm

    This spring Karen Hornaday Park got a lot of love. And not just from young people. Between 40 and 50…

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    Ed Berg, geology instructor at Kachemak Bay Campus, educates a group of volunteers on the trailside flora during the Trails Day family hike on Saturday. From left are Ed Berg, Phillip Waclawski, Sabre Wilmeth and Carol Sharat.-Photo by Shannon Reid
    Volunteers work, learn on Trails Day
    By Shannon Reid • June 11, 2014 4:22 pm

    Before the Saturday morning bustle had a chance to begin, volunteer teams with the 17th annual Trails Day had already…

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    Gardening reminder: Make yourself happy
    Gardening reminder: Make yourself happy
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • May 21, 2014 1:11 pm

    Zounds! It is late Saturday and I have spent the day stuffing every available space in the perennial beds with…

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    Don’t overthink it, just garden
    Don’t overthink it, just garden
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • March 12, 2014 1:48 pm

    Be prepared to shift your expectations. Anything can happen in March: single digits, a ton of snow, wind. Name it,…

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    Participants in last weekend’s Big Fat Bike Fest enjoy a ride and camaraderie at Bishop’s Beach. Funds raised from the festival will go into an educational bike safety campaign.-Photo by Aryn Young
    Sloppy weather proves mettle of fat bikes
    By Aryn Young • February 26, 2014 1:56 pm

    Cold temperatures and wet sand didn’t stop the cyclists at Bishop’s Beach last Friday as they celebrated 2014’s Big Fat…

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    Gardening season begins in earnest
    Gardening season begins in earnest
    By Rosemary Fitzpatrick • February 26, 2014 1:51 pm

    February. The days are certainly noticeably longer. The weather certainly noticeably strange. Winter started three weeks ago. Does this mean…

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    A fat bike rests against pilings on the Homer Spit.-Photo by Bjørn Olson
    Fatbike Homer: Big Fat Bike Festival is Feb....
    By Bjørn Olson • February 13, 2014 11:15 am

    For more than 100 years people have been doing amazing things with bicycles, in Alaska. In 1898 a handful of…

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    The crowd-pleasing Kenai Peninsula Racing Pigs are making a return to the Kenai Peninsula State Fair in Ninilchik Aug. 16-18. The six little piggies are set to entertain as they race around the track to the cheering of fair crowds just as these little running porkers did in 2006.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky,  Homer News
    Pigs, parade back for ’13 Ninilchik fair
    By McKibben Jackinsky • August 7, 2013 4:08 pm

    The Ninilchik fairgrounds was home to two days of rodeo excitement in July. Last weekend it was the site of…

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