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Best Bets
By Delcenia Cosman • May 1, 2025 1:30 am

Mayday, mayday — or rather, May Day! It’s May 1, folks, and the Betster is ready for some sun and…

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

Homer happenings from years past

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Mike and Sully, two male budgies. Lovey, male, and Missy, female budgie. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter
Pet of the Week: Four Budgies
May 1, 2025 2:30 am

They come in pairs, but the 4 don’t need to be adopted together.

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Former Homer News Editor-in-chief Michael Armstrong poses for a photograph Oct, 26, 2024, in Wilmington, Vermont. (Photo by Janet Shook/courtesy)
Aging Gracefully: Retirement: Is that all there is?
By Michael Armstrong • April 24, 2025 2:30 am

It might seem counterintuitive, but I’ve come to realize the trick to enjoying retirement turns out to be doing what…

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This Library of Congress photo shows the U.S.S. Maine, which exploded and sank in the harbor at Havanna, Cuba, about the same time the Kings County Mining Company’s ship, the Agate left Brooklyn for Alaska. The Maine incident prompted the start of the Spanish-American War and complicated the mining company’s attempt to sail around Cape Horn.
Mary Penney and Her 1898 Alaska adventure —...
By Clark Fair • April 24, 2025 2:30 am

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Mary L. Penney and a group of other gold-seeking stockholders in the Kings County Mining Company of Brooklyn,…

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Historic Elwell Lodge Guest Cabin is seen at its new spot near the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge’s Visitor Center. (USWS)
An enduring legacy — Kenai National Wildlife Refuge...
By Candace Ward • April 24, 2025 2:30 am

My first encounter with Kenai National Wildlife Refuge cabins was as a Youth Conservation Corp leader in 1984 (41 years…

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These pinto beans and rice only take about 10 minutes of hands-on work before they are stewed for about 12 hours in a cooking pot. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)
A complete meal for when you’re pinching pennies
By Tressa Dale • April 24, 2025 2:30 am

My mother always kept a large tub of rice and beans, provisions she called “struggle food.”

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Pet of the Week: Truffle
April 24, 2025 2:30 am

She’s beautiful and she’s sweet.

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Off the shelf: Time and space and the...
By Delcenia Cosman • April 24, 2025 1:30 am

Contemporary novel combines historical and science fiction for a gripping, emotional journey.

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From crayons to showcase
By Christina Whiting For Homer News • April 24, 2025 1:30 am

Homer youth showcases her creativity in gallery exhibit.

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HoWLers Quinn Blackstock, Arwyn Linder, and Eden Fox (left to right) pick up trash around town during the annual DiRtBaG Clean-Up Week on Monday, April 21, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. Since 2011, 900 DiRtBaGs have cleaned up 1720 bags of litter from Homer’s trails, beaches, streets and sidewalks. (Chloe Pleznac/Homer News)
Best Bets
April 24, 2025 1:30 am

So many exciting things happening this week! Check out the first ever Growers’ Conference at KBC on Friday and Saturday,…

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Years Ago
Years Ago
By Delcenia Cosman Homer News • April 24, 2025 1:30 am

Homer happenings from years past

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The bark (or barque) called the Agate, which carried members of the Kings County Mining Company from Brooklyn, New York, to Cook Inlet, was probably similar to this three-masted barque featured on Wikipedia.
Mary Penney and her 1898 Alaska adventure —...
By Clark Fair • April 17, 2025 2:30 am

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Before Mary Lovett Penney boarded the Kings County Mining Company’s three-masted sailing ship, the bark Agate, in mid-February…

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