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Beachcombers walk the Homer Spit on Monday, March 7, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Despite the clouds, the beach was more crowded than usual because of spring break. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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March 9, 2022 2:30 am

All through the pandemic a running joke has been “Oh, I didn’t expect [insert surprising news development here] on my…

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A moose feeds on shrubs on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Homer Medical Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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February 24, 2022 1:30 am

Here in Alaska, March will roar in like a grizzly bear and also roar out like a grizzly bear. Forget…

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Snow piles up at the dump site near Lake Street and the Homer Bypass on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. An eagle nest in the tree to the right is a popular viewing site when bald eagles nest there. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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February 17, 2022 1:30 am

BEST STORIES AND CRAFTS BET: The Pratt Museum & Park is back open and ready to welcome everyone in to…

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Snow falls on the trees at the Homer News office on Friday, Jan. 28. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
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February 2, 2022 1:30 am

As the days get lighter earlier and darker later, the Betster can feel the serotonin rising inside of them, bringing…

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The sun sets over Kachemak Bay as seen from Ocean Drive Loop on Tuesday, Jan. 25. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
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January 26, 2022 1:30 am

The cold and cloudy forecast for this weekend is making the Betster want to stay inside and curl up in…

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Clouds obscure the sun on Monday, Jan. 18, 2022, as seen from the Mariner Park beach in Homer, Alaska. Yukon Island is in the distance. Almost a month after the winter solstice, the sun rises higher in the sky at mid-day. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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January 19, 2022 1:30 am

See that photo of Kachemak Bay above? Notice how compared to last month around the winter solstice the sun appears…

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Ice surrounds the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory at the Pioneer Dock on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The buoy tender is known as "The Bull of the North." (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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January 13, 2022 1:30 am

Decades ago when the Betster started building the family cabin one chilly fall, Mama Betster had these words of advice.

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The icy view of Kachemak Bay and the Homer Spit is enough to make any person shiver from the recent cold weather. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
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January 5, 2022 1:30 am

The Juneau artist William Spear designed a special pin for 2020: a flaming trash Dumpster. That seemed to be the…

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Snow covers surplus newspaper boxes at the Homer News earlier this mont, a reminder of how much snow fell in Homer before a post-Christmas warm spell melted the snow and turned streets icy. The weather forecast calls for snow and then cold, clear weather for the new year. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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December 29, 2021 1:30 am

It’s been a rough two years, Betster persons. Last year turned into isolation and despair as a worldwide pandemic washed…

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At mid-day on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, as seen at Bishop’s Beach the sun is as low to the horizon as it will be all year in Homer, Alaska. After the Winter Solstice, the sun will rise higher and higher at solar noon each day, with daylight hours also increasing. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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December 22, 2021 1:30 am

Whew. Christmas is coming and New Year’s Day is on its way, all the more reason to get out and…

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Odin Rathnam and Mannfried Funk performed a variety of arrangements that made many members of the audience smile, cry and even laugh during the Pratt Museum & Park’s Glacier Salon benefit on Friday, Dec. 10. Rathnam and Funk performed in the Ron Senungetuk: A Retrospective exhibit. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
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December 16, 2021 1:30 am

This month has been chock full of palindrome dates. If you write the date numerically and in American style, we’ve…

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Ice lies scattered on the beach on Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at Mariner Park on the Homer Spit, Alaska. Extreme high tides last week pushed ice bergs from the bay up on the beach. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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December 8, 2021 1:30 am

Years ago when the Betster’s nephew got married and the family discussion turned to how bad that winter had been,…

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Jim Levine, left, watches as his Diamond Ridge driveway gets plowed on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021, near Homer, Alaska. Over the Thanksgiving Day weekend, some areas of the southern Kenai Peninsula got up to 3 feet of snow. The weekend forecast calls for clear and cold on Friday, with a 70% chance of snow on Sunday, (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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December 2, 2021 1:30 am

Buckle up, Betster persons. It’s Dec. 2, and Homer holiday fun starts with a bang this weekend. Put down that…

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