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A bald eagle strikes a distinguished pose while sitting on a light pole near the Homer Spit Trail on Tuesday afternoon. Although feeding eagles is banned in Homer, bird watchers and photographers can still see eagles on the Spit.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
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January 28, 2015 3:26 pm

The Betster always finds the Lower 48 response to a big East Coast blizzard amusing. If a winter storm that…

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Homer Mayor Beth Wythe, center, reads a proclamation at the Jan. 12 Homer City Council meeting declaring Friday as Big Read Day and encouraging people to take part in the Homer Public Library’s Big Read for Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451.”  The Big Read starts with a kick-off bonfire at 7 p.m. Friday at the Homer Public Library. Watching are Marylou Burton, treasurer, Friends of the Homer Public Library; Library Advisory Board student member Sabina Karwowski; Library Director Anne Dixon; and Friends of the Homer Public Library Coordinator Erin Hollowell.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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January 22, 2015 1:08 pm

If you looked up in the sky lately and can see past the downtown light pollution, you might have noticed…

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Artist and poet Jo Going, left, visits with Homer poet Eva Saulitis through a Skype connection at the opening of Going’s show, “Still and Again,” last Friday at Bunnell Street Arts Center. Saulitis is in Hawaii, and Michael Walsh of Bunnell Street Arts Center set up the Skype session so Saulitis could see the show and hear Going’s poetry reading.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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January 15, 2015 12:33 pm

We American journalists like to think we’re tough. Cover up a political scandal and we’ll go all Woodward and Bernstein…

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The full moon rises over the Bridge Creek Reservoir and Crossman Ridge last Saturday night. Recent days of clear and cold weather turn into a predicted chance of snow this weekend, with lows in the low 30s and highs in the mid-30s.
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January 7, 2015 3:30 pm

Thanks to the services of the U.S. Government, and in particular the Naval Observatory, we’ve figured out how to compile…

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Sam Young shovels the sidewalk in front of Fireweed Gallery and Ptarmigan Arts on Monday afternoon. The weekend outlook calls for more snow on Christmas and sunshine on Friday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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December 24, 2014 4:16 pm

We’ve been working hard here at the Homer News, putting out not just this issue, but our super-mega-ginormous 50th anniversary…

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The mariner statue holds a Christmas tree at the Seafarer’s Memorial on the Homer Spit. Part of a Homer Harbor tradition, some mariners also put trees in the masts of fishing boats.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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December 18, 2014 11:16 am

Now comes the time in the holiday season when … well, don’t panic. OK, panic. See the date at the…

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December 4, 2014 11:46 am

Over the Betster’s decades in Alaska, yours truly has learned a few tricks about living in the Last Frontier. First,…

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Snow frosted ridges on the Kenai Mountains catch the afternoon sun on a clear day last week. Recent rains have refreshed the snow pack at high elevations in the mountains across Kachemak Bay.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News
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November 26, 2014 12:55 pm

The holiday season seems to mess up time. People used to celebrating holidays in chronological order — first Halloween, then…

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November 20, 2014 10:35 am

The other day the Betster searched fruitlessly in email for an important document. After about 20 minutes, the Betster smacked…

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Kallan Johnson, left, of McNeil Canyon Elementary School and Carter Woodhead of Chapman School pose with Homer Electric Association’s LED Lucy after winning first place and third place, respectively for grades K-1 in HEA’s south service area energy conservation contest. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
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November 12, 2014 2:41 pm

If it seems like the world has gotten dimmer, don’t despair, Betsteroids. Last week the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…

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South Peninsula hospital registered nurses Kathi Collett of Quality Improvement, left, and Sherry Catterfeld of Infection Prevention Employee Health, right, distribute information on avoiding the flu, pneumonia, ebola and other infectious diseases at Saturday’s Rotary Health Fair.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
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November 5, 2014 4:09 pm

In this week’s election, some estimated that backers of Mark Begich or Dan Sullivan spent $50 million on the U.S….

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October 30, 2014 11:45 am

Be afraid. Be very afraid. Just when you thought it was OK to go out of the house, oh my,…

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Homer’s newest city council member, Catriona Reynolds, takes her place at the council table after being sworn in during a special meeting of the council Monday. Reynolds is seated next to David Lewis, who won re-election Oct. 7, and also was sworn in at the Monday meeting, as was Beth Wythe, who won re-election as the city’s mayor.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
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October 22, 2014 4:27 pm

Let us pause now and consider the glory of sunrises and sunsets. Holy electromagnetic spectrum! Have we been having some…

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