Homer Council on the Arts recently presented their 2026 community art awards to local individuals in several categories. The Mary Epperson Arts Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to Dave Webster. Emilie Springer spoke with Dave Webster about where his life’s musical and artistic journey started and where it has brought him in Homer.
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Annual .5K Brewery to Bathroom returns to Soldotna to tackle a tough subject with a lighthearted tone.
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State law already gives cities the authority to bar people from public property in some cases. But Soldotna doesn’t have an internal policy outlining what that process looks like, and when it should be used.
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The Alaska National Guard says the pilot’s emergency locator transmitter had up-to-date registration, which expedited the rescue.
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Seward is the future home port of a new fast-response cutter and a new icebreaker – one of Alaska’s first-ever through the new federal Arctic Security Cutter program. The two ships will be used to patrol and defend Alaska’s coast and respond to maritime emergencies.
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