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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Riley Board/KDLLAmong the applicants are a former assembly member, a former Oklahoma mayor and a speech-language pathologist with the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. -
Jake Dye/KDLLAnnual .5K Brewery to Bathroom returns to Soldotna to tackle a tough subject with a lighthearted tone. -
Riley Board/KDLLState 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. -
Staff Sgt. Joseph Moon/Alaska Air National GuardThe Alaska National Guard says the pilot’s emergency locator transmitter had up-to-date registration, which expedited the rescue.
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Homer Council on the Arts recently presented their 2026 community art awards to local individuals in several categories. Artist of the Year was awarded to Carla Klinker; and crab populations in the Bering Sea are struggling, researchers say climate change is a big cause. A new tool described in a study published this month will help researchers predict one of climate change’s biggest threats to crabs: ocean acidity.
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