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“If you meet the potter, that's one step. If you see their studio, if you meet their dog, or see their garden, or perhaps that they have a trapeze in their studio —you just learn a lot more about that person."

Bob Stark was 18 years old when he first jumped out of a Boeing C-17 aircraft and parachuted into northern Iraq. It was 2003, a year and a half after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Stark, along with his 173th Airborne Brigade, were on a mission, he said: Find Saddam Hussain and weapons of mass destruction.

A recognizable figure directed Homer’s beloved Nutcracker production this year. Sally Oberstein is a Homer local that has put on a number of plays involving sizable casts over her three decades in the community. Most were written by herself or in collaboration with other local talent.

Two locals are trying to bring the Civil Air Patrol back to Homer. The program is the “civilian arm” of the U.S. Air Force, and is made up of cadet and adult volunteers. In Alaska, there are about 750 members who belong to 17 squadrons located throughout the state, including one in Kenai.

The Alaska Board of Game will be meeting in Soldotna later this month to consider proposed changes to hunting and trapping regulations around the Kenai Peninsula — including several for the Homer area.

A 22.7-foot high tide earlier this month has caused concern about additional high tides forecasted for November, one year after State disaster declaration and road damage.

For the first time in five years, Pier One Theatre, Homer High School’s choral program and a community orchestra are working together to put on a theatrical production: Opening night for “Newsies” happens this Friday.

Education will see significant reductions in funding if the Senate’s operating budget stands. Proposed cuts will affect districts around the state,…

The Kenai Peninsula Borough now says mayor and gubernatorial candidate Charlie Pierce was asked to consider resigning from office after an employee filed workplace harassment claims against him and a law firm found them to be credible.

The Kenai Community Library is one of 60 U.S. libraries partnering with NASA this year through the NASA@MyLibrary program.The library used some of those grant funds to bring two new additions to its collection. And this week, it celebrated an astronomical milestone in the science world.