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Glacier Girls hopes to build girls hockey presence

The Homer Hockey Association’s new Glacier Girls program is teaching girls hockey with the hope of building a…

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Fiesta fundraiser benefits high school wrestlers

The Homer High School wrestling team is holding Fiesta Night to raise funds to offset travel costs during…

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Community recreation schedule

Oct. 6: Weight room in Homer High School weight room, 6-7:30 a.m. Oct. 6: Cancelled: Weight room in…

Local control by whom? Keep RCA protections

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Local control by whom? Keep RCA protections

Homer Electric Association ran deregulation up the flagpole back in 2009. The idea of reduced accountability looked good…

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Years Ago

20 years ago in the Homer News: Sylvia Thompson was about a month away from celebrating her 100th…

Homer City Council member and mayor pro tempore David Lewis, right, presents a fire-wise flag from Teshio, Japan, to Homer Volunteer Fire Department Chief Robert Painter, left, as Homer Police Chief Mark Robl, center, watches. Lewis recently returned from a trip to Japan where he visited Homer's sister city, Teshio. Lewis also gave Robl a Teshio police pin. "Our sister city really outdoes itself when you are there," Lewis said. "I have never been treated so well in my whole life."

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Homer’s Best Bets

As we toil here at Homer News election central into the wee dark hours of the morning, the…

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The Arts in Brief

Women of the World perform International a cappella group Women of the World perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday…

Meet Sara, Pet of the week

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Meet Sara, Pet of the week

Sara is a wonderful, older, special needs girl. This 10-year-old domestic short-hair gray tabby is a diabetic and…

Henry Hawkeye Benney

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Births

Henry Hawkeye Benney was born at home in water on Sept. 24, 2016. to Maura Brenin and Chris…

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Cops and Courts

Information about fire, police and troopers is taken from public records consisting of logbooks and press releases. Anchor…

Obituaries

Jimmie Watkins

Jimmie Watkins Oct. 12, 1945-Sept. 22, 2016 Homer resident Jimmie Watkins, 70, died Sept. 22, 2016, in Anchorage.…

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Town crier announcements

Jim Van Oss speaks at 1 p.m. Friday for the Parkinson’s Support Group monthly meeting at the Homer…

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Homer’s Mike Illg appointed to school board seat

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of Education chose a new member at its meeting Monday evening.…