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Mariner sophomore Charles Rohr dives over a Ninilchik player as he attempts to intercept the ball in the Feb. 13 Winter Carnival tournament game.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Mariner girls dominate at WC tourney

The Homer girls basketball team trounced the competition in the Homer Winter Carnival tournament Feb. 11-13, winning all…

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What a kiss

Paul Banks Elementary School Principal Eric Pederson kisses Guinevere, the pig, at the end of the school’s month-long…

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Homer schools place in district’s Battle of the Books competition

Homer students competed with others throughout the Kenai Peninsula in the school district’s Battle of the Books. The…

The Homer Middle School Math Meet team poses with their coach, Rand Seaton, at the MathCounts Competition in Anchorage. From left to right, front, are Lawrence Dunn and Parker Lowney; back row, Seaton, Jonathan Raymond, Marina Carroll, Ruby Allen, Katlyn Vogl, Emmet Wilkinson and Ben Coble, behind Emmet.-Photo provided

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HMS mathletes take seventh place in southcentral Alaska competition

Homer Middle School Mathletes competed in the MathCounts chapter meet Feb. 13. Eighth graders Jonathan Raymond, Marina Carroll,…

The Pratt Museum won two awards for its Winter Carnival float reminding parade watchers that the museum offers tide pooling guides to help explore Kachemak Bay shores all year-round and even foul weather doesn’t stop fish feeding at the Pratt Museum Marine Gallery every Tuesday and Friday at 4 p.m.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Carnival taps into sunny side of a Homer winter

Homer’s Winter Carnival last weekend combined the wacky and inventive with some wishful thinking. Despite the dreary, and…

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Film fest shows next week

The 2015 Anchorage International Film Festival shows next week at the Homer Theatre starting at 6 p.m. on…

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Police warn about thefts from cars

Homer Police last week put out an alert asking residents to be on the alert for thefts from…

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Man arrested for terroristic threats

Alaska State Troopers last week arrested a Voznesenka man after they said he threatened to first kill a…

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Man arrested in AP shooting

Alaska State Troopers last week arrested an Anchor Point man following a report about 4:20 a.m. Feb. 10…

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Cannabis club burglarized

Homer Police last week arrested a Homer man alleged to have broken into a local cannabis club and…

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Valentine’s Day event addresses violence against women

The R.E.C. Room is rising up to raise awareness about violence against women – both in Homer and…

Bilingual Sugt’estun teacher Sally Ash leads students at Nanwalek School in reciting the calendar months during Sugt’estun class on Dec. 15.-Photo by Annie Rosenthal

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Nanwalek works to save dying Native language

NANWALEK — “Do you know what your name means?” Sally Ash asks each student in the classroom, one…

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31 take part in Ski for Women

Kachemak Nordic Ski Club hosted the 13th annual Homer Ski for Women event Feb. 7 at the Lookout…