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Hockey tournament, fundraising party benefit ice rink

Women’s hockey is taking over Homer this weeked for the sixth annual Winter Jamboree hockey tournament on Jan.…

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Soldotna skiers dominate Homer Invite; Mariners ski Government Peak this week

This weekend’s weather brought the Homer Nordic Ski Invitational to an abrupt finish when the rain forced coaches…

photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Mariners girls varsity scores two wins against Lady Braves

The Mariner girls varsity basketball came out victorious over Mt. Edgecumbe’s Lady Braves during games on Jan. 7…

A still from “A Line in the Sand.”-Photo provided

Community

MountainFilm back to cheer up gloomy town

In an alleged winter besotted by gray skies and cold rain, the Telluride MountainFilm On Tour festival has…

Community

the Arts in Brief

Help with cut-paper project Artist Desiree Hagen will display a cut-paper installation in February at Bunnell Street Arts…

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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Events

Most Kenai Peninsula Borough Schools are not in session in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. day on…

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Prize pies fly

The students of Chapman School’s third and fourth grade class get to give Chapman Principal Conrad Woodhead and…

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Deadline to apply for board seat extended to Jan. 20

Interested applicants still have time to apply for the open Board of Education District 9-South Peninsula seat that…

West Homer Elementary School sixth-grader Delilah Harris won the school’s geography bee on Jan. 6. Fifth-grade student Theo McDonough was awarded the runner-up position.-Photo provided

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Delilah Harris heads to state Geography Bee

Sixth-grade West Homer Elementary School student Delilah Harris beat out 26 fellow students at the school’s Geography Bee…

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Time to thank all who lend a hand to feed the hungry

It is amazing how quickly fall slides into the end of the year. And what a year we’ve…

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Balance in all things

As the executive director of the Homer based Whirling Rainbow Foundation non-profit organization on culture and the arts,…

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Helicopter hunting case continued

Homer District Court Judge Margaret Murphy continued until next month a case involving alleged helicopter hunting on the…

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Change happens

Much change has happened last eight years: The National Defense Authorization Act (sec.1021, Patriot Act, indefinite detention). The…