Sports

Less than week left in jackpot halibut derby

Jackson Hobbs of Franklin, Idaho, has a lot on his mind. The 16-year-old’s high school soccer team is…

Sports

Kodiak High tennis team brings game to Homer

Homer High School might not have a tennis team, but they do have tennis courts and that’s exactly…

Sports

Pitzman takes North-South ‘all tournament’ honors

The Homer Mariners volleyball team served up a fourth-place finish at the North-South Tournament in Houston last week,…

Sports

Homer varsity girls XC take first, boys second nvitational

With 66 individuals competing in the girls varsity cross-country competition at Saturday’s Palmer Invitational, the Mariner girls ran…

Sports

Mariners football dominates Buccaneers in Valdez

It was a 55-0 victory for the Homer Mariners football team Saturday as they took on the Buccaneers…

Mariner Cheyanne Smith swims in the girls 200 yard medley relay at Satuday’s Homer Invite.-Photos by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Sports

Homer Invite draws more than 200

The Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center was packed with athletes, coaches and fans representing a total of 11 different…

Community

Improv theater is Friday at K-Bay

Fresh Produce 2.0, Homer’s improvisational theater group, performs again at 6:30 p.m. Friday at K-Bay Caffé on Pioneer…

Community

‘Grow’ burns Sunday

Build week for the 11th annual Burning Basket continues noon-8 p.m. daily through Saturday at Mariner Park on…

Morgan Harness, who just celebrated her 4th birthday, poses beside the Marjorie Scholl mural, in which she is pictured flying a kite. The mural, which was unveiled Friday on the side of Fat Olives is one of the last works to be installed under a $150,000 ArtPlace America grant that funded public art and artists’ residencies in Old Town.-Photo by Mercedes Harness

Community

New art for Old Town

For most of August, the outside wall of Fat Olives nearest the Sterling Highway has been covered with…

News

Search begins for top Alaska youth volunteers

The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards is searching for Alaska’ top youth volunteers of 2015. Students in grades…

News

Homer High scholarship semifinalists announced

Four Homer High School students are among 16,000 named semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program:• Evan Boyer;•…

News

New Paul Banks book honors school’s namesake

Paul Banks Elementary School celebrates “Paul Banks Day” on Sept. 16. During a 1 p.m. assembly, author Dotty…

News

School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School DistrictToday: School board work session, 2-5 p.m., Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers, Soldotna.Sept. 17:…