Sports

Homer High presents athletic awards

The following Mariner athletic awards were awarded by Homer High School’s coaching staff:   Male Athlete of the…

Nianiella Dorvall, right, is congratulated Monday by her parents after signing a letter of intent to play basketball for Skagit Valley College. -Photo by McKIbben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Nikolaevsk celebrates historic moment

Following Nikolaevsk School’s end-of-the-year awards assembly, the students, faculty, staff and a scattering of parents were asked to…

Taking “best of show” in the 30th annual Kachemak Bay Quilters Quilt Show was Patrice Krant’s “Eagle Watching You,” an appliquéd wallhanging. Krant’s piece was one of 65 entries in the Mother’s Day show.

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Quilters delight with artistry in fabric

From tiny slivers of material and even tinier stitches to bright swaths of color and photos reproduced on…

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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference to hold Festival of Readings

The Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference annual Festival of Readings, with readings by 15 poets, novelists and essayists, is…

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Thompson’s third book is published

Local author Linda Thompson’s third book, “Let Us Be Brave,” has been published. Thompson reads from her book…

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Homer artists win Rasmuson grants

Three Homer artists have received Rasmuson Foundation grants. Artist Mavis Muller and filmmaker Michael Walsh have been named…

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Pier One to offer ‘Calling All Polar Bears’

Pier One Theatre’s first show has been revised. Instead of offering Allison Warden’s “Let Glow,” it will offer…

Above, Nancy Delkittie, left, and Jessica Hay process salmon at a fish camp. Top, a map shows Dena’ina country.-Photo by Robin La Vine, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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Pratt Museum opens spectacular exhibit on the Dena’ina people

A word of advice when you walk into the Pratt’s newest exhibit: don’t say hello to the ladies…

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Man charged with theft, harassment

Homer Police last Saturday arrested an Anchorage man suspected of stealing liquor from Safeway and Save-U-More after he…

Bonfire on the Bay: Shining  light on stress, anxiety and depression

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Bonfire on the Bay: Shining light on stress, anxiety and depression

If I asked you what you think our biggest problem in Homer is, what would you say? When…

Bering Sea out of balance; halibut population hurting

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Bering Sea out of balance; halibut population hurting

This year the Magnuson Stevens Act will be reauthorized by Congress. The MSA is the law by which…

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Big thanks from BBBS

A “big” thank you to the Jenson Fund of the Homer Foundation for their donation to Big Brothers…

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Lots of help for pets

I would like to thank Dr. Dots Sherwood for leading the book discussion on Pukka’s Promise last Thursday…