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Michael O'Meara's cartoon for Dec. 24, 2020.

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Homer Flex School junior Kaitlynn Dawsey, the October winner of the school's Flex Phoenix Award. (Photo courtesy Beth Schneider)

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Homer Flex Phoenix Award winner: Kaitlynn Dawsey

Each month, Homer Flex School awards one standout student based on the school’s guiding principals and values. This…

This compilation shows the recipients of this quarter’s Mariners on the Move awards. (Photo courtesy Paul Story)

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Mariners on the Move recipients awarded

Homer High School continued its tradition of honoring students who exhibit good academic work and character this quarter,…

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Homer High School.

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School announcements

School district risk level update and upcoming events

Memorial luminarias provide a somber light at Hospice of Homer's "Light Up a Life" and 35th Anniversary Gathering last Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, at WKFL Park in Homer, Alaska. The event honored staff and volunteers who have helped out at the organization over the decades. As a fundraiser for hospice, people purchased luminarias to honor deceased friends and family.
Luminarias are a Hispanic tradition where candles are placed in a paper bag weighed down with sand. Also known as farolitios, Catholics place luminarias to guide the spirit of the Christ child to one's home. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

It’s going to be tough this Christmas. Many of us will be sharing the day with just our…

Fireworks explode in the sky above Mariner Park on Jan. 1, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. The fireworks show is crowdfunded and was delayed by one day this year due to a blizzard on New Year’s Eve. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Community

Crowdfunded fireworks return for third year

Homer residents looking for a good, old-fashioned fireworks display to bid farewell to 2020 are in luck.

Catherine Cassidy. (Photo courtesy Catherine Cassidy)

Opinion

Point of View: Dunleavy takes a wrecking ball to peninsula fishing economy

The Kenai Peninsula was delivered a low blow by Gov. Mike Dunleavy this month.

The Homer Police Station as seen Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

Community

Cops and Courts

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

Community

Caleb Grant Keagle

Caleb Grant Keagle was born at 4:45 a.m. on Dec. 16, 2020 at South Peninsula Hospital to Aislyn…

A Northern Hawk Owl clutching a red-backed vole near Watson Lake between Sterling and Cooper Landing, Alaska on Nov. 30, 2020. (Photo by Colin Canterbury/USFWS)

Sports

Northern Hawk Owls frequent Swan Lake Fire burn

In a gliding dive it swooped down from atop an aspen and disappeared, plunging into the fresh snow…

Community

Town Crier

In place of its annual lights tour, Bear Creek Winery and area neighbors have teamed up to offer…

Oslo. (Photo courtesy Homer Animal Shelter)

Community

Pet of the week: Oslo

Oslo is a 5-month-old male cat.

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past