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Homer High School: Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 22-24 — The Drama, Debate and Forensics team will compete at State in…

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Happy Endings

My first taste of really good Asian food was many years ago in Anchorage at a wonderful restaurant…

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Letters to the editor

Go veggie for Lent Feb. 14 marked the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period before Easter, when Christians…

Flo Larson

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Hands On Love

February, the love month, celebrates Valentine’s Day the 14th and February 17th Kindness Day. This article will be…

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Enough

These are the names of children and adults killed in mass shootings and stabbings at schools and universities…

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Congressional candidate Galvin visits Homer

Alyse Galvin, an Independent seeking the Democratic Party nomination for Alaska’s U.S. Congress seat, visits Homer Saturday and…

A young moose browses on a bush by Homer City Hall on Friday morning, Feb. 9, 2018. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Best Bets

The other night the Betster drew the short straw and had to cover one of those important community…

Brendan Matthew Boily

Obituaries

Brendan Matthew Boily Oct. 9, 1950 to Oct. 6, 2017

Brendan Matthew Boily Oct. 9, 1950 – Oct. 6, 2017 Brendan Matthew Boily, 66, died Oct. 6, 2017…

Pet of the Week: Cinch

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Pet of the Week: Cinch

Pet of the Week Cinch is a 3-year-old male. He came to the shelter trapped, with mats and…

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Cops and Courts

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

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Jakodi Jonathan Kleinleder

Jakodi Jonathan Kleinleder was born at 1:54 a.m. on Feb. 18, 2018 at South Peninsula Hospital to Tammy…

The 1968 Homer High School Mariner Girl Ski Team poses for a photo in 1968 in front of the old high school, now the Homer Education and Recreationa Complex. From let to right are Sally Barnet, Sharon Cooper, Coach David Schroer, Linda Poindexter and Gayle Gregory. (Photo provided by Larry Martin)

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50 years ago: Homer’s miracle on skis

Nineteen sixty-eight was a banner year for Homer High School cross-country skiing and arguably the best Homer sports…

Thirteen Homer High School students visited the Alaska Vocational Training Education Center in Seward on Feb. 8 to tour their programs. These four students chose the culinary program to shadow. From left to right are Desmond Vanliere, Sariah Whaley, Andy Super, Isaac Jump. Other students went to Welding, Electrical, and Welding. All the students were pretty serious about attending AVTEC in their chosen field. The school district’s Career and Technical Education program paid for the trip and the over night accommodations (Photo by Lin Hampson)

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CTE students visit AVTEC

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