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Mariner Douglas Dean crashes the net in an attempt to score in the Palmer game on Jan. 14.  After suffering defeats in games against Palmer, Colony and Wasilla, the Mariners returned to the Kenai Peninsula and beat Soldotna in overtime on Tuesday. The Mariners play at home this weekend, hosting Bartlett for games at 7 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday.                  -Photo by Tracey Tillion

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Homer hockey falls to Valley teams

Mariner hockey competed in three conference games this past weekend, facing off against Palmer on Jan. 14, Colony…

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Mariner girls take second place at Nikiski tournament

Homer’s girls varsity basketball team took second place overall at the 27th annual Nikiski Tip Off Tournament that…

Mariner skier Hoxie Parks races in Wasilla’s Rally in the Valley at Government Peak last weekend.-Photo courtesy Ben Kettle

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Mariner skiers race strong in Rally in the Valley

Homer’s Nordic ski team raced in Wasilla’s Rally in the Valley race at Government Peak on Jan. 15…

It was the Superheroes v. Spies in a 2:30 p.m. game on Saturday, Jan. 16, during the sixth annual Homer Winter Jamboree women’s hockey tournament. The tourney took place Jan. 15-17 at Kevin Bell Arena. Hockey players from across Alaska played in an event that raises money to help support winter sports such as hockey at the rink.-photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Divas turn jamboree into tradition

Kevin Bell Arena filled up with 83 women from Healy, Anchorage, Kenai, Homer, Wasilla and Soldotna, ready to…

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Mariners beat Stars on ice in OT win

Saturday, the Soldotna hockey team defeated Colony 6-2 to knock the Knights out of a first-place tie in…

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The Arts in Brief

Homer Bookstore releases its 2015 best-seller list The Homer Bookstore has released its 2015 best-seller list of books…

Kenai Peninsula Orchestra Conductor Tammy Vollum-Matturo makes a face during the Link Up concert in Homer on Jan. 15.-photo by Anna Frost

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KPO rocks the house

Chock full of puns surrounding how an orchestra can rock — passing out literal rocks to musicians and…

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School district faces increase in class sizes

Budget constraints might mean all but two of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s 44 schools will have…

Harley Boon, a Chapman School fourth grader, plants a pie directly in the face of Principal Conrad Woodhead. Harley was drawn as the pie-thrower to represent her class, which raised the most money in the Bethel School fundraiser.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Superintendent, principal learn all about pie in eye

Two Chapman School students covered the faces of Chapman School Principal Conrad Woodhead and Kenai Peninsula School District…

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School Events

Chapman School Jan. 21: Volleyball at Homer Middle School, 4 p.m. Jan. 26: Volleyball at Chapman v. Ninilchik,…

Youth Court members — Natalie Harrington, Delilah Harris, Alana Houlihan, Sabina Morin, Abrianna Smith, Lillian Sweeney, Irais Turner and Beatrix Strobel — pose with Kenai Peninsula Youth Court Executive Director Ginny Espenshade after she swore them in at the Thursday, Jan. 14 ceremony.-Photo by Anna Frost, Homer News

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Kenai Peninsula Youth Court swears in elementary school students

A group of students from West Homer Elementary School and Fireweed Academy were sworn in as lawyers and…

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AMP tests under scrutiny

Some legislators are seeking an end to the Alaska Measures of Progress and Alaska Alternate Assessment tests. Rep.…

Challenges ahead will make university stronger

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Challenges ahead will make university stronger

As I reflect on my first 120 days serving as president of the University of Alaska, and look…