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Homer Fire Report

Dec. 7-13 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to 13 medical calls.

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Anchor Point Fire and Emergency Services

Dec. 7-13 Firefighters and emergency medical technicians went to three medical calls.

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Everett Andrew McClure

Everett Andrew McClure was born at 2:12 a.m. Dec. 11, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Holly and…

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Finn Michael Stengel

Finn Michael Stengel was born at 11:28 p.m. Dec. 8, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Alecia and…

Nolan J. Turner

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Nolan Joseph Turner

Nolan Joseph Turner was born at 9:10 a.m. on Nov. 22, 2015, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital to Katie…

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Announcements

The American Legion Auxiliary offers Christmas gift wrapping from noon-5 p.m. today through Wednesday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m.…

Kachemak Bay Campus instructor Lee Post makes a final adjustment to “Belugie,” a beluga whale skeleton, before it was hung on the ceiling of Bayview Hall last Friday. Post taught a class on whale articulation this semester, and students prepared and put together the skeleton. It’s the second whale hung at KBC and the sixth in Homer.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Congratulations, citizens. If you’re a new Alaska resident and you’ve stuck it out this long, hurrah. On Monday…

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School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District All KPBSD schools will have winter break from Dec. 19 through Jan. 3.…

Paul Banks Elementary preschoolers sing Christmas carols for a packed audience at Homer High’s Mariner Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 10.-Photo by Annie Rosenthal, Homer News

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Paul Banks kids celebrate Christmas, insect-style

Outside of an entomology conference, you couldn’t find a group of people happier to see several dozen bugs…

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Scholarship deadline approaches

The Homer Kachemak Bay Rotary Club sponsors two $1,500 scholarships for the spring 2016 Kachemak Bay Campus semester.…

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Ski season begins with Lynx Loppet

The Homer Mariners ski team raced on a fast course of artificial snow over the weekend at the…

The Mariner co-op hockey team will face alumni on Tuesday at the Kevin Bell Arena. The game will include a hockey Christmas tradition: the Teddy Bear Toss.-Photo provided

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Teddy Bear Toss part of hockey match-up with alumni Tuesday

At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 22, the Mariner co-op hockey team meets alumni on the ice at…

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Alumni event to open Mariners’ hoops season

Post-Christmas and pre-New Year’s, a “Meet the Mariners” event hosted by the Homer High basketball teams gives alumni…