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Alaska Air grows, improves on-time performance

Morris News Service — Alaska Alaska Airlines significantly increased its capacity and improved its on-time performance in October,…

A state plow truck spreads sand at the intersection of Diamond Ridge Road and Skyline Drive in October 2014.-Homer News file photo

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Road maintenance will reflect budget cuts

Snow has fallen across much of Alaska, and winter tires could be more important than ever this season.…

Workers with Snug Harbor seafoods sort halibut at the start of the season in 2011. -Homer News file photo

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Alaska leads nation in seafood production in volume, value

Alaska once again led the nation’s seafood output in 2014, according to a recently released report from the…

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Fish prices high for consumers

Seafood producers were hoping U.S. consumers would have cheaper salmon this year, but that doesn’t seem to be…

Bristol Bay fishermen seek state’s help on prices

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Bristol Bay fishermen seek state’s help on prices

A group of Bristol Bay fishermen have started a petition to have a mediator from the Alaska Department…

Homer City Council member Heath Smith takes the oath of office at a special meeting on Monday. Smith was elected in a run-off election on Nov. 3 when he defeated incumbent council member Beauregard Burgess. In final election results, Smith won with 401 votes, or 64 percent, to 227, or 36 percent, for Burgess. With 633 out of 4,520 registered voters, the election turnout was 14 percent. The council also selected council member David Lewis to be Mayor Pro-Tempore.-photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Homer’s Best Bets

Now that we’ve dumped Daylight Saving Time for the season, we’ve entered that time when Alaska gets dark…

Mariner Tim Blakely skates the puck past SoHi to try to get a shot on goal; Dimitry Kuzmin and Dawson Roberts provide support.-photo by Tracey Tillion

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Ice Challenge title goes to Service

After wins against Kenai and SoHi on Thursday and Friday, the Homer hockey team fell 6-0 to Service…

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Mariner volleyball team heads to State

Today at 1:30 p.m, Homer High’s volleyball team takes on Valdez in the state championships.  The Mariners earned…

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Mariners defeat 42 teams to win ACS Invite

This weekend, the Mariner Mat Team heads to Nikiski duals in the wake of a stunning victory at…

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Kachemak Selo replacement school ranks No. 1 on state’s tentative capital projects list

There is a good chance the 63 unhoused students at Kachemak Selo School will get a new building.…

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School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District   Last spring, third- through tenth-graders took a new assessment, Alaska Measures Progress,…

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Team discusses importance of DDF

As they went to Anchorage to compete in a tournament at West Anchorage High School last weekend, each…

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The Arts in Brief

KBC art show opens  Students in Asia Freeman’s fall Kachemak Bay Campus painting class show their work in…