Health sciences focus  of career fair

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Health sciences focus of career fair

Students of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District are invited to the 2015 Hospital Career Fair at Central…

Spellers prepare for state

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Spellers prepare for state

Sixth-grader Gabe LeBlanc will be McNeil Canyon Elementary School’s representative in the Alaska State Spelling Bee in Anchorage…

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School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Feb. 24: Public school district budget meeting, Homer High School library, 5:30 p.m.…

News

Port Graham’s team of one shines in book battle

Do it all?   No problem for Luke DeVault of Port Graham. Battle of the Books teams are…

Obituaries

Roy G. ‘Skip’ Utter

Roy G. “Skip” Utter died peacefully Jan. 12, 2015, in Murrieta, Calif. Skip was born April 12,1924, to…

Jodi Lynn Riley

Obituaries

Jodi Lynn Riley

Longtime Homer resident Mrs. Jodi Lynn Riley, 59, died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, overlooking Kachemak Bay in Homer…

Chlorus “Von” Vaughan Pointer

Obituaries

Chlorus ‘Von’ Vaughan Pointer

Chlorus Vaughn Pointer, also known as Von Pointer, 79, died on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015, in Anchorage. A…

Not all shorebirds visit Kachemak Bay in the spring. One species, rock sandpipers, spends the winter here. They can be seen in large flocks on the Homer Spit or sometimes alone, as this sandpiper feeding on the beach at Mariner Park.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

Community

Homer’s Best Bets

With all the weird weather back east, Homerites have been tempted to gloat. It’s 19 degrees in Washington,…

Sports

Popeye wrestling rolls out mat for 2015 season

After a kick-off banquet Feb. 9, the Popeye Wrestling Club began practice for wrestlers ages 10 and older…

Sports

Southern peninsula keeps hoops hot

Seldovia-Nikolaevsk For a small school off the road system, participating in events with teams from other schools can…

Sports

KSC advances in age group championships

The Kachemak Swim Club Kings scored 77 points to place 16th at last weekend’s Alaska Age Group Championship…

Community

Alice Lou Haley

Alice Lou Haley was born at 4:21 a.m. Feb. 15, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Katie and…

Assistant softball coach needed for Homer High

Sports

Assistant softball coach needed for Homer High

It’s not too early to think of summer sports. An assistant softball coach is needed for Homer High’s…