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Corban Oliver Swisher

Corban Oliver Swisher was born at 10:22 a.m. Feb. 12, 2015, at South Peninsula Hospital to Sarah Swisher…

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Application forms are available for the Homer Foundation’s 2015 City of Homer Grants Program. The grants program is…

The Homer High School cross-country ski team celebrates at the finish of the Region III cross-country skiing championships at Government Peak.-Photo by Alison O’Hara

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Daigle 10th, Homer 5th and 6th at Regions

Mariner senior captain Aspen Daigle led her team with a 10th place personal finish at the Region III…

News

Alaska USA Mortgage official recognized

Anchorage — Alaska USA Mortgage Company Assistant Vice President Rhonda Johnson has earned the Excellence in Profession award…

Mariner Sofia Clark reaches for a pass against Monroe as teammate Madison Akers looks on.-Photo by Lindsay Olsen

Sports

Mariners reign over carnival tournament

The Mariners had a weekend, after battling through nail-biting basketball games against Klawock boys and Nikiski girls and…

News

Fish and Game forecasts more kings on the Kenai River

If the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s preseason forecast for the early run of chinook salmon on…

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Seminar offers guidelines for writing business plan

Learn methods for establishing financial projections and how to create and evaluate financial ratios that will help measure…

Matt Orchard, Land’s End Resort’s new executive chef, prepares babyback ribs for the resort’s guests.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Land’s End introduces its new executive chef

When Billy Roberson, Land’s End Resort’s former executive chef, left Homer for the Baranof Hotel in Juneau, resort…

Trawl fleet continuing to fish for Pacific cod

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Trawl fleet continuing to fish for Pacific cod

The boats fishing for Pacific cod with pots in the central Gulf of Alaska federal season finally wrapped…

Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Commissioner Valerie Davidson and Gov. Bill Walker discuss the administration’s plan to expand Medicaid in Alaska during a Feb. 6 news conference at the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center.-Photo by Elwood Brehmer, Morris News Service - Alaska

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Medicaid expansion plan unveiled

Increasing Medicaid access to 41,000 more Alaskans will save the state several million dollars per year according to…

Sports

Hockey dreams granted

The Homer Hockey Association has been awarded a grant from the National Hockey League’s Golden Dreams Program to…

The Divas show off their National Pond Hockey Championship Trophy in the women’s beginner division. From left: Di Carbonell, Kristen Brown, Marianne Aplin, coach-manager Charlie Stewart, Karyn Noyes, Ingrid Harrald and Lindsay Layland.-Photo provided

Sports

Divas crowned national champs

The Divas, Homer’s women’s hockey team, sent a team for the first time to the National Pond Hockey…

Gov. Bill Walker tosses the puck for the ceremonial start of the North Star Conference Championship semifinal game between the Wasilla Warriors and the Mariners. On the right is Mariner Clem Tillion, 17.-Photo by Tracey Tillion

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Mariner hockey all the way to semifinals, loses to Wasilla

The Mariner Co-op Hockey Team went into the North Star Conference Championships at the Menard Arena Wasilla as…