News

Troopers continue to investigate domestic violence-related fatality

Little more than a week after a Homer rally urging respect, not violence, a domestic violence assault ended…

Sports

Divas work their way to advanced championship

The Divas, Homer’s women’s hockey league, took three teams to participate in the Fools on Ice state hockey…

Showing off their moves, figure skaters take a bow ibefore cheering fans at the Kevin Bell Arena in December. From left: Madilyn Illg, Cara Clemens, Sylvia Clemens, Thea James, Tianah Cavanaugh, Rhonda Velsko, Sabre Wilmeth, Keagan Niebuhr, Natalia Sherwood, Natalie Farren, Courtney Galloway, Evelyn Sherwood, coach Natalie Betley, Mia Hemphill, assistant coach Priscilla Andrade.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Sports

Great season for the rink, support needed for future

The Kevin Bell Arena is ending the season this weekend with a bash, including the Annual Ash Cup…

Sports

Wrestlers travel to Wasilla

A small, but powerful group of Popeye wrestlers traveled to Wasilla to compete in a Greco Roman Tournament…

Sports

Mariners launch 2014 track and field season

Twenty-six members of Homer High School Mariner track and field team went toe to toe with athletes from…

Lady Mariner assistant coach Wendy Todd keeps an eye on the action at Saturday’s soccer clinic.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Sports

Youngsters get a kick out of soccer camp

Things were hopping in the Homer High School’s Alice Witte Gym on Saturday. Or kicking, as the case…

KSC swimmers who placed in the top 3 of their age group. Left to Right:  Madison Story, first; Luke Nelson, first; Clayton Arndt, second; Lucas Story, second; Theodore Castellani, third; and Carly Nelson, first.-Photo provided

Sports

Kachemak swimmers score best times at Kenai event

Fifty-eight swimmers from the Kachemak Swim Club participated in Spring Champs, a meet hosted by the Seward Tsunami…

Christina Whiting poses by a “Don’t Stop Walking” sign during her adventure on the El Camino de Santiago.-Photo by Christina Whiting

Community

Homer artist travels ‘The Way’

With backpack, hiking boots and camera, local adventurer Christina Whiting set out on a journey in September of…

News

School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District April 16: Early dismissal, 1:40 p.m. April 18: Vacation day.   Chapman School…

News

Scholarship clock counting down

With high school graduation little more than a month away, there are still scholarship dollars available to help…

Lorraine Haas, Lorene Tepa Hansen Rogers and Joan Gordon Edens compare stories.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Community

‘Meet the People’ spotlights Homer’s pioneering women

Stories about Homer’s bygone days fill the pages of books. On April 3, the public had an opportunity…

Community

Pet of the Week

Tiny Dancer is a two year-old, petite brown female tabby. Good with other cats, especially likes to bond…

Community

Court Reports

Court records show the following actions taken in Homer District Court through April 8: Judgments Clifton E. Albrecht,…