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Lady Mariners fall to SoHi Stars

After a fierce game, Soldotna takes 3-2 victory

Photo courtesy Kenneth C. Williams

Obituaries

Kenneth C. Williams

In Loving Memory of Kenneth C. Williams

Photo courtesy Ilya Gherman.

Obituaries

Ilya Gherman

Ilya Gherman, born in 1959, passed away in the winter of 2022.

Image via Homer Farmers Market

Community

Eye-catching colors at the Homer Farmers Market

As August winds down and September starts, we enter the last month of summer production at the Homer…

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Homer crushes Kodiak in first conference game

The visiting Homer football team defeated Kodiak 52-0 on Friday in Mid Alaska Conference action.

Sitka roses bloom outside the Homer News office on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Best Bets

Fall doesn’t seem like it can hold back much longer — the temperatures are already cooling down, the…

Years Ago

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Years Ago

Homer happenings from years past

Una, two-year-old female tabby, and Midnight, six-year-old male. Photo courtesy of Homer Animal Shelter

Community

Pets of the Week: Midnight and Una

These cats have been with us for way too long, and it’s their turn for adoption! Una is…

"Stacked," a ceramic sculpture by Sarah Julig is on display at Homer Council on the Arts during their September ceramics student showcase. Photo provided by Homer Council on the Arts

Community

September artworks usher in autumn

Environment, “Taking Care,” and new sculptures featured in September First Friday exhibits

Mike O'Meara

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

Social Security pays the bills

A line of voters runs out the door of the Diamond Ridge Voting Precinct at the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Election Day, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. Chamber Executive Director Brad Anderson said he had never seen the amount of people coming through the polling place. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: Prepare to vote

Prepare to vote in your local borough and city elections.

Ben Carson (center) visits Iditarod Elementary School in Wasilla with Gov. Mike Dunleavy (to Carson’s right) on Tuesday. (Official photo from the Office of the Governor)

Opinion

Point of View: Embarrassing Alaska through neglectful governance

When Gov. Mike Dunleavy learned Dr. Ben Carson would be speaking in Alaska, he made time on his…

News

Nikolaevsk resident convicted of arson in 2017 fire

A Homer jury last week found a Nikolaevsk resident guilty of setting a 2017 fire that killed a…