Homer’s Aspen Daigle turns onto the Beaver Loop midway through the girls five-kilometer freestyle Friday at the Region III Nordic Ski Championships at Tsalteshi Trails.-Photo by Jeff Helminiak, Peninsula Clarion

Sports

Skiers wrap up regions, ready for state races

The Homer Mariner Nordic ski team took one step closer to state competition at the Region III Nordic…

Sports

Tok tourney provides wins, growth for Ninilchik squads

As Olympic athletes prepared for the long road to Sochi, so did basketball teams from Ninilchik as they…

Otter Jenny Crosby, No. 32, heads down the court with Mariner JV Malina Fellows, No. 23, at her side during Saturday’s scrimmage between the Seldovia and Homer teams.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Sports

Otters find b-ball action away from home

The Susan B. English Sea Otters left their home court in Seldovia for some away games last week,…

Community

Bunnell receives Paul Allen Foundation grant

Bunnell Street Arts Center has received a $15,000 grant from the Paul Allen Family Foundation to support Bunnell’s…

Community

Marimba Madness returns March 1

The Homer Council on the Arts annual celebration of Zimbabwean music, Marimba Madness, is at 7 p.m. March…

Community

Brother Asaiah statue hearing is Feb. 27

The Homer Public Arts Committee holds a special meeting and public hearing at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 27 in…

Kaine, left, and D-Roc of the Ying Yang Twins.-Photo provided

Community

Ying Yang Twins perform at Alibi Feb. 28

Award-winning hip-hop artists Kaine and D-Roc of the Ying Yang Twins perform Feb. 28 at the Alibi. DJ…

Community

UAF professor, poet holds reading, workshop

University of Alaska Fairbanks visiting professor and poet Sean Hill does a poetry reading at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.…

Community

Blues musician ‘Hawkeye’ Herman visits, performs

As part of Blues in the School, a Homer Council on the Arts program offered during Black History…

Community

Colors of Homer is Friday

Colors of Homer, a student-directed organization that promotes the creativity of Homer youth, holds an event from 7…

News

School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Feb. 25: A public meeting about the district’s 2014-2015 budget, Homer High School…

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Walsworth gets accepted

Homer High School senior John Walsworth has had his heart set on being accepted to a military academy.…

From left: Clark Bollin, seventh grade; Willem Strydom, seventh grade; Caleb Rauch, seventh grade; Tim Blakely, eighth grade; Douglas Dean, eighth grade; Ben Kettle, eighth grade; Denver Waclawski, eighth grade; and Dakota Harris, seventh grade.-Photo provided

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Numbers add up to second place

Homer Middle School took second place in MathCounts regional competition in Anchorage on Feb. 8. “The eighth-graders were…