Keeping patrons happy before Alice’s Champagne Palace closed its doors on Sunday were servers Laura Duncan, Jill Gunnison and Nickie Knight, and bartender Dan Norton­.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Alice’s Champagne Palace holds solid place in Homer’s past

Editor’s note: With 2014 marking the Homer News’ 50th anniversary, it’s the perfect time to look at Homer’s…

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Winter carnival promises something old, something new

Strap on your seatbelt. This 2014 Homer Winter Carnival, with its “dancing in the streets” theme, promises to…

At Sunday’s Ski For Women benefiting Haven House, Barb Veeck, Lynn Temple, Judy Gonsalves and Lyn Maslow represented winter.

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Ski For Women not slowed by lack of snow

A little thing like no snow wasn’t enough to stop Sunday’s Ski For Women, an annual event benefiting…

Board of Fisheries meeting on Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery under way

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Board of Fisheries meeting on Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery under way

The Board of Fisheries meeting to regulate the Upper Cook Inlet salmon fishery kicked off at the Egan…

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Vivian Joy Baker

Vivian Joy Baker was born at 5 a.m. Jan. 25, 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital to Rebecca and…

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Lucy James Fraley

Lucy James Fraley was born at 4:24 a.m. Jan. 24, 2014, at South Peninsula Hospital to Cassy Quinlan…

A beach walker left bare footprints on the sand near Bishop’s Beach last Saturday, proof that for some it was warm enough to shed shoes.-Photo by Stan Purington

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Homer’s Best Bets

The Betster would like to call back last week’s Best Bets in which yours truly said it appeared…

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‘Dominion of Bears’ author to speak

Creative nonfiction writer and university professor Sherry Simpson will read from her work and hold a craft talk…

The members of Irish band Lúnasa perform at the Mariner Theatre on Feb. 8.-Photo provided

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Lúnasa performs next week

Irish band Lúnasa performs 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Mariner Theatre. Sponsored by the Homer Council on…

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Middle school wrestlers sample real competition

Middle school teams from Chapman, Homer Middle School and Vozensenka traveled to Nikiski to battle against Kenai, Nikiski…

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School Events

Student News Hannah Baird of Fritz Creek has been accepted at Cornell College, a private liberal arts college…

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What does school spirit look like?

It wasn’t just the students at Paul Banks Elementary School that celebrated school spirit day. The faculty and…

Oil from the Exxon oil spill remains on Prince William Sound beaches. As proof, Harrison Metz, Coda Wood, Terry Gilliland and Austin Cline have a jar of the oil collected from Eleanor Island during August 2013.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Fireweed students give fresh eyes to a 25-year-old disaster

They might not have been born when it happened, but ask the fifth- and sixth-grade students at Fireweed…