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Homer’s Kappa Reutov gets a turnover during a Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 basketball game against Soldotna High School in the Alice Witte Gymnasium in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Soldotna boys, girls basketball sweep Homer

The Soldotna girls and boys basketball teams rolled to victory over the host Homer Mariners during a non-conference…

Council interviews candidates for city manger position

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Council interviews candidates for city manger position

The quest to fill the shoes of outgoing Homer City Manager Katie Koester is well underway with members…

Homer High School. (Homer News file photo)

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Homer goes 0-2 at DI state hockey championship

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Homer goes 0-2 at DI state hockey championship

Fresh off a Division II state hockey championship title — the first in Homer High School history —…

Adult league teams battle for basketball championship

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Adult league teams battle for basketball championship

Adult basketball players sponsored by South Peninsula Hospital battled it out for the win against another community recreation…

Homer girls basketball team tops Kards

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Homer girls basketball team tops Kards

The host Homer girls’ basketball team topped Southcentral Region foes the Kenai Kardinals last Wednesday in the Alice…

Event connects the homeless to supplies, services

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Event connects the homeless to supplies, services

Close to 100 people experiencing homelessness in the Homer area got help recently at a one-day event designed…

Homer’s Ethan Pitzman (26) and Matey Reutov (67) battle with Soldotna’s Dylan Dahlgren (left) for the puck during the second period of the Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 final of the ASAA/First National Cup Division II State Hockey Championships at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Patty Ice Arena in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Photo by Danny Martin/News-Miner)

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Homer wins first hockey state championship in school history

The Homer Mariner hockey team made school history last weekend when they secured the program’s first ever state…

Homer Winter Carnival Parade celebrates wilderness

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Homer Winter Carnival Parade celebrates wilderness

A dreary, rainy afternoon gave way to bright sunshine falling across Homer just in time for this year’s…

Paul Banks celebrates annual reading challenge

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Paul Banks celebrates annual reading challenge

As schools across the state seek ways to entice their young students to read, youngsters at Paul Banks…

Ninilchik Fire Chief David Bear moves the fire truck out of the new Ninilchik Emergency Services building on Aug. 9, 2014, to make room for visitors to the open house of the new NES building. (Homer News file photo)

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Ninilchik Emergency Services chief, assistant chief reinstated

Former board has resigned and been replaced, and department is back to normal staffing

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Former Ninilchik Fire Chief David Bear moves the fire truck out of the new Ninilchik Emergency Services building on Aug. 9, 2014. (Homer News file photo)

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Ninilchik Emergency Services Chief fired along with volunteer in leadership position

2 p.m. update: