Students from Michigan and Homer pause for a photo during their recent trip to Greece in April. (Photo provided)

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Homer students expand their horizons in Greece

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify which trip Spanish teacher Gordon Pitzman will lead, as…

Andrea Corey (left) and Rylee Lemons (right) make seed tapes containing carrot seeds with their classmates Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at Ninilchik School in Ninilchik, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Ninilchik FFA schools youngsters on agriculture

When Jodie Kain, president of the National FFA Organization’s Ninilchik chapter, asked how many students in a room…

Homer High School senior Oliver Beck clambers over a fallen log at the direction of Riggs Harness, far left, and Violet Pinsky, second from left, during an educational game Tuesday, April 24, 2018 outside Little Fireweed Academy in Homer, Alaska. Beck and several other high schoolers created curriculum and games to teach the youngsters about the outdoors and ecology through a mentoring program. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Little Fireweed alum return to teach current students

Sometimes, the best way to learn is through play. Homer High School students and youngsters at Little Fireweed…

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Weekly sports highlights

Upcoming events: Soccer: The girls varsity soccer team will play Wasilla at 1 p.m. Saturday in an away…

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Local restaurant’s liquor license in question

A local restaurant’s liquor license is in question after the Kenai Peninsula Borough and City of Homer discovered…

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Council forms task force for HERC

After several amendments, much confusion and more than three hours, the Homer City Council adjourned their Monday night…

Homer’s Eve Brau takes the ball up the field pursued by Kenai High School’s Abigail Every during their game against Tuesday, April 24, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer girls beat Kenai for first time in years; boys suffer loss

Without scoring a goal, the members of Homer High School’s girls soccer team managed to beat Peninsula Conference…

Artist Ann Margaret Wimmerstedt demonstrates the painting techniques she passed on to students at Little Fireweed Academy during an art presentation and discussion Friday, April 13, 2018 at the school in Homer. Through her stay with the students as the resident artist of the Artists in Schools program, Wimmerstedt helped the kids make a mural out of animals painted on canvas. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Artists in Schools resident inspires Little Fireweed Academy students to create

You don’t have to be a great artist to use canvas for your creations. Turns out, you don’t…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News Homer’s Kailee Veldstra crosses the finish line of the girls’ 400-meter relay to claim first place for her team Friday, April 13 at Homer High School.

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Homer girls run over Soldotna in dual meet

A dual track meet between just two schools might not drum up the excitement of a large invitational,…

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Weekly sports highlights

Upcoming events: Soccer: On Friday, April 20 the girls will play Grace Christian School in an away game…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News Three fishing vessels navigate a boom around Kachemak Bay during annual oil spill response training Saturday, April 14 in Homer. Training organizers set out red buoys to simulate areas on oil slick the boats needed to aim for.

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Homer residents get up close look at oil spill response training

If Homer residents have ever wondered just what a bunch of fishing vessels are doing roaming around Kachemak…

Longtime Homer officer retires

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Longtime Homer officer retires

After 23 years in service as a police officer in Homer and five as lieutenant, Will Hutt is…

Bags of trash fill a trailer in the parking lot of the Homer Chamber of Commerce shortly after a clean-up effort Tuesday, April 17, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. Homer Wilderness Leaders is hosting a week of two-hour sessions to help clean up the town, which will culminate in a celebration at Alice’s Champagne Palace on Saturday. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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HoWL hosts clean-up week

Editor’s note: This story been updated to correct spelling, the day of the ball and clarify how to…