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Taylor Rickard, 11, uses a prop to show the results smoking and using drugs can have on the mouth at a booth from the Ninilchik Village Tribe at the Rotary Health Fair on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Health Fair about more than just flu shots

From free eye screenings to the dangers of smoking and everything in between, no one who attended last…

Fireweed student Madelyn Madrid chats in her pencil costume during lunch Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 at West Homer Elementary School in Homer, Alaska. Several area schools held costume parades and other celebrations for Halloween. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Students, parents show off holiday spirit this Halloween

There’s more than one way to celebrate Halloween, and lower Kenai Peninsula schools this year showed they know…

Senior Mariner swimmer Chloe Bechtol competes in the Region III Swimming and Diving Championships held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27-28, 2017 in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo submitted)

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Homer swimmers, divers break school records

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the final team scores for the Region III competition.…

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City seeks to end land dispute with Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority by purchasing Homer Spit lot

The Homer City Council introduced an ordinance at its Monday meeting that seeks to end a years-long legal…

Weekly high school sports highlights

Upcoming events Homer High School There will be a cross-country ski parent meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov.…

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Take a day to be well for Health Fair

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Not Christmas, but the time when Homer residents can access…

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Homer drafts budget for fiscal year 2018

It’s budget season once again, and city of Homer residents still have time to weigh in on said…

Colt Krueger (left) reacts to a sound experiment while working with Homer Middle School eighth grader Gabe Dash during a mentor lesson Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 at Homer Middle School in Homer, Alaska. Krueger and his fellow Paul Banks Elementary first grade classmates each paired up with a middle school student and completed five different stations in a new mentorship program between the schools. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Elementary students learn from middle schoolers through mentorship program

Both first and eighth graders charted some somewhat unfamiliar territory on Tuesday as they teamed up to learn…

Voznesnka senior David Sanarov waves to the crowd during a senior night ceremony before the team’s Sept. 15, 2017 game at the Homer High School football field in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Senior Spotlight: David Sanarov

If there’s one thing you couldn’t get away with calling Head of the Bay Cougars defensive lineman and…

Kenai’s Seth Kruse struggles to get free from Homer’s Levi King during the Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017 Round Robin Rumble Tournament at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer takes Round Robin Rumble, looks forward to strong season

Members of the Homer wrestling team showed they mean business this year by capturing the top spot in…

Tyler Partin pretends to eviscerate fellow crew member Ben Bergeron during this year’s Haunted Hickory aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. Hundreds of residents young and old line up to have the living daylights scared out of them by the Hickory crew and their families, who spend nearly two full days decking out the ship. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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All aboard, if you dare: Haunted Hickory returns with spooks, screams for all

By Megan Pacer Homer News

Fifth grader McKenna Carlin uses her classroom computer to do some research during a special lesson taught retired McNeil Canyon teacher Bill Noomah on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 at West Homer Elementary School in Homer, Alaska. The lesson, created from a collection in the Veterans History Project at the Library of Congress, is meant to teach students about Veterans Days as well as how to use primary sources in investigations. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Retired educator uses veterans archives to teach history about WWII

What’s the difference between a sensor and a censor? Does it mean anything if a stamp is upside…

The members of the Homer Mariners swim and dive team celebrate at a send-off event held Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017 at the Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center in Homer, Alaska, in preparation for competing at the regional level in Palmer. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Weekly high school sports highlights

Upcoming events Swim/Dive: The Homer Mariner swim and dive team will compete at Regions at 11 .m. Friday,…