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Schools, organizations provide help with supplies

As the start of a new school year draws ever closer, parents and students alike have plenty of…

Members of the Homer Mariners varsity football team take the field for their game Saturday, Aug. 12, 2017 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The Mariners lost to Kodiak 21-8. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Kodiak tops Mariners in opening home game

The Homer Mariners varsity football team was toppled 21-8 by the Kodiak High School team during their opening…

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Two get honorable mention for baseball

Mose Hayes and Seth Adkins from Homer were named “Honorable Mention” for the Alaska American Legion Baseball 2017…

Peonies rest on a table shortly before a field to vase dinner tour hosted by Certified American Grown Flowers on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at Scenic Place Peony in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer peony farms booming

A recent field to vase dinner and tour at Scenic Place Peonies in Homer helped to highlight the…

Photo courtesy Nikos Kilcher Nikos Kilcher plays at an unknown date in Homer. His debut album, ‘Pilgrim,’ is being released this week.

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Nikos Kilcher debuts album that was 20 years in the making

As a singer-songwriter, Nikos Kilcher said he always wants his songs to hit the streets in tuxedos, not…

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Council stands by permanent fund decision

Homer’s loan for the construction of its library will officially be paid off in full, now that members…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News From left to right: Josey Palm, Winter Herrmann and Elizabeth Parker welcome Oscar the ferret to their classroom at the Girassol Learning Center on Friday, July 21, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. Their class was treated to a special visit from the ferret and his owner, Jeannette Aragones, who read her book called “I Am Oscar. I Am in Charge.”

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A furry Friday: Oscar the ferret visits kids’ class for book reading

Several youngsters got a special treat Friday when Oscar the ferret, and his brother Cosmo, crashed a class…

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Port Graham man faces federal charges after faked death

A Port Graham man and his girlfriend face federal charges after the two conspired to fake his death…

Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News McKenna Connelly, left, plunges into an especially deep pocket of muddy water while holding tight to Alivia Craddock’s hand Saturday, July 22, 2017 during the annual Mud Wallow held at Cottonwood Horse Park in Homer, Alaska. Hosted by the organization Nature Rocks, the messy event is in its eighth year.

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‘Mud, mud, glorious mud’

“Whoever came up with this idea is a genius!” a young girl proclaimed as she slipped and splashed…

Members of the Homer Police Department and the Homer Volunteer Fire Department investigate the scene of a two-vehicle, head-on crash between a black pickup truck and a navy blue Subaru on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at the intersection of Pioneer Avenue and Main Street in Homer, Alaska. One woman, the driver of the Subaru, was taken from the scene in an ambulance. The pickup was driven from the scene. Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News

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One woman injured after two-vehicle crash

One woman was taken by ambulance to the hospital following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Pioneer…

This photo from a National Transportation Safety Board report shows Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff’s Cessna 206 colliding with a tree, causing a float to break off, during a crash on July 3, 2016 in Halibut Cove, Alaska. The NTSB noted Rogoff’s attempted landing took place over glassy water conditions. (Photo courtesy NTSB)

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Glassy water cited in 2016 Halibut Cove plane crash

The National Transportation Safety Board has released new details on a July 2016 plane crash in Halibut Cove,…

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Woman ordered to pay restitution for stolen signs, damaged field

An Eagle River woman must pay restitution after damaging the McNeil Canyon Elementary School soccer field and nabbing…

Vocational Instructor Tim Ward tells an audience about the work release programs at the Wildwood Correctional Facility during a Soldotna Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 at Froso’s Family Dining in Soldotna, Alaska. The facility’s new vocational work release program kicked off in the fall of 2016 and has connected several offenders with employers on the central Kenai Peninsula. (Megan Pacer/Peninsula Clarion)

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New vocational program connects offenders with local employers

Getting a job after incarceration and transitioning back to life outside is looking a little easier for inmates…