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    Articles by Megan Pacer
    A group of teachers gather outside the entrance to West Homer Elementary and Big Fireweed Academy wearing “red for ed” Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. Teachers around the Kenai Peninsula demonstrated this week to bring awareness to the contract negotiation situation with the school district. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Teachers, unions getting frustrated by contract negotiations
    By Megan Pacer • February 6, 2019 5:30 am

    Teachers and representatives from the unions that represent them are speaking up about their frustrations with the current contract negotiations…

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    Skiers young and old take off at the start of the annual Ski for Women, which benefits South Peninsula Haven House, on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 at the Lookout Mountain Trails near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Ski for Women puts fun above fast
    By Megan Pacer • February 6, 2019 5:30 am

    There are no points for speed, only for creativity.

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    Homer’s Autumn Daigle skis to the finish line of the varsity girls’ classic race just ahead of Kenai’s Maria Salzetti on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 at the Lookout Mountain Trails near Homer, Alaska. Daigle took first place. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer girls win ski invite at Lookout Mountain...
    By Megan Pacer • February 6, 2019 5:30 am

    The Homer’s girs skiers swept both events at their own invitational meet over the weekend, while Soldotna scored the team…

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    One of several beer label submissions sits on display Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 at a First Friday event at Grace Ridge Brewery in Homer, Alaska. The Brackish Brown ale, bottled with the winning label, was available at the event. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Kachemak Bay Research Reserve unveils winning beer label
    By Megan Pacer • February 6, 2019 5:30 am

    Who says science and suds don’t mix?

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    The author (right) with a pair of friends at Grewingk Glacier in August 2018 near Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Megan Pacer)
    Out of the Office: Hold my beer
    By Megan Pacer • March 1, 2019 1:30 am

    Last week, the members of my team and I came in absolute dead last at trivia night. I normally wouldn’t…

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    Homer Volunteer Fire Department emergency medical technicians treat a U.S. Coast Guard crew member injured when a crane tipped over at the Pioneer Dock on the Homer Spit on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019, in Homer, Alaska. The man was later pronounced dead. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News.)
    Coast Guard releases name of crane accident victim
    By Megan Pacer • February 2, 2019 5:30 am

    A crew member of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hickory died in an industrial accident on the Homer Spit on…

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    Chief Warrant Officer Michael Kozloski, center, his wife, Brienne, and their four children in an undated photo. (Photo by Brienne Kozloski and used with permission)
    Community rallies for family of dead Coast Guardsman
    By Megan Pacer • February 2, 2019 5:30 am

    Correction: The story has been corrected to add that the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center is the main…

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    Homer seniors have victorious last weekend of home hockey
    Homer seniors have victorious last weekend of home...
    By Megan Pacer • January 30, 2019 5:30 am

    It would have been hard for Homer seniors on the hockey team to have a better last weekend of games…

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    The former location of Anchor Point Seafoods sits ablaze Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 on North Fork Road in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Anchor Point Emergency Services)
    Former site of Anchor Point Seafoods burns down
    By Megan Pacer • January 30, 2019 5:30 am

    The former location of Anchor Point Seafoods went up in flames Saturday night, requiring a response from three separate fire…

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    Musher Cim Smyth and his team pull in to the McNeil Canyon Elementary School checkpoint of this year’s Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Ready, set, mush: Tustumena 200 mushers take off...
    By Megan Pacer • January 27, 2019 1:30 pm

    Twenty mushing teams took off Saturday with hopes of taking home the win in the Tustumena 200.

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    Travis Beals’ dog team approaches the finish line of this year’s Tustumena 200 Sled Dog Race on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019 at Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik, Alaska. Beals and his team came in fourth, finishing just four minutes behind third place winner Nic Petit. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Dave Turner claims first T200 win
    By Megan Pacer • January 27, 2019 5:30 am

    After chasing other top mushers for three years, Dave Turner has finally proven himself a winner by snagging first place…

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    Participants in the 2019 Women’s March on Homer gather at WKFL Park following the march Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Women, men and children march on Homer for...
    By Megan Pacer • January 23, 2019 5:30 am

    The title of the Women’s March on Homer can be misleading. In the third local iteration of the national march…

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    Deputy City Planner Julie Engebretsen explains elements of the Homer Education and Recreation Complex and plans for dealing with the devolving buildings during a Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 community meeting at City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    City answers HERC questions
    By Megan Pacer • January 23, 2019 5:30 am

    The city of Homer is looking for public input as it pushes on in its quest to solve the problem…

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