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    <span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo by Wendy Todd</span>                                The Homer girls basketball team holds their first place trophy at the Service Cougar Tip Off tournament, held Friday and Saturday, Dec. 14-15, 2018 in Anchorage, Alaska. Top row from left to right: Marina Carroll, Cora Parish, Bri Hetrick, Rylyn Todd, Alia bales, Kelli Bishop, Lexi Dawson, Laura Inama, Manager Brooke Knotte, and Manager Katie Clark. Bottom row: Shelly Johnson, Alexis Kreger, Hannah Hatfield, and Rylee Doughty.
    Sports in brief
    By Megan Pacer • December 19, 2018 9:37 am

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    Homer City Hall.
    Homer City Council passes 2019 budget
    By Megan Pacer • December 12, 2018 5:25 pm

    Homer has a budget to work from for the coming year.

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    The HERC Building as seen in a 2010 file photo from the upper parking lot at Woodside Avenue. At the time the Kachemak Bay Campus used the building as temporary office and classroom space while the Pioneer Avenue building was being remodeled, one of several uses of the HERC since the city acquired it from the Kenai Peninsula Borough in 2000. (Homer News file photo)
    Task force makes final HERC recommendations
    By Megan Pacer • December 12, 2018 5:24 pm

    After about six months of work and research, members of the Homer Education and Recreation Complex Task Force presented their…

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    Homer’s Lee Lowe scoops the puck away from the wall during a Friday, Dec. 7, 2018 game against Soldotna High School at the Kevin Bell Ice Arena in Homer, Alaska. The Stars swept the Mariners 4-0 in the fundraiser game that raised money for a Mat-Su Valley ice rink damaged by the Nov. 30 earthquake. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    SoHi sweeps Homer in fundraiser game for damaged...
    By Megan Pacer • December 12, 2018 12:43 am

    The Big Lake Rec Center came out the big winner of Friday’s hockey match up between Soldotna and Homer.

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    Photos: Chamber’s Holiday Tree Lighting
    Photos: Chamber’s Holiday Tree Lighting
    By Megan Pacer • December 5, 2018 7:19 pm

    By Megan Pacer

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    Highway workers and spectators look at Sulczynski’s car stuck on a section of an off-ramp that collapsed during an earthquake Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2018 in Anchorage, Alaska. Sulczynski was not injured attempting to exit Minnesota Drive at International Airport Road. Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.8 rocked buildings and buckled roads Friday morning in Anchorage, prompting people to run from their offices or seek shelter under office desks, while a tsunami warning had some seeking higher ground. (Photo by Dan Joling/Associated Press)
    Alaska continues to recover from 7 magnitude earthquake
    By Megan Pacer • December 5, 2018 4:48 pm

    Homer residents got a rough wake-up call at 8:29 a.m. Friday in the form of a 7 magnitude earthquake that…

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    From left to right: Public Works Director Carey Meyer, Water and Sewer Superintendent Todd Cook, City Manager Katie Koester, Richard Klopp, lead water distribution and wastewater collection operator, and Mayor Ken Castner celebrate Klopp being named Wastewater Operator of the Year award by the Alaska Rural Water Association during the Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 Homer City Council meeting at Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    City worker named wastewater operator of the year
    By Megan Pacer • December 5, 2018 11:08 am

    Homer’s lead water distribution and wastewater collection operator has earned a top honor for his work with the city.

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    Homer’s Lee Lowe skates in front of Talyn Meyer to foil a breakaway the Eagle River skater got during their game Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 at the Kevin Bell Ice Arena in Homer, Alaska. The Wolves beat the Mariners 8-0. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer area sports in brief
    By Megan Pacer • December 5, 2018 1:31 am

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    Highway workers and spectators look at a car A car belonging to Homer resident Tom Sulczynski stuck on a section of an off-ramp that collapsed during an earthquake Friday morning, Nov. 30, 2018 in Anchorage, Alaska. The driver was not injured attempting to exit Minnesota Drive at International Airport Road. Back-to-back earthquakes measuring 7.0 and 5.8 rocked buildings and buckled roads Friday morning in Anchorage, prompting people to run from their offices or seek shelter under office desks, while a tsunami warning had some seeking higher ground. (Dan Joling | Associated Press)
    7.0 quake shakes peninsula, brief tsunami warning for...
    By Megan Pacer • November 30, 2018 10:00 am

    UPDATE:

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    Snow caps a mountain range as seen on a flight from Anchorage to Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2018. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Out of the Office: What are men to...
    By Megan Pacer • November 28, 2018 10:31 pm

    I’ve met a lot of addicts since moving to Alaska.

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    Seasoned ski coach steps into head position for Homer’s team
    Seasoned ski coach steps into head position for...
    By Megan Pacer • November 28, 2018 10:08 pm

    Alison O’Hara is technically the new head coach for Homer’s cross-country ski team, but she’s no stranger to the sport…

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    From left to right: Homer City Council members Rachel Lord, Caroline Venuti, Heath Smith, former Mayor Bryan Zak, council members Tom Stroozas and Shelly Erickson, Homer Mayor Ken Castner and City Manager Katie Koester celebrate an official recognition of Zak and his time serving the city during the council’s Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 meeting at Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Council talks 2019 budget
    By Megan Pacer • November 28, 2018 9:40 pm

    It’s budgeting season at the city of Homer once again, and Homer City Council members devoted much of their time…

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    In this December 2016 photo, cannabis plants grow in a standard cultivation space inside Croy’s Enterprises near Soldotna, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file photo)
    Manufacturing license for new Homer pot shop gets...
    By Megan Pacer • November 28, 2018 8:39 pm

    A new cannabis operation in Homer is another step closer to having all the licensing it needs in order to…

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