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    Articles by Megan Pacer
    The remains of decimated pumpkins litters a field behind West Homer Elementary School following the annual Punkin Chuckin’ event Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Annual Punkin Chuckin’ event litters West Homer Elementary...
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 12:33 pm

    You’ve heard the expression “raining cats and dogs,” but unless you’re familiar with the traditions of West Homer Elementary, you…

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    The Kachemak Bay Quilters spend a lot of their time creating quilts for victims of house fires, like the ones shown here during a First Friday exhibit Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 at the Homer Council on the Arts in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    In their first First Friday showcase, Kachemak Bay...
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:39 am

    Some people make art to have a creative outlet, something just for themselves. Others, like the Kachemak Bay Quilters, take…

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    This graphic taken from a Homer City Council meeting packet shows the preliminary design of a single story, $6 million police station. (Photo courtesy City of Homer)
    Preliminary concept designs for police station complete
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:37 am

    The Homer City Council got its first look last week at what kind of new police station the city could…

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    Kachemak Emergency Services firefighter and medic Travis Ogden, pictured here Monday, Nov. 6, 2017 in Homer, Alaska, treated patients in the aftermath of the mass shooting in Las Vegas last month for 10 days on a deployment with the American Red Cross. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    KESA medic treated 19 patients after Las Vegas...
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:37 am

    A Homer-area first responder deployed by the American Red Cross to help in the aftermath of the Las Vegas mass…

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    Homer students aid wounded homeless man while on trip to Anchorage for hockey
    Homer students aid wounded homeless man while on...
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:37 am

    Several young Homer hockey players got more than they bargained for this past weekend during a trip to Anchorage to…

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    This image taken from a Homer Advisory Planning Commission meeting packet shows the proposed location of an Aspen Hotel in town, which the commission recently granted a conditional use permit. (Photo courtesy City of Homer)
    Planning commission approves conditional use permit for Aspen...
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:37 am

    Workers could break ground on a new 72-room Aspen Hotel in Homer by May 2018 if all goes according to…

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    Sophomore Karmyn Gallios hits the ball over the net during the Homer varsity volleyball team’s match against the Redington Huskies on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 during the Southcentral Conference Championships held at the Alice Witte Gymnasium in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Lady Mariners take fourth in Southcentral Conference tourney
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:37 am

    The Homer varsity volleyball team came in fourth at the Southcentral Conference Championships over the weekend in Homer. Held at…

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    Homer’s Alia Bales races the opening leg of the girls 200-yard freestyle relay Saturday, Nov. 4, 2017 at the ASAA First National Bank State Swimming & Diving Championships at the Bartlett High pool in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
    Girls swim and dive team takes seventh at...
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:36 am

    The Homer Mariners swimmers and divers came back from the 2017 ASAA State Swimming and Diving State Championships in Anchorage…

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    Photo courtesy Wendy Todd.
    Paul Banks Elementary second graders get festive with...
    By Megan Pacer • November 9, 2017 9:35 am

    Students at Paul Banks Elementary created some “turkeys in disguise” ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Check out their handy work….

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    Weekly sports highlights
    Weekly sports highlights
    By Megan Pacer • November 8, 2017 12:27 pm

    Upcoming events: Wrestling: Homer will host the Grace Christian Grizzlies at 6 p.m. today in the Alice Witte Gymnasium. They…

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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)
    Health Fair about more than just flu shots
    By Megan Pacer • November 2, 2017 10:51 am

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

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    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)
    Students, parents show off holiday spirit this Halloween
    By Megan Pacer • November 2, 2017 10:47 am

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

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    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)
    Homer swimmers, divers break school records
    By Megan Pacer • November 2, 2017 10:47 am

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

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