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Mary Lou Kelsey, a certified nurse midwife who has practived in Homer for around 35 years, looks at a photo during a retirement party held for her Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 at the Best Western in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Legendary midwife retires

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct Julie McCarron’s age. “Every woman deserves a midwife.” That’s…

From left to right: Jeremiah Bartel, Wynand Strydom, Isaac Jump, Asa Panarelli, Raisa Basargin, Kendra Raymond, Brendon Fenex and Elijah Gunderson, students at Homer High School, show off their Mariners on the Move awards. Honorees, their families and the nominating teachers attended an Oct. 11, 2017 celebration with refreshments from the Homer High School Culinary Arts class. (Photo submitted)

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Program recognizes student talents not shown on report card

Work ethic, attitude, altruism: All helpful traits to have in a growing student, but not always able to…

Mairiis “Mossy” Kilcher tells a story during a panel called Women Pioneers Speak on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2017 at the Homer Senior Citizens Center in Homer, Alaska. Four women whose families homesteaded in Alaska told tales of the early days to a crowd eager for stories. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Women pioneers talk early Alaska days

Graduation held in an airport hangar, harrowing commutes to work across the tumultuous Cook Inlet, and mail dropped…

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School sites talk budget

For a short time Tuesday night, schools from all corners of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District were…

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Weekly high school sports highlights

Upcoming events Homer High School Wrestling: Friday, Oct. 20, Round Robin Duals in the Alice Witte Gymnasium at…

Homer senior Teddy Croft (8) walks off the field with a group of teammates Saturday while the Utqiagvik Whalers celebrate in the ASAA First National Bank Division III state championship at Machetanz Field in Palmer. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mariners fall short of state championship

The Mariners fell short of what would have been their first Division III football state championship in school…

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Weekly high school sports highlights

Upcoming events Homer High School Volleyball: The volleyball teams will compete at Grace Christian School at 4 p.m.,…

Top: Jenny Gates, a fisheries biologist with the Soldotna office of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, demonstrates how salmon eggs are fertilized to a group of children from lower Kenai Peninsula Schools during an egg take event Thursday at the Anchor River in Anchor Point. The egg take is just the beginning of the Salmon in the Classroom program, in which students from all around the district take care of salmon and learn about their life cycle. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News) Above: Elementary school students take turns looking at salmon eggs that have been mixed with milt from a male coho and water to start the fertilization process during an egg take demonstration Thursday at the Anchor River in Anchor Point. Students from all over the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District participate in the Salmon in the Classroom program, which takes them through the life cycle of salmon. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Students learn about salmon through annual life cycle program

Sometimes it’s nice to go back to where it all begins. At least that’s what several lower Kenai…

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Mariners near end of season with awards, many firsts for team

Had you asked a Homer Mariners football fan this time last year what the team’s chances of going…

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Water billing mistake prompts new city policy

The discovery of a city water account that was under-billed for more than a decade has prompted a…

Dr. Rob Downey, functional medicine provider and chief of staff at South Peninsula Hospital (far left) talks with community members during the first ever Walk with a Doc event Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 at the newly completed South Peninsula Athletic and Recreation Center in Homer, Alaska. The walks are part of a national program and will take place monthly with rotating doctors to help people get exercise and health advice at the same time. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer residents get new program, place to exercise with SPH physicians

Dozens of residents young and old traded their boots for sneakers this past weekend for Homer’s inaugural Walk…

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Council to recommend no onsite smoking, vaping or dabbing of marijuana

Editor’s note: The headline has been changed to clarify that the council opposes onsite consumption of smoking, dabbing…

Caroline Venuti (left) and Rachel Lord (center) are sworn in as Homer City Council members by City Clerk Melissa Jacobsen (right) on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 at the Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Lord, Venuti sworn in to replace Lewis, Reynolds on council

The end of an era for two Homer City Council members Monday night was the beginning of a…