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    Articles by Megan Pacer
    School sites talk budget
    School sites talk budget
    By Megan Pacer • October 19, 2017 10:18 am

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

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    Weekly high school sports highlights
    Weekly high school sports highlights
    By Megan Pacer • October 19, 2017 10:17 am

    Upcoming events Homer High School Wrestling: Friday, Oct. 20, Round Robin Duals in the Alice Witte Gymnasium at 3 p.m….

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    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)
    Mariners fall short of state championship
    By Megan Pacer • October 14, 2017 5:28 pm

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

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    Weekly high school sports highlights
    Weekly high school sports highlights
    By Megan Pacer • October 12, 2017 2:06 pm

    Upcoming events Homer High School Volleyball: The volleyball teams will compete at Grace Christian School at 4 p.m., 5 p.m….

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    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)
    Students learn about salmon through annual life cycle...
    By Megan Pacer • October 12, 2017 1:03 pm

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

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    Mariners near end of season with awards, many firsts for team
    Mariners near end of season with awards, many...
    By Megan Pacer • October 12, 2017 12:59 pm

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

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    Water billing mistake prompts new city policy
    Water billing mistake prompts new city policy
    By Megan Pacer • October 12, 2017 11:54 am

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

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    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)
    Homer residents get new program, place to exercise...
    By Megan Pacer • October 12, 2017 11:52 am

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

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    Council to recommend no onsite smoking, vaping or dabbing of marijuana
    Council to recommend no onsite smoking, vaping or...
    By Megan Pacer • October 12, 2017 11:52 am

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

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    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)
    Lord, Venuti sworn in to replace Lewis, Reynolds...
    By Megan Pacer • October 12, 2017 11:51 am

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

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    A sea otter swims in Eldred Passage late in September 2017 on a rare sunny day. (Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News)
    Best Bets
    By Megan Pacer • October 12, 2017 11:34 am

    As short as our Alaskan summer may be, it still seems to be enough to embolden us and lull us…

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    Seniors Justin Sumption (16) and Dawson Felde (3) come off the field celebrating with their teammates after defeating Ben Eielson High School in a playoff game Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The Mariners will now head to Palmer for the Division III state championship game. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Mariners defeat Ben Eielson High School, will head...
    By Megan Pacer • October 7, 2017 9:00 am

    It’s a year of firsts for the Homer Mariners. After clinching their first ever Division III Peninsula Conference title last…

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    Members of the Homer canvass board work to certify the Oct. 3 election on Friday, Oct. 6, 2017 at Homer City Hall in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Canvass board certifies election; Lord passes Venuti for...
    By Megan Pacer • October 6, 2017 2:02 pm

    With all votes officially counted, results have remained the same after Tuesday’s municipal election, with Caroline Venuti and Rachel Lord…

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