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Junior Maxim Kusnetsov collides with a player from Monroe Catholic High School during a game between them and Voznesenka on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 at Homer Mariners field in Homer, Alaska. The Cougars were defeated by the Fairbanks team 26-0. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Cougars fall to Monroe Catholic

The Voznesenka Cougars came out fighting in their first game of the season Saturday, but fell to Monroe…

Sophomore Audrey Wallace hits the ball over the net to the Kenai Central High School Cardinals during their game Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. It was the first home game for the Mariners, who won the non-conference match 3-0. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Weekly high school sports highlights

Upcoming events Cross Country will run at Kodiak Friday and Saturday, Sept. 1-2. Volleyball plays at the Seward…

Senior Dawson Felde runs with the ball during Saturday’s game between the varsity Homer Mariners football and Valdez High School on Aug. 26, 2017 at the Mariner field in Homer, Alaska. Homer was victorious over Valdez 66-0. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer claims second win over Valdez

The Homer High School varsity football team brought its standings up to 2-1 over the weekend, victorious over…

About 25 protesters with the Kachemak Bay Conservation Society and the Eyak Preservation Council greet the USS Hopper as she arrived at the Deep Water Dock on the Homer Spit about noon Saturday, April 29, 2017. A crowd of about 200 people greeted the Arleigh-Burke class destroyer on the beach as it arrived in Alaska and about 200 more greeted the ship at the Deep Water Dock. A minus 4.6 low tide at 11:37 a.m. and the wrong dock face prevented Hopper from docking at the Deep Water Dock as planned, and she was to attempt docking later in the afternoon. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Military exercise tried to limit wildlife impact

The organizers of a military exercise held in Alaska this summer took efforts to minimize impact to marine…

Captain Tim Yarbrough, of the Homer Volunteer Fire Department, carries Jaelynn Cabana away from a simulated plane crash Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017 at the Homer Airport in Homer, Alaska. The simulated crash was part of an emergency drill that tests the ability of airport personnel and local emergency responders to handle a number of scenarios at the airport. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer flies through triennial airport drill

Early Saturday morning, a group of local residents young and old were packed onto a school bus, driven…

From left to right, Sullivan Shelby, Thomas Wetherill and Grayson Hansen enjoy their recess time during the first day of school Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 at Paul Banks Elementary in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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First day of school at Paul Banks

By Megan Pacer Homer News

Members of the Homer Mariners varsity volleyball team take on Kenai Central High School during one of their final games during the Homer Jamboree on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The team took fourth in the round robin event, just behind Kenai, whose team came in third. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer takes 4th in Jamboree

The Homer Mariners varsity volleyball team started out their season with a new coach this weekend at the…

Lisa Lambert, a member of the Fireweed Fiber Guild, spins yard Friday, Aug. 18, 2017 at the Kenai Peninsula Fair in Ninilchik, Alaska. Members of the guild had tables and information at the fair and demonstrated yarn spinning from many kinds of natural fibers. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Fun at the fair

Rain or shine — or in Friday’s case, lots of rain — peninsula residents can’t be kept from…

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Council OKs next step toward new police station

Homer is one step closer to seeing a new police station. Members of the Homer City Council voted…

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Homer fall sports schedule

Homer Mariners Football, Varsity: Saturday, Aug. 19, Barrow Varsity, Barrow High School, 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, Valdez…

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Bruce Bayes and Ann McGrew Anniversary

On Aug. 19, 1967, Bruce Bayes and Ann McGrew were married in Phoenix, Arizona. They moved to Anchor…

South Peninsula Hospital CEO Robert Letson poses for a photo in front of the hospital’s Bartlett Street entrance on July 9, 2016, for SPH’s 60th Anniversary Party. (Homer News file photo, Anna Frost)

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South Peninsula Hospital CEO will retire next summer

South Peninsula Hospital CEO Bob Letson is leaving Homer after nearly a decade. What he’ll remember most from…

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Homer man faces burglary, assault charges

A Homer man faces charges including burglary, assault and reckless endangerment after breaking into a home with a…