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The Cowles Council Chambers are seen in Homer City Hall on Pioneer Avenue in April 2025 in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)

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City council to hold public hearing on comprehensive plan

The council introduced an ordinance last Monday to adopt the 2045 Comprehensive Plan and will hold a public…

The Homer Mariners varsity football team celebrates their victory after the Division III state championships game on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Wasilla, Alaska. Photo provided by Justin Zank

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Homer football brings home back-to-back state titles

The Mariners defeated Barrow 20-0 on Saturday, winning the state championships for the second year in a row.

More than 700 protesters line the sidewalks along the intersection of Lake Street and Sterling Highway during the "No Kings" demonstration on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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700 in Homer join nationwide ‘No Kings’ protest

At least 25 Alaska communities took part in “No Kings” day Saturday, alongside millions of protesters in over…

Snow blankets Homer City Hall on April 10, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Homer News file photo)

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Temporary retail ordinance fails at council meeting

A majority of the Homer City Council voted against introducing the ordinance on Monday.

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy meets with members of the University of Alaska Anchorage chapter of Turning Point on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, the same day he proclaimed “Charlie Kirk Day.” (Governor Mike Dunleavy/Facebook)

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Oct. 14 proclaimed ‘Charlie Kirk Day’ in Alaska

Governor Dunleavy Turning Point USA chapter on the same day

The smaller Homer Education and Recreation Center building, also called HERC 2, photographed on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Council selects location for future rec center

Resolution 25-088, passed Monday, states the council’s preference for two city-owned lots in the town center.

A voter fills out their ballot at the Kenai No. 2 Precinct in the Challenger Learning Center of Alaska in Kenai, Alaska, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward certifies final election results

The newly-elected city council members and Mayor Sue McClure were sworn in during Monday’s regular council meeting.

Homer City Council member Bradley Parsons (left) is sworn in by city clerk Renee Krause (right) on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in the Homer City Hall Cowles Council Chambers in Homer, Alaska, following his reelection to the council for one more year. Photo courtesy of Julie Engebretsen

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City swears in reelected council members

The official results certified by the Homer canvass board did not meaningfully change from the preliminary results.

Ophelia the Virginia opossum, affectionately called "Grubby" by Homer locals, passed away due to complications from old age on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Alaska. Photo courtesy of the Alaska Zoo

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Rest in peace, Grubby

The Virginia opossum stowaway taken in by the Alaska Zoo in 2023 died on Saturday.

Adult sandhill cranes lead the flock to go on a pre-migration training flight. Cranes signal their intent to take off by stretching their necks forward and almost parallel to the ground.  Photo courtesy of Nina Faust

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Kachemak Crane Watch releases annual report

The report summarizes sandhill crane arrivals, departures, fledgings and nest data for 2025.

South Peninsula Hospital laboratory staff work the draw stations during the 2024 blood draw days ahead of the Rotary Health Fair in Homer, Alaska. Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital

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South Peninsula Hospital offers discounted blood draws

Appointments are available Oct. 22 through Nov. 5 as part of the annual Rotary Health Fair.

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Homer tops Redington in state semifinals

The Mariners will face the Barrow Whalers in Wasilla on Saturday for the state championship game.

A voter fills out their ballot on Election Day, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, at the Anchor Point Community and Senior Center in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Preliminary borough election results favor new local election date, reveal new assembly members

Voters in a proposed Ninilchik Recreation Service Area appear to oppose the proposition that would have created the…