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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is requesting input from interested persons at…

Students dance behind Pink Martini at the afternoon show for area schools on Monday.-Photo by Annie Rosenthal, Homer News

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Students applaud Pink Martini’s eclectic, upbeat, moving music

Grade schoolers are not Pink Martini’s usual audience demographic, and pianist Thomas Lauderdale had to correct himself when…

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Engagement

Phil Celtic and Faith Schade-Celtic of Homer announce the engagement of their daughter, Heather Schade, to Kellen Davenport…

Middle school and high school students in teacher Jenny Sorensen’s 6-12th grade class painted a mural on a portable classroom, adding some color to the building for the new school year.-Photo provided

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District restructures departments to save

Revisions to targeted operations are cutting costs for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. The pools, warehouse, transportation…

Members of the 1967 Homer Nordic ski team pose in front of Homer High School. In front row, from left, are Milli Morawitz, Sally Calhoun, Gayle Gregory and Sally Barnett; in back row, from left, are Lynn Cason, Robbie Hoedel, Larry Martin and Dave Schroer, who was recently inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame.-Photo provided by the Schroer family

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Homer’s Schroer inducted into Hall of Fame

When the state inducted a new class of luminaries into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame, the…

Armin Abdihodzic, professor of music from the University of Alaska Anchorage, will be the featured guitar soloist during the Kenai Peninsula Orchestra’s Summer Music Festival’s gala concert on Aug. 7 at the Mariner Theatre.-Photo provided

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Orchestra plans multifaceted, multimedia performances

Editor’s Note: This story has been edited to correct the spelling of Tomoka Raften’s name and to show…

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Zumba specialist to teach class in Homer

A well-known Zumba education specialist will conduct a Zumba Master Class in Homer July 24. Madalene Aponte will…

Sports in Brief

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Sports in Brief

Ninilchik scramble puts spotlight on decline of area’s razor clams The Ninilchik Chamber of Commerce ran its first…

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Burn ban continues

Firefighters and Homer Police responded to numerous calls last week for people burning campfires, but otherwise the lower…

Tribute to beloved soccer coach set for Sunday

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Tribute to beloved soccer coach set for Sunday

In honor of the late Tommie CarlinSchauer, his family holds a Tribute to Coach Tommie with soccer games…

Elias Gibson, left, poses for a photo with his mother, Debi Poore, right.

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Homer High seniors graduate with style – and resiliency

They wore XtraTuf boots, high heel shoes, sneakers and slippers. They decorated their mortarboards with stuffed animals, religious…

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HEA’s annual meeting set for tonight at HHS

HEA will host its annual meeting at Homer High School today. Registration for the meeting will begin at…

Mariner Crystal Crane takes a running leap during the Kenai Invitational last weekend.-Photo provided

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Kards clean up at home invite

It is hard to duplicate the kind of weekend that the Kenai Central track and field team enjoyed…