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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Today: Board candidate orientation, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Soldotna. Sept. 1: School holiday. Sept. 8:…

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Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Aug. 28: Board candidate orientation, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Soldotna. Sept. 1: School holiday. Sept.…

Rep. Paul Seaton, second from right, and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, right, cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony of Homer High School’s new turf field on Saturday. Looking on are HHS Principal Doug Waclawski, left, and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Assistant Superintendent Sean Dusek, with members of the Mariners football team in the background. Exhibitions of different sports that will use the field took place during halftime of the Mariners’ Satuarday game against Eielson.

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It’s official

Rep. Paul Seaton, second from right, and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, right, cut the ribbon at…

Claire Laukitis and Peter Neaton

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Claire Laukitis and Peter Neaton

Shelly and Buck Laukitis are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Claire Laukitis, to Peter Neaton,…

The full moon emerges from clouds before sunrise on Monday. August’s full moon was what’s commonly called a super moon, defined as when the moon is closer than 223,694 miles to the earth. The average distance to the moon is 238,000 miles.

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Homer’s Best Bets

Starting next week we enter the Twilight Zone of not-quite summer but not yet fall. Here in Alaska,…

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Homer High tennis courts improved

This is a thank you letter to the fine folks who spent personal time at the Homer High…

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High school Community Rec programs canceled

With Kenai Peninsula Borough maintenance crews making unexpected repairs at Homer High School, the gym, mat room, weight…

Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Turf at last

With the 2014-2015 school year only weeks away, work is quickly wrapping on up on the turf installation…

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Spit Run offers same scenic course, new timing equipment

Runners and walkers in this year’s “10K to the Bay” Homer Spit Run will not only enjoy the…

Visitors write on the studio wall during Mary Epperson Day last Friday.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Mary Epperson Day

A standing-room-only crowd jammed into the Homer Council on the Arts last Friday to share music and appreciation…

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Announcements

Please report sandhill crane colt (chick) sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch. Include location, date, time and number of…

KBBI News Director Aaron Selbig leaves Homer at the end of this month to take a job as news reporter at Interlochen Public Radio, Interlochen, Mich.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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KBBI news director heads to Michigan; Morning Edition host appointed to job

KBBI and KDLL Public Radio News Director Aaron Selbig leaves Homer at the end of this month to…

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School district announces retirements, resignations

The following Kenai Peninsula Borough School District faculty have resigned or retired from schools on the southern peninsula.…