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An April 1976 Homer News photo shows two cars stuck in mud on East End Road.-Homer News file photos

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East End Road: Under construction since 1925

For the past summer, residents and visitors driving East End Road past Kachemak Drive have had to endure…

Molly Mitchell is the Mariner’s lead runner on the girls varsity team. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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XC girls take first, boys tie for second

With the Kenai Mountains as a backdrop and Kachemak Bay to their left and right, high school cross-country…

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School Events

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Oct. 20: School board, Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly Chambers, Soldotna, 7 p.m. Oct.…

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Soldotna man wins truck in Stay & Play Raffle

A Soldotna man is the top prize winner in the Kenai Peninsula Tourism Marketing Council’s Ram 1500 Stay…

Mike Navarre

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Navarre: Health care tops his concerns

Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre is no stranger to campaigns. All told, this is his tenth, including…

Carrol Martin

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Martin: Preparing for disasters his goal

Letting the experience of the past frame his vision for the future, Carrol Martin’s reasons to be elected…

Tom Bearup

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Bearup: Listening tops his priority list

With a background that includes serving as mayor and law enforcement officer for the city of Soldotna, being…

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Prop C would expand SPH service area into ocean

Lower Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will consider a ballot question, Proposition C, that will expand the South Kenai…

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Animal control, voting by mail among issues on Oct. 7 ballot

Two propositions on the Oct. 7 regular election ballot will gauge local opinion on two Kenai Peninsula Borough…

Kelly Cooper

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Cooper: Wants Homer to be heard on assembly

A candidate for the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly District 8-Homer, Kelly Cooper isn’t waiting until she’s elected to…

Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly member Bill Smith, District 8-Homer, speaks at a June meeting of the Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center. -Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Smooth sailing for assembly’s Homer visit

The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly moved smoothly and quickly through the agenda of its regular meeting held in…

In spite of a saturated course at the Frank Dieckgraeff Invitational meet in Seward, the Mariner girls varsity XC team claimed second place. Running varsity were Ziza Shemet Pitcher, Audrey Rosencrans, Megan Pitzman, Molly Mitchell, Alex Mosely, Lauren Evarts, Aurora Waclawski.  -Photo provided

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Girls, boys race to second at XC boroughs

Traveling to Nikiski for the boroughs cross-country competition on Tuesday, the Mariners varsity girls and boys each claimed…

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Homer varsity girls XC take first, boys second nvitational

With 66 individuals competing in the girls varsity cross-country competition at Saturday’s Palmer Invitational, the Mariner girls ran…