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James R. Kvasnikoff

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James Randall Kvasnikoff

James Randall Kvasnikoff, 46, died April 10, 2014, at the Nanwalek Clinic in Nanwalek. Funeral services were held…

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Sandhill crane monitoring season has started. Sandhill cranes have been reported on the ground in Homer. Please report…

Homer’s Pedro Ochoa, center, is a close third to Kenai runners Jonah and Jordan Theisen in the boys 1600 meter event.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

Sports

Kenai boys, Soldotna girls take first in Homer Invite

The Homer Invite attracted athletes from 15 schools on and off the Kenai Peninsula Friday and Saturday. In…

News

Class offered for new North Slope workers

A one-day, six-module “NSTC Unescorted Program,” plus a hydrogen sulfide/iron sulfide class is being offered by Kachemak Bay…

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Court hears oral arguments on setnet-ban initiative

ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance and the State of Alaska each made their case to an…

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Resolution pending for CIRI, Buccaneer gas dispute

A dispute between Buccaneer Energy, Cook Inlet Region Inc. and the state of Alaska over natural gas royalties…

Tammy Reeve

Obituaries

Tammy Reeve

Kasilof resident Tammy Reeve, 49, died April 12, 2014.  A viewing was 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, 2014,…

Community

Announcements

Sandhill crane monitoring season may be early this year. Kachemak Crane Watch has already had a report of…

Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich speaks at a joint Soldotna and Kenai Chamber Luncheon Tuesday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. Begich visited the Kenai Peninsula Tuesday to give a congressional update and answered questions about tax reform, oil production in the Arctic and health care.-Photo by Dan Balmer, Morris News Service - Alaska

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Begich discusses state’s economic future

Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich said he remembers driving through the Kenai Peninsula five years ago, shortly after…

Willie Hensley, right-Homer News file photos

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‘Lifelong learners’ honored Saturday

Kyra Wagner is the recipient of the Friends of the Homer Library’s 2014 Lifelong Learner Award. Also being…

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Schools superintendent: Student test scores high, graduation rate too low

It was “school” day at the Homer Chamber of Commerce’s weekly luncheon on Tuesday.  Dr. Steve Atwater, Kenai…

Community

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Kachemak Bay Conservation Society is seeking volunteers to assist at the upcoming Earth Day celebration from noon-6 p.m.…

Project GRAD students from Kachemak Selo — from left, Ksenia Reutov, Mariania Reutov and Katherine Konev — ask Joel Markis of the University of Alaska Southeast questions about the university’s fisheries technology program during last week’s College, Career and Job Fair at the Kachemak Bay Campus. The fair was a chance for students and the public at large to meet with employers, explore options for a variety of jobs and careers, and learn  more about what the University of Alaska offers in Homer as well as other UA campuses.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Community turns out for college, career fair

The Homer College, Career and Job Fair attracted between 150-200 people last Friday, according to Kim Frost, student…