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Sandhill crane monitoring season has started. Please report sand- hill crane sightings to Kachemak Crane Watch at 235-6262…

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KBC student art reception Friday

A reception for Student Art Showcase 2014 is 5-6:30 p.m. Friday in the Kachemak Bay Campus Commons Gallery.…

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

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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…

First-place team in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s ninth annual Math Meet competition is, from left, Noah Fisk, West Homer Elementary School; Quinn Lucas, Aurora Borealis Charter School; Ryan Hill, K-Beach Elementary School; and Dakota Harris, Homer Middle School.-Photo Provided

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HMS rocks with district-wide math meet

With almost 100 students from the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District competing, Willem Strydom of Homer Middle School…

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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…

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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…

The Kenai Ice Hawks, an all-girls team that includes Homer players Claire Bryant, and Kaitlyn Johnson, Rachel Bolin and Fiona Hatton, celebrate after winning third place in state competition. -Photo provided

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Homer-Kenai hockey team claim third in state

By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer Offered the opportunity to play on a Kenai all-girl hockey team, four Homer…

Homer’s port and harbor have been removed from the Kachemak Bay Critical Habitat Area. “In a nutshell (Senate Bill) 148 is about recognizing the balance between jobs and environmental protection,” said the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Peter Micciche, R-Soldotna.-Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Governor signs bill removing Homer’s port, harbor from critical habitat area

With the capital budget and what it means for the southern Kenai Peninsula still to be determined, other…

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Big Read writer to visit

National Endowment for the Arts Big Read visiting writer and Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea visits Saturday…

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

Celebrating their third-place standing are HMS Math Meets Coach Rand Seaton; team members Douglas Dean, Denver Waclawski, Tim Blakely and Ben Kettle; and Coach Sara Reinert.-Photo provided

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HMS Math Meets team takes second in state

It isn’t that Homer Middle School students Denver Waclawski, Douglas Dean, Ben Kettle and Tim Blakely don’t already…