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Homer takes on Palmer for 2023 Homecoming

Homer High School will host the 2023 Homecoming football game versus the Palmer Moose on Friday.

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Homer crushes Kodiak in first conference game

The visiting Homer football team defeated Kodiak 52-0 on Friday in Mid Alaska Conference action.

The Lost Lake Trail just outside of Seward, Alaska, on Sept. 12, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai’s Parks, Anchorage’s Vetsch win rainy, muddy Lost Lake Run

Kenai’s Jason Parks won the Lost Lake Run on Saturday in rainy, slick and muddy conditions.

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Colony teams sweep Colony Invite; SoHi’s Boonstra wins girls race

The Colony girls and boys cross-country teams swept the Colony Invitational at Colony High School on Saturday.

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Reeling ‘Em In: Storms make for poor to passable fishing

Well, did you enjoy swimming through the atmosphere last Friday and deluge Saturday?

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Community recreation manager Mike Illg at his office in Homer High School.

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Homer community recreation offers new fall activities

The Homer Community Recreation Program offers an array of recreational and educational classes and programs for participants of…

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A very scary butterfly is seen at the side of a lake along Hidden Creek Trail near Cooper Landing, Alaska, on July 8, 2023.

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Out of the Office: Moments of joy

Sometimes I make a cup of coffee just to feel something. That is, holding a warm mug and…

Sitka blocks a serve from Homer opposite hitter Alivia Fefelov (right) at the varsity nonconference game on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Volleyball roundup: Homer falls to Sitka, Seward

The host Homer volleyball team opened up its home schedule by dropping matches Thursday and Friday.

Spruce trees on the Kenai Peninsula show the magnitude of spruce tip rust this year. (Photo by Todd Esklin/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Another big year for spruce tip rust

By Matt Bowser and Kris Inman

Grace Christian’s Robbie Annett and Kenai Central’s Greg Fallon, trailed by Grace’s Simon Nelson and Palmer’s Fischer Adams, lead the boys varsity race at the Ted McKenney Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hopkins, Annett capture Ted McKenney Invite

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Reeling ‘Em In: Giving fishing tips in a town of know-it-alls

I’ve often been asked if it’s challenging writing a fishing column in a hamlet where much of the…

The Homer varsity football team played against the Redington Huskies in the second home game of the season on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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2 for 2: Mariners beat Huskies

The Homer varsity football team earned a second win this season with a 66-18 victory over Redington on…

Soldotna sophomore Tania Boonstra runs to victory in the freshman-sophomore girls race at the Class Races on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, at Nikiski High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Class Races, run by Kenai cross-country, return to Nikiski

The Class Races returned to Nikiski High School on Monday after not being held last season.