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Area wrestlers compete at national events

A number of local wrestlers competed at the USA Wrestling Western States Championships and USA Wrestling Kids Nationals…

The start of the junior Mount Marathon Race on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Norris wins 4th title, Marvin captures 3rd at muddy Mount Marathon

Palmer’s Christy Marvin, 42 and a mother of boys 16, 14 and 11, overcame a muddy lower mountain…

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Homer High School offers July sports camps

Homer High School will offer 3 sports camps at the end of July for football, cheer and volleyball.…

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Deserted waters make for a watery desert

The spit’s fishing hole has been a watery desert lately as hard-core lagoon lurkers pace the water’s edge…

Skyline Trail, June 25, 2023. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Mind game

Sunday at the Skyline Trail, a lost jacket gave me a chance for an endurance experiment.

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Snagging circus at the Spit lagoon

Last Saturday was a beautiful anomaly with a rare sighting of a sun-like object hovering over the area…

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A young girl digs in pursuit of razor clams under watchful eyes at the Ninilchik Beach in Ninilchik, Alaska, on Saturday, July 1, 2023.

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Razor clams open four days in July

East Cook Inlet fishery opened for the first time in eight years

Community members watch ducks, run down the Anchor River during the Fourth of July Duck Race on Sunday, July 2, 2023 in Anchor Point, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Winners announced for Anchor River duck races

The Anchor River saw a (temporary) influx of brightly-colored ducks to its ecosystem on Sunday afternoon.

A Kachemak Bay Highland Games participant prepares to throw a weight for distance on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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For the love of the games and gathering

Annual Highland Festival showcases Scottish culture and feats of strength

Runners participating in the Homer Spit Run 10K to the Bay race begin the course at Homer High School on Saturday, June 24, 2023 in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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A perfect day to run

Historic Homer races to the ‘end of the road’ had 160 participants

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Memories of the lagoon of yesteryear

As I was scoping out a crowd of anglers at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon last week, it…

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Jake Dye looks out from the top of Gull Rock in Hope, Alaska, on Saturday, May 13, 2023. He does not yet know that the hike back is far more challenging than the hike out.

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Out of the Office: Off the map

All my life, I’ve been the member of the group who’s in charge of the map. Somewhere along…

Members of the Homer Yacht Club start the course set for the Homer Yacht Club Regatta on Saturday, June 26, 2023 in the Kachemak Bay below Land's End Resort in Homer, Alaska. Homer Yacht Club Commodore Craig Forrest is on number 93, the Arctica.

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Pullman wins 2023 Homer Yacht Club Land’s End Regatta

Erik Pullman on the sailing yacht Nereus won the 2023 Land’s End Regatta hosted by the Homer Yacht…