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Homer's Fireweed Academy 6th grade students at the Anchor River on Tuesday May 9. Emilie Springer/ Homer News

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Out of the Office: The river no map can show

On Tuesday morning, May 9, sixth grade students in Carly Garay’s Fireweed Academy class are impatiently waiting to…

Poster for the 16th Annual Cooper Landing Chamber of Commerce Drift Boat Regatta. (Promotional Image)

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Cooper Landing Drift Boat Regatta returns for 16th year

The event will include a drift boat race, a spring cleanup along the river banks, and a costume…

Tim Johnson, center, receives the award for his son Lincoln Johnson at the Alaska High School Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023 induction ceremony on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at The Lakefront Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. Lincoln was an inductee of the Class of 2020. (Screenshot)

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Ostrander, Gemmell inducted into Alaska High School Hall of Fame

Two Kenai Peninsula athletes were inducted into the Alaska High School Hall of Fame on Sunday during an…

Kachemak Swim Club swimmers Carly Nelson, Hunter Fry, Coach Caleb Miller, Evelyn Sherwood, Etta Bynagle and Izzy Clarke on April 29 at the Bartlett High School pool in Anchorage, Alaska.  Photo provided by Kachemak Swim Club/ Amanda Piaskowski

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Homer swimmer breaks 3 records at state meet

Carly Nelson was voted Alaska State Female Swimmer of the Year

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Monday: Homer baseball drops opener

The visiting Homer baseball team lost its season opener to Kodiak 15-0 in four innings Monday in Southcentral…

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Soccer: Kenai girls stop Homer, boys tie

The visiting Kenai Central girls soccer team moved to 3-0-0 in the Peninsula Conference and 7-0-0 overall with…

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Kards win twice Saturday at Rally in the Valley

The Kenai Central, Soldotna and Homer softball teams finished up play at the Rally in the Valley tournament…

Homer’s Daisy Walker and Soldotna’s Sophia Jedlicki race the 3,200 on Saturday, April 29, 2023, at Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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SoHi track and field sweeps Kenai Invitational

The Soldotna girls and boys track and field teams swept the Kenai Invitational on Saturday at Ed Hollier…

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Kenai Central’s Greg Fallon leads Homer’s Seamus McDonough in the 800-meter run Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the SoHi Invitational at Justin Maile Field at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska.

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Soldotna track and field sweeps SoHi Invitational

The Soldotna track and field teams put in a long, hard week of work on the track before…

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Homer softball topples Soldotna

The Homer softball team defeated Soldotna 26-17 in six innings Tuesday at the Soldotna Little League fields in…

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Kenai girls, Juneau boys soccer win tourney titles

The Kenai Central girls and Juneau-Douglas: Yadaa.at Kale boys soccer teams won tournament titles Saturday.

Marathon and half marathon runners begin the Kenai River Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022, in Kenai, Alaska. At the front are women's marathon winner Amanda Cherok (28), men's half marathon winner Lee Frey (third from right), women's half marathon winner Kristin Davis (242) and men's marathon winner and new event record holder Lars Arneson (36).

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Area runners compete at Boston Marathon

Four Kenai Peninsula runners, including past marathon and half marathon champions at the Kenai River Marathon, competed in…

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Snow falls on tire tracks and puddles of water in the mud outside the home of Jake Dye in Soldotna, Alaska, on Thursday, April 13, 2023.

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Out of the Office: Bring on summer

Though it may not look like it outside right now — snow is falling outside the window as…