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A Homer athlete competing in the senior division performs the Scissor Broad Jump during the Salamatof Tribe Traditional Native Games Invitational at Kenai Middle School in Kenai, Alaska, on Friday, April 14, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Salamatof hosts 2nd annual Traditional Native Games

The event stretched from Friday evening to Sunday afternoon, with 11 events

Kenai Central's Kate Wisnewski and Homer's Talia Weisser battle for the ball Thursday, April 6, 2023, at Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai soccer sweeps Homer

The Kenai Central girls and boys soccer teams swept Homer in nonconference action Thursday at Ed Hollier Field…

Eli Castro, Blake Gillis and Kaizen Fuller either celebrate victory or cry out in defeat at the end of a practice match of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate played ahead of a scheduled game at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Esports Week 8: Kenai, Nikiski, Soldotna make playoffs

The regular season for Alaska high school esports came to a close this week, and Kenai Peninsula teams…

The 2022 Homer Steps champions, the “Sweaty Bettys,” attend the end-of-challenge awards event in Homer, Alaska. (Photo provided by South Peninsula Hospital)

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Registration open for 2023 Homer Steps Up walking challenge

South Peninsula Hospital announced Monday that registration is open for its Homer Steps Up walking challenge, an annual…

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Unhinged Alaska: The passing of March

I don’t know why her latest weather hysterics maxed me out on the Grouch Scale but it did.

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McDonough, Morrison win at Big C Relays

The Soldotna, Homer and Cook Inlet Academy track and field teams were among the 26 squads that opened…

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News Runners take off at the start line of the Sea to Ski Triathalon at Mariner Park in Homer, Alaska, on Sunday, April 1, 2023.

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Results posted for Sea to Ski Triathlon

The Sea to Ski Triathlon was held Sunday in Homer.

Photo by Delcenia Cosman/Homer News Snow falls on a fog-covered Beluga Lake on Thursday<ins>, March 30, 2023 in Homer, Alaska</ins>.

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Out of the Office: Sometimes snow is not so bad

It’s now April, and with every two-or-more-day stretch of clear weather, I begin to hope that we’re done…

Caleb Evans of team Homer Halibuts tries his best at the one-foot high kick competition during the sixth annual Traditional Games on Saturday at Thunder Mountain High School. Photo by Jonson Kuhn / Juneau Empire

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Opening ceremony adds celebratory atmosphere to Traditional Games

“It just means a lot to be here.”

The sun shines over Kachemak Bay on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Homer, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Homer holiday

On one of the first sunny days this month, I decided to drive to Homer. There’s something about…

Photo provided by Jaclyn Arndt Jaclyn Arndt poses at the Iditarod Trail Invitational finish line <ins>on Tuesday,</ins> March 7, <ins>2023</ins> in McGrath<ins>,</ins> <ins>Alaska</ins>.

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Homer athlete completes second ski ultramarathon

Local firefighter/EMT participates in 350-mile Iditarod Trail Invitational

Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby waves to the crowd in Seward during her celebratory parade on Thursday, August 5, 2021. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward’s Jacoby wins NCAA title in 100 breaststroke; Tuisaula, Hippchen also find success

Lydia Jacoby, a 2022 graduate of Seward High School, won the NCAA Division I Championship in the 100-yard…

Photo by USFWS/Colin Canterbury Wolf track on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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Refuge Notebook: A winter’s night among the stars, wolves of the refuge

By Kevin Painter