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Homer High School C team player Jai Badajos in Alice Witte Gym on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The C team competed against Kenai Central High School. (Photo Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Homer girls basketball nabs 2nd at Nikiski Tip Off

The Mariners were swept by the Kardinals.

Jody Goodrich, takes off next to Kenai’s top skier, Jack Laker, at the Homer Invitational at Lookout Mountain, in Homer, Alaska. Jan. 7, 2023. (Photo courtesy Jonah Meershan)

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SoHi’s Boonstra, Homer’s Goodrich win Homer Invitational

The conditions at the Jan. 7 event at Lookout Mountain were perfect for both the racing and the…

Dakota Butler hangs from a wooden pole by only his wrist as he performs the wrist carry during the Kahtnuht’ana Hey Chi’ula NYO Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at Kenai Middle School in Kenai, Alaska. Butler held on for more than 200 feet, claiming the gold medal in the event. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Camaraderie wins at youth competition

More than 100 athletes from around the region gathered to participate

Homer Hockey Diva’s practice at Kevin Bell Arena on Dec. 5, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Karen Weston)

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Homer Hockey Association, Divas host Winter Jamboree

Tournament scheduled for Jan. 13-15

Members of the Kenai Central High School cheerleading team (back row, left to right): Kaitlyn Taylor, Sylvia McGraw, Malena Grieme, Maya Montague, Cali Holmes and Genesis Trevino; (front row, left to right): Makenzie Harden, Ella Romero and Brooklyn Reed stand for a photo at the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Monday, Jan. 1, 2023, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. (Photo courtesy Brianna Force)

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Hard work and good attitudes pay off

Kenai Central Cheerleading performs at Citrus Bowl in Florida

Photo by Catie Shelden Snowshoers talk with Ranger Leah Eskelin during a December snowshoe walk at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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Refuge Notebook: Take it from the hare, snowshoes are the way to go!

The holidays are behind us, but there is still a whole lot of winter ahead. I love the…

Grace Fleming of Seward competes in the seal hop Saturday, March 7, 2020 during the Kachemak Bay Traditional Games, a Native Youth Olympics invitational, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Native Youth Olympics Invitational to kick off season this weekend

Native Youth Olympics are a series of events derived from traditional Alaska Native feats of athleticism

Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS The glacial blue waters of the Kenai River ice up.

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Refuge Notebook: Changing winters bring new conservation challenges

The variability in our winters during the last decade here has made it difficult to discern trends

Photo by Emilie Springer/Homer News R/V Sikuliaq research crew in the Gulf of Alaska in July 2022.

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From the Plankton to the Aurora

Northern Gulf of Alaska Summer Research Cruise: R/V Sikuliaq, July 7-27, 2022.

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Unhinged Alaska: The Weather Witch is sporting a ‘tude

I took the weather condition disparity as personal and figured it was payback for some blistering criticism I…

Garrett Briscoe, Jody Goodrich and Ethan Styvar, from left, get set to ski at Baycrest Ski Trail for the Ski Your Age event, Dec. 26, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Jessie Goodrich)

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Christmas is the time to Ski Your Age

Homer’s Nordic community came together the day after Christmas to participate in the annual Ski Your Age fundraiser,…

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Kenai-Nikiski alumni skate past Soldotna-Skyview

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Homer's Minadora Reutrov looks to inbound the ball against Nome on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Nome basketball sweeps Mariners

Homer dropped the girls game 36-34.