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Homer's Roane Cook defeats North Pole's Lylah Murrah for the Girls state title at 185 pounds Saturday, Dec. 18, 2022, at the state wrestling tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer wrestlers nab 3 state titles

‘The whole peninsula is coming on strong’

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The snowshoelike feet of the lynx makes it well suited for traveling over snow.

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Refuge Notebook: Snow — good or bad for wildlife? It depends

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and has been since the big storm that arrived a…

Karen Northrup signs folks in for opening day at Ohlson Mountain Rope Tow on Dec. 18, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Emilie Springer)

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Ohlson Mountain’s Rope Tow opens

The Ohlson Mountain Rope tow has been running at its current site since the 1970s.

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Jake Dye’s “Mostly Invincible” Toyota 4Runner sits outside the Peninsula Clarion offices in Kenai, Dec. 22, still indomitable.

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Out of the Office: Really cold

At a certain point below zero degrees, I’m not so sure I can tell the difference anymore. Anything…

Michael Armstrong poses at his desk in February 2015 at the Homer News in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)

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Out of the Office: So long, and thanks for all the cookies

Like many things in life, I didn’t intend to stay at the Homer News for 23 years and…

My daughter with our catch of one char (the largest fish) and two trout at Drake Lake, June 17, 2012. (Photo by Matt Bowser)

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Refuge Notebook: Revisiting Arctic char

One Father’s Day several years ago, my daughter and I drove out to the Drake/Skookum Lake Trail off…

Papers are in at the Homer News building on Thursday, Dec. 1 in Homer. (Photo by Charlie Menke / Homer News)

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Out of the Office: In the Office

For my last out of the office story, I am going to bring you into the office with…

Homer’s Peyton Edens makes a move toward the basket during the Class 3A boys basketball fourth-place semifinals at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska, on Thursday, March 24, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Boys Mariners Basketball gets hoopin’

The Homer High School team will play their first home game on Friday, Dec. 16.

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Soldotna wrestling nabs Grizzly Shakedown title

The Soldotna girls and boys wrestling teams cruised to the Grace Grizzly Shakedown title Saturday in Anchorage.

Forests surrounding the Kenai River. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Expect the unexpected

Climate change is changing conservation. We used to set goals and objectives around returning to historical conditions, a…

A Soldotna player guards Homer's Hannah Hatfield during a Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020 basketball game in the Alice Witte Gymnasium in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Season Preview: Mariners Girls Basketball

Head Coach Chad Felice gives his thoughts on the upcoming season

Two roses washed up with the tide on the Homer Spit on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Finding grace on the beach

Last month while walking the Homer Spit beach I came across two red roses and a scattering of…

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Out of the Office: On Andrews’ legacy

Editor’s note: After reading of the death of John Andrews at 78 on Sept. 27, 2022, in the…