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Kenai Central High School senior Zach Burnett breaks away from the Homer defense to make a 62-yard run and touchdown for the Kardinals during a Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 football game at the Mariner field in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer football falls to Kenai in season opener

The Kenai Central football team has once again established itself as one of the teams to beat on…

Stars take 3 of 4 team titles at Nikiski Class Races

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Stars take 3 of 4 team titles at Nikiski Class Races

The smoke was mildly annoying. The hills were anything but.

Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers won’t get relief from sun until later in the month

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Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers won’t get relief from sun until later in the month

It looks as though the weather forecast bodes well for sun worshipers and vendors hawking SPF 100 body-goop…

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Homer area sports and recreation

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Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion                                 Chugiak’s Tyler Huffer stiff-arms Soldotna’s Hudson Metcalf during a scrimmage Saturday, Aug. 10, at Justin Maile Field in Soldotna.

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Simmering scrimmages: Prep football teams get ready for opening weekend

The Kenai Peninsula’s prep football programs scrimmaged Saturday in temperatures in the 70s to get ready for next…

A pair of tents sits at the Infinity Pools above the Tutka Backdoor Trail across Kachemak Bay from Homer, Alaska, on July 9, 2019. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Taking our time on Tutka Backdoor Trail

Twenty-one miles and 6,000 feet of climb? In four days?”

Reeling ‘Em In: How to introduce a youngster to Alaska fishing — and get skunked, too

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Reeling ‘Em In: How to introduce a youngster to Alaska fishing — and get skunked, too

Have you ever experienced a quintessential week of angling where you were able to introduce a young visitor…

Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

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Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

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Homer area sports and recreation

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Machine members take title in city softball tournament

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Machine members take title in city softball tournament

The Homer Softball Association held its year end city tournament this past weekend.

In lieu of a photo of a deformed fingernail, the author shows off some funky fingernails and daydreams of a day soon when she can get a manicure without explaining what happened to her thumbnail. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled up in Blue: Thumbs up

I accidentally ripped my fingernail out just as I was about to meet a large group of people.

Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

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Kachemak Bay State Park trails report

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Visitors inspect various growing produce at one of five expansive gardens featured in this year’s Garden Tour on Sunday, July 28, 2019 in and around Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Gardens burst with color on annual tour

A healthy dumping of rain last Saturday made for bright and brilliant flowers on Sunday as locals and…