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Victor Samoei runs in the Kenai River half-marathon on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer’s Annie Ridgely wins Kenai half marathon

One did it using a handcycle after breaking his back seven years ago. Others competed after coaching at…

Idaho resident Jack Mills (second from right) poses with his winning 240-pound halibut along with the rest of the crew in Homer, Alaska. Mills won the 2017 Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby, and a prize for $15,241.10. (Photo courtesy Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center)

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Idaho resident wins Jackpot Halibut Derby

A lucky Idaho resident is walking away with this year’s Jackpot Halibut Derby top prize. Sam Mills, of…

Players on the Homer Mariners varsity football team leave the field celebrating after their win against Nikiski High School in a homecoming game Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017 at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. The Mariners topped the Bulldogs 38-0. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Mariners roll over Bulldogs in homecoming victory, continue winning streak

It was a happy homecoming indeed this past weekend for the Homer Mariners varsity football team, as the…

Lael Wilcox prepares to launch her loaded packraft into the Fox River. (Photo by Bjørn Olson)

Outdoors & Recreation

The adventure trail

The idea behind any wilderness bicycling adventure is to ride as much as possible. This often means shifting…

Homer High School senior Mychaela Pitta, pictured here playing hockey on Beluga Lake with friends, is off to a nearly year-long hockey academy in Canada. Having skated since the time she was 3 years old, Pitta hopes to continue with hockey as far as it will take her. (Photo courtesy Lisa Pitta)

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Homer hockey player to hone skills in Canada academy

Though Mychaela Pitta is only 17, she’s been playing hockey for the majority of her life. She hopped…

Outdoors & Recreation

So long, and thanks for all the fish tips

Labor Day weekend was a bit temperamental this year. Erratic winds and snits of tedious downpours pounded the…

Volunteers work on a section of new trail earlier this year at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Robert Archibald)

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New trails complete at Karen Hornaday

As if there weren’t already enough reasons to love Homer’s Karen Hornaday Park, a group of service-minded volunteers…

Junior Maxim Kusnetsov collides with a player from Monroe Catholic High School during a game between them and Voznesenka on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017 at Homer Mariners field in Homer, Alaska. The Cougars were defeated by the Fairbanks team 26-0. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Cougars fall to Monroe Catholic

The Voznesenka Cougars came out fighting in their first game of the season Saturday, but fell to Monroe…

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The secret to slammin’ salmon is all in the sauce

I received an email this week from a gentleman with whom I had shared a remarkable evening recounting…

Senior Dawson Felde runs with the ball during Saturday’s game between the varsity Homer Mariners football and Valdez High School on Aug. 26, 2017 at the Mariner field in Homer, Alaska. Homer was victorious over Valdez 66-0. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Homer claims second win over Valdez

The Homer High School varsity football team brought its standings up to 2-1 over the weekend, victorious over…

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Take fishing advice from winners, not whiners

Last week I received an email inquiring as to the major challenges one faces when writing a weekly…

Lauren Kuhns at the Humpy’s Marathon Sunday, Aug. 20, 2017 in Anchorage, Alaska. She won the race — and her first marathon — with a time of 3 hours, 17 minutes and 37 seconds. (Photo provided)

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Kuhns wins Humpy’s Marathon

Running in her first marathon ever — and her first run more than 18 miles — 2017 Homer…

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Local Swimming wraps up for summer, gears up for big Fall

Kachemak Swim Club grew by almost 40 percent last school year and is expecting another banner year in…