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In the 2013 Homer Ironman Triathlon, Will Oviatt of Anchorage approaches the top of East Hill. Oviatt went on to finish fifth place overall.-Photo by Hal Spence

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‘Unified’ team to compete in triathlon

Having won a gold medal at the Special Olympics USA Games in June, Homer swimmer Myrna Kuchenoff will…

Silver fishing plays itself out; Nick wraps it up for summer

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Silver fishing plays itself out; Nick wraps it up for summer

I am going to go out on a very thick limb and declare the silver run at the Nick…

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Mariner girls finish 3rd, boys 10th in XC meet

By McKibben Jackinsky Staff writer At the Tsalteshi Invitational in Soldotna Saturday — the biggest cross-country event of…

Mariner Kyla Pitzman, 23, sends the ball back over the net to the SoHi team, with Maggie Larue, 16, preparing for the next move during a game at Homer High School’s Volleyball Jamboree on Saturday.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Jamboree: Great beginning for volleyball season

Kenai, SoHi and Nikiski were in town Saturday for the Homer High School Volleyball Jamboree, a “great beginning…

Photo by Michael Armstrong, Homer News

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Onward to New York

Sarah Outen touches the Seafarers Memorial statue after she and Justine Curgenven landed on the Homer Spit on…

Andrew VanderPlaat of Pendleton, Ore., shows off his tagged halibut worth $500.-Photo provided

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Oregon angler reels in $500 tagged fish

Last week’s big Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby news was the 335-pound halibut caught by 16-year-old Jackson Hobbs of…

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Adventurer speaks about world journey

British adventurer Sarah Outen speaks at 7 p.m. today at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center about…

A bull moose browses off Lakeshore Drive on Tuesday. The moose appears to have only three brow tines on either side and thus wouldn’t be a legal kill it it were outside city limits.-Photo courtesy of George Harbeson

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Moose hunters’ chances good as season opens

For hunters heading out at the start of the fall moose hunting season this week, as in 2013,…

Be careful out there: Lead is flying

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Be careful out there: Lead is flying

If Captain Kirk and his gang from the starship Enterprise had popped out of a reverse time warp…

Rep. Paul Seaton, second from right, and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, right, cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony of Homer High School’s new turf field on Saturday. Looking on are HHS Principal Doug Waclawski, left, and Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Assistant Superintendent Sean Dusek, with members of the Mariners football team in the background. Exhibitions of different sports that will use the field took place during halftime of the Mariners’ Satuarday game against Eielson.

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It’s official

Rep. Paul Seaton, second from right, and Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Mike Navarre, right, cut the ribbon at…

Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Homer XC girls teams crowned champions

In the first cross country meet of the season, the Homer Mariners ninth- and 10th-grade girls team and…

Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News

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Mariners suffer 41-16 attack by Eielson Ravens

In non-conference action, the Mariners’ first football game of the season on a brand new turf field resulted…

Unhappy angler Bill Brock of Anchor Point shows off a photo of the tagged halibut he caught Sunday. Reason for his frown: Brock didn’t have a derby ticket. -Photo provided

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Good, bad news in Homer jackpot Derby

There’s some good new and some bad news in this week’s Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby action. The bad…