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Reeling ‘Em In: Hunting beasts

By the time you read this, lingcod season will be open and I just ran across a draft…

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Reeling ‘Em In: One man’s trash fish, another’s tasty treasure

The Spit was rockin’ over the Fourth of July weekend.

Runners participating in the Homer Spit Run 10K to the Bay wait for the start gun to fire on Saturday, June 29, 2024, at Homer High School in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Run down to the bay

The Homer Spit Run on Saturday drew over 160 participants

Anchorage’s Lars Arneson, a 2009 graduate of Cook Inlet Academy, competes in the men’s Mount Marathon Race on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Mount Marathon Race 2024: Norris, Christy Marvin, Coby Marvin, Boonstra aim for repeat wins

For the first time since 2014, there will be a returning champion in both the men’s and women’s…

Kristen Faulkner is pictured in her official Olympic portrait photo. (Photo by Evan Kay with Climb High Productions, provided by Kristen Faulkner)

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Homer athlete qualifies for Olympic Cycling team

Faulkner said her youth in Alaska contributed to her position with the Olympics now.

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Reeling ‘Em In: An angling addiction

Fishing is not only fun, but humbling

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Homer Spit Run 10K and half marathon happening next weekend

The annual racing event, sponsored by the Kachemak Bay Running Club, is a Homer tradition

Soldotna’s Shane Mullican competes in Vet Intermediate at Alaska State Motocross Race #4 at Twin City Raceway in Kenai, Alaska, on Sunday, June 16, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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State Motocross gets big boost from southern peninsula

The Kenai Peninsula Racing Lions - Motocross Division hosted Alaska State Motocross Races #3 and #4 at Twin…

Blakeley Jorgensen of AK Riptide (U14) pitches against AK Krush (14) at the USA/Junior Olympic softball tournament at Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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USA/Junior Olympic softball tourney helps players sharpen skills

Central Peninsula Fastpitch Softball hosted the USA/Junior Olympic softball tournament at Steve Shearer Memorial Ball Park on Saturday…

Forget-me-nots are in bloom on Tuesday, June 11, 2024 near a certain raspberry patch in Homer, Alaska. (Delcenia Cosman/Homer News)

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Out of the Office: Forget not the little joys in life

I’ve been seeing a lot of chatter recently about how difficult it is, and how deliberate one must…

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Reeling ‘Em In: Hey fishers, keep up with regulations

What is up with brain stems who seem to be incapable of comprehending simple fishing regulations?

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Reeling ‘Em In: In memory of the fishing hole mayor

I would like to take a moment to answer a general question many of you have asked in…

Lee Frey and Niko Zlotnik (501) lead the pack at the start of the 10-mile race at the Run for the River on Saturday, June 8, 2024, in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Run for the River nears prepandemic participation levels

The Run for the River, put on Saturday by the Kenai Watershed Forum at Soldotna Creek Park, has…