Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby waves to the crowd in Seward during her celebratory parade on Thursday, August 5, 2021. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Seward’s Jacoby wins NCAA title in 100 breaststroke; Tuisaula, Hippchen also find success

Lydia Jacoby, a 2022 graduate of Seward High School, won the NCAA Division I Championship in the 100-yard…

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Wolf track on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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Refuge Notebook: A winter’s night among the stars, wolves of the refuge

By Kevin Painter

Ninilchik’s Jaylin Scott soars to the basket against Tikigaq during the Class 2A boys state championship Saturday, March 18, 2023, at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Robin Moore)

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Ninilchik boys win 2nd straight Class 2A state title

The Ninilchik boys basketball team defended their Class 2A state title with a 66-53 victory over Tikigaq on…

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Homer’s Stephanie Schmit skis to victory in the 25-kilometer women’s race at the Kachemak Nordic Ski Marathon outside of Homer, Alaska, on Saturday, March 18, 2023.

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Kachemak Nordic Ski Marathon draws 96

The Kachemak Nordic Ski Marathon was held Saturday in windy conditions.

Racers at the finish line of Homer Epic at McNeil Canyon. Photo provided by Chuck Lindsay

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Homer Epic lives up to its name

More than 100 people registered for this year’s Homer Epic, a human-powered winter race on groomed snowmachine trails…

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Homer hoops season ends at conference tourney

The Homer girls and boys basketball teams both lost Friday in the second-place bracket at the Class 3A…

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95 finish Homer Epic

The Homer Epic 50- and 100-kilometer races were held Saturday in the Caribou Hills near Homer, featuring runners,…

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Volunteer Mike Smith (right) supervises as Jack Roderick, Simon Smith, and Rox Shafer set their wood cars on the track in the Chapman School gym during the Snow Rondi Pinewood Derby on Saturday<ins>, March 4</ins> in Anchor Point<ins>,</ins> <ins>Alaska</ins>.

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Snow Rondi brings back pinewood derby

Chapman School hosted the returning Pinewood Derby races on Saturday, March 4 as part of Anchor Point’s Snow…

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Homer Hockey Association for the 10 and under team take a division win in state tournament on Monday at the Kevin Bell Arena in Homer.

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Homer Glacier Kings win state hockey tournament

The Homer Hockey Association and Kevin Bell Arena hosted the Alaska State Tournament for the Squirts 10UB (ages…

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Homer hoops finishes up regular season

The Homer girls and boys basketball teams finished up their regular season by hosting Houston on Friday and…

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Homer basketball takes conference road losses

The Homer girls and boys basketball teams were swept in Seward on Friday and at Grace Christian on…

Naming nature as an innovative way to identify and remember their official and complex scientific names. (Photo by USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Nature’s nametags

By Matt Connor

Garrett Briscoe, of Homer, tucks for a downhill, tightly pursued by Colony’s Clayton Steer during the boys 4x5-kilometer relay at the ASAA State Nordic Ski Championships at Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai girls, Homer boys win DII state ski awards

The Alaska School Activities Association Nordic Ski State Championships came to a close this weekend following the final…