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Skiers representing Homer, Kenai and Soldotna cross-country teams pose during the Region 3 cross-country ski meet on Saturday, at the Government Peak Recreation Area in the Matanuska-Susitna valleys. The Homer Mariner XC ski team did well, coach Jessie Goodrich said, noting that when the skiers head to the state competition they have “the potential to be the winning team.”

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Homer ski results from Palmer invitational

The Homer Mariner XC ski team competed in the Region 3 ski championship races in Palmer, Alaska hosted…

A driver with the Homer Racing Association circles around a plowed track on the frozen Beluga Lake in Homer, Alaska on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Ice racing on Beluga Lake held after winter carnival parade

A driver with the Homer Racing Association circles around a plowed track on the frozen Beluga Lake in…

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Colony sweeps region skiing, SoHi’s Boonstra wins overall

The Colony girls and boys cross-country ski teams swept the Region 3 cross-country ski meet Saturday at Government…

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Houston boys, Bethel girls win Winter Carnival

The Houston boys and Bethel girls basketball teams won championships at the Homer Winter Carnival on Thursday through…

The Soldotna hockey team won the Division II state championship at the Patty Center in Fairbanks, Alaska, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (Photo provided)

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SoHi hockey claims Division II title; Kenai 4th

The Soldotna hockey team defeated Juneau-Douglas: Yadaa.at Kale 2-1 on Saturday to win the Division II state hockey…

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Homer basketball gets sweep of Nikiski

The host Homer girls and boys basketball teams swept Nikiski on Friday in Class 3A Peninsula Conference play…

Krista Etzwiler skies dressed as a Dale Chihuly sculpture at the start of the Ski for Women on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 at the Lookout Mountain Trails near Homer, Alaska. Etzwiler won for best individual costume. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Kachemak ski club to host Ski for Women

Kachemak Nordic Ski Club will host their annual Ski for Women at Lookout Mountain on Ohlson Mountain Road…

A pair of nearly pristine three-year-old workout shoes are placed in the backseat of Jake Dye’s mostly invincible car in Soldotna, Alaska, on Wednesday, Feb. 8. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the office: ‘Stupid walks’

After more than three weeks of regularly hitting the gym — easily the longest stretch of any kind…

Nikolaevsk's Kristin Klaich shoots on Cook Inlet Academy's Emilee Cragg and Anna Cizek on Friday, Dec. 15, 2017, at Cook Inlet Academy. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer basketball travels to Southeast, plays home conference game

The host Homer girls and boys basketball teams dropped Class 3A Peninsula Conference games to Grace Christian on…

An adult female moose rests in the snow under a spruce tree on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in Anchor Point. Photo by Delcenia Cosman

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Hello, Neighbor

Even after living in Alaska for the better part of a decade, it still surprises me to run…

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A bog lemming travels through a tube that mimics natural tunnels and captures remote videos and genetic samples to identify this species from its small mammal cousins.

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Refuge Notebook: Our little-known glacial relict

When I think about the Pleistocene, my mind naturally wanders to the large charismatic megafauna that dominated this…

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Ninilchik boys take 6th at O’Brady Invitational

The Wolverines opened up the tournament with a 56-44 loss to Lathrop.

Homer High School varsity girls basketball start game with Seward, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. (Photo by Emilie Springer)

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Homer boys cagers get 1st win of season

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