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

Hoops roundup

Homer High School C team player Jai Badajos in Alice Witte Gym on Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The C team competed against Kenai Central High School. (Photo Emilie Springer/Homer News)

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Homer girls basketball nabs 2nd at Nikiski Tip Off

The Mariners were swept by the Kardinals.

Jody Goodrich, takes off next to Kenai’s top skier, Jack Laker, at the Homer Invitational at Lookout Mountain, in Homer, Alaska. Jan. 7, 2023. (Photo courtesy Jonah Meershan)

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SoHi’s Boonstra, Homer’s Goodrich win Homer Invitational

The conditions at the Jan. 7 event at Lookout Mountain were perfect for both the racing and the…

Dakota Butler hangs from a wooden pole by only his wrist as he performs the wrist carry during the Kahtnuht’ana Hey Chi’ula NYO Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, at Kenai Middle School in Kenai, Alaska. Butler held on for more than 200 feet, claiming the gold medal in the event. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Camaraderie wins at youth competition

More than 100 athletes from around the region gathered to participate

Homer Hockey Diva’s practice at Kevin Bell Arena on Dec. 5, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Karen Weston)

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Homer Hockey Association, Divas host Winter Jamboree

Tournament scheduled for Jan. 13-15

Members of the Kenai Central High School cheerleading team (back row, left to right): Kaitlyn Taylor, Sylvia McGraw, Malena Grieme, Maya Montague, Cali Holmes and Genesis Trevino; (front row, left to right): Makenzie Harden, Ella Romero and Brooklyn Reed stand for a photo at the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Monday, Jan. 1, 2023, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. (Photo courtesy Brianna Force)

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Hard work and good attitudes pay off

Kenai Central Cheerleading performs at Citrus Bowl in Florida

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Snowshoers talk with Ranger Leah Eskelin during a December snowshoe walk at the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge.

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Refuge Notebook: Take it from the hare, snowshoes are the way to go!

The holidays are behind us, but there is still a whole lot of winter ahead. I love the…