The Homer Mariners faced off against the Redington Huskies last Friday night. The Mariners fell 56-14. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Football roundup: Nikiski wins; Kenai, Homer lose

Redington 56, Homer 14

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Kenai runners sweep borough meet

The Kenai girls and boys cross-country teams swept the Kenai Peninsula Borough cross-country meet Friday in Seward.

A visual picture of profound change in the alpine plant community post-2019 Swan Lake Fire. This picture is from 2021, two years after the fire. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Swan Lake Fire update: How are plant communities doing?

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The seniors honored during the senior night recognition ceremony were left to right Nestor Kalugin, Kamdyn Doughty, Braden Huffman, Keegan Strong, Michael Ritter and Dodge Petrosius. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Football seniors honored last Friday

Homer High School honored six senior football players Friday night during a recognition ceremony before the game against…

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Volleyball roundup: Kenai, Seward sweep conference matches

Homer 3, Soldotna 2

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Cyclocross results posted

The second race of the Chainwreck Cyclocross Series was held Thursday at Slikok Trails just outside of Soldotna.

The afternoon sun makes birch leaves glow yellow on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, at the Hidden Lake Campground in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near Sterling, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Fall in Alaska is subtle but fabulous

On my mother’s side I come from a long line of New Englanders, the kind of people for…

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Colony girls, Kodiak boys swimmers win SoHi Invite

The Colony girls and Kodiak boys swimming and diving teams won the SoHi Invitational on Friday at Soldotna…

A thunderstorm is seen Aug. 3, 2021, in Okanogan County, Washington. (Kathryn Knowlton/submitted photo)

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Tangled Up in Blue: Shelter from the storm

I recently learned that the opposite of deja vu is jamais vu, meaning “never seen.”

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Area volleyball teams pile up experience at West Spiketacular

The Kenai Central volleyball team led the Kenai Peninsula at the West Spiketacular by taking second in the…

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Jacoby wins 2nd Pentathlon in record-setting fashion

A lot has happened, to say the least, to Seward senior Lydia Jacoby and the world in which…