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The pump track at Kachemak City Park is now open for use when the park is dry. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Kachemak City Park pump track open for use

Bikes are pumping at the new Kachemak City Park pump track, located on East End Road.

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Reeling ‘Em In: So long and thanks for all the fish tips: Nick closes out the season

I had heard rumors that there were still some jumpers accompanying the incoming tides at the Nick Dudiak…

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University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor Sean Parnell, second from right, announces the reinstatement of the hockey team at a news conference Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021, in the hockey locker room in Anchorage, Alaska. From left are Kathie Bethard, Save Seawolf Hockey chairwoman; university athletic director Greg Myford; Parnell; and former hockey player Jim Mayes. Donors, including the NHL’s newest team, raised over $3 million after the program was eliminated.

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College hockey returns to Anchorage; Kraken get an assist

ANCHORAGE — Hockey is returning to the University of Alaska Anchorage after donors, including the NHL’s newest team,…

The Lost Lake Trail just outside of Seward, Alaska, on Sept. 12, 2018. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Inokuma, Fletcher win Lost Lake Run

Palmer’s Meg Inokuma and Anchorage’s Aaron Fletcher picked up victories at the Lost Lake Run on Saturday outside…

Carter Tennison scores a touchdown for the Homer Mariners against Kodiak High School on Saturday, Aug.28. The Mariners won 34-0. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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Football roundup: SoHi, Homer secure wins

The Soldotna football team got a big boost from freshmen and sophomores in notching a 35-0 Northern Lights…

Seamus McDonough sprints toward the finish during the Colony Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, at Colony High School. McDonough placed eighth. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

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Grace cross-country sweeps Colony Invite

The Grace Christian girls and boys cross-country teams swept the Colony Invitational on Saturday in the Matanuska-Susitna valleys.

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A waterfall flows at McCullough Gulch in Colorado on Aug. 5, 2021.

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Out of the Office: Best-laid plans

The plan was for the family to meet in Colorado to try and summit one of the state’s…

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Kenai, Homer volleyball notch wins

The host Kenai Central volleyball team moved to 2-0 in nontournament play with a nonconference sweep of Bethel…

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Fireweed blooms along the Skyline Trail on Aug. 13, 2021, on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska.

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Refuge Notebook: Alaska ‘Super Bloom’: The beauty of regrowth

By SANJA ZELEN

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2021 Homer Halibut Tournament canceled

The Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center has canceled the upcoming Homer Halibut Tournament.

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Summer fishing is winding down

We have reached the section of the summer’s trail where it starts to wind down into the valleys…

A row of footballs iat the Homer-Seward game at Homer, Alaska, on Aug. 29, 2020. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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SoHi, Homer, Kenai football drop games

Chugiak 17, Homer 14, OT

A mountain hemlock burned in the 2019 Swan Lake Fire, pictured June 29, 2021. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: When hemlocks burn

When the weather deteriorates in the mountains, I head for those deepest green patches of forest at tree…