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    Renner, Pat Irwin and Joe Martin celebrate Martin’s first-place finish.-Photo Provided
    Homer cyclist first in Fireweed 400
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 16, 2014 3:41 pm

    What do you get for being first across the finish line of the Fireweed 400, a grueling bicycle race that…

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    Photo by David Hanson
    Birders seek to identify mysterious Spit bird
    By Staff report • July 14, 2014 4:05 pm

    The Kachemak Bay Birders are seeking help in identifying this mystery bird photographed by visitor David Hanson on June 6…

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    Kharacters/Cups co-ed softball team celebrates its third place D bracket trophy after the Kenai Firecracker Tournament last weekend. Homer's Spenard Builders Supply won first in the same league and Beluga Lake Lodge scored sixth place in the C bracket. Top row from left to right: Adam Treweiler, Jason Boyd, Britni Johnson, Patrick Cashman, Mike Zelinski, Theresa Tilter, Steve Rich, Hez Tilter, Mike Werts holding Brady Werts
    Homer shines in softball
    By Shannon Reid • July 9, 2014 5:40 pm

    Last weekend’s statewide Kenai Firecracker Tournament offered great competition and great weather to the 27 competing teams from Kenai, Anchorage,…

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    With the tag securely clenched between his teeth, Jim Morgan shows off his catch worth $1,000. -Photo provided
    Anchorage angler catches tagged fish worth $1,000
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 9, 2014 3:27 pm

    As last year’s third-place winner in the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby, Jim Morgan wasn’t in the running for cash prizes….

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    Catches not spectacular, but anglers enjoy success
    Catches not spectacular, but anglers enjoy success
    By Nick C. Varney • July 9, 2014 2:37 pm

    The Fourth of July celebration was enveloped by such a superb three-day weather forecast that northern worker bees were attracted…

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    Softball action heats up for Fourth of July
    Softball action heats up for Fourth of July
    July 2, 2014 4:46 pm

    By Shannon Reid For the Homer News In addition to playing scheduled games at the Jack Gist Park every evening…

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    More than 200 runners and walkers soak up the sun during the 2014 10K Run to the Bay Spit Run on Saturday.-Photo by Heather Ericson
    Homer High runners finish first in Spit Run
    By Shannon Reid • July 2, 2014 4:44 pm

    Eighteen-year old Pedro Ochoa, a 2014 Homer High School graduate who was on the school’s cross country and track team,…

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    The Arctica is the first boat across the starting line in the Sunday portion of the Homer Yacht Club-Land’s End Resort Regatta. The Arctica, with Captain Craig Forrest of Homer, was the overall winner of the two-day event.-Photo by McKibben Jackinsky, Homer News
    Arctica wins 18th annual regatta
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 2, 2014 4:06 pm

    Two days of sunshine, but more importantly two days of an accommodating wind on Kachemak Bay drew eight boats out…

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    Nancy Lee-Evans, far left, talks to participants in the June 12 Thriving Thursday class about the medicinal uses of horsetail. The classes are presented by Seldovia Village Tribe Health and Wellness.-Photo by Shannon Reid
    Weeds may be ‘medicine at your front door’
    By Shannon Reid • July 2, 2014 4:04 pm

    What use does a dandelion have besides being a weed in a garden? Does devil’s club really have medicinal qualities?…

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    Mike Leno, left, moves into third place in the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby with a 139.0-pounder caught while fishing with Capt. Rob Hyslip, right, of Big Bear Halibut Charters.-Photo provided
    Just in case, why not get a derby...
    By McKibben Jackinsky • July 2, 2014 3:42 pm

    In the world of halibut fishing, last week’s fishing activity has underscored an important reminder to anyone wanting to fish…

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    Fishing Hole could use a little help
    Fishing Hole could use a little help
    By Nick C. Varney • July 2, 2014 3:40 pm

    Over the weekend, I took notice of a superfluity of rather unseemly comments concerning the conditions at the cleaning tables…

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    Breeding Bird Survey conducted by listening to songs
    Breeding Bird Survey conducted by listening to songs
    By Bri Kilbourne • July 2, 2014 3:33 pm

    I saw the moon for the first time this summer. Waking up at 2 a.m. brings a new perspective to…

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    Sean hoffbeck of Kenai, left, caught this 134.4-pound halibut Sunday while fishing with Capt. Gabe Linegar, right, of Drift Alaska Charters. -Photo provided
    Halibut fishing brings shifts in derby leaders
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 25, 2014 5:48 pm

    Michigan angler Molly Malthby continued to hold onto her lead in the 2014 Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby, with the 196.8-pound…

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