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    Photo courtesy Bill Bell                                 Kaitlyn Johnson plays with her teammates on the Homer softball team in this undated photo.
    The seniors of spring sports: Softball
    By Megan Pacer • April 8, 2020 5:30 am

    This is the first in a series of stories highlighting the seniors who would have been playing their final sports…

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    Photo by Ronan Dugan/USFWS                                 Kittiwakes build their sturdy nests on cliff sides, and they prefer to live in crowded neighborhoods for additional safety from predators.
    Refuge Notebook: Keeping an eye on birds
    By MARIANNE APLIN Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge • April 8, 2020 1:30 am

    Around this time of year I start to include a pair of binoculars in my checklist of essentials for heading…

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    Refuge Notebook: Migration is not canceled
    Refuge Notebook: Migration is not canceled
    By Marianne Aplin For the Homer News • April 1, 2020 5:30 am

    A friend told me recently that March is her favorite month. What? Not May when our birds of summer come…

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    AP file Photo/Mark Thiessen                                 In this March 20, 2019, file photo, Iditarod musher Nicolas Petit, of France, poses with two of his dogs in Anchorage. Nearly a third of the 57 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have quit the race before finishing, including Petit, who activated an alert button seeking rescue last Thursday morning, March 19, because of weather conditions.
    3 Iditarod mushers rescued because of poor trail...
    March 25, 2020 5:30 am

    Three mushers participating in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race were rescued Friday after they activated their SOS beacons because…

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    Out of the Office: Nature in a time of pandemic can heal
    Out of the Office: Nature in a time...
    By Michael Armstrong • March 25, 2020 5:30 am

    As I write this I am in my third day of working at home — or, as I like to…

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    During this time of uncertainty, the author vacillates between being outdoors and binge watching “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” (Photo courtesy of Kat Sorensen)
    Tangled Up in Blue: Lonely among us
    By KAT SORENSEN For the Clarion • March 24, 2020 1:30 pm

    I set daily goals to accomplish during this universal pandemic, a different kind of frontier.

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    Sports in brief
    Sports in brief
    By Megan Pacer • March 18, 2020 5:30 am

    Upcoming events

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    Refuge Notebook: Introducing Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
    Refuge Notebook: Introducing Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
    By Marianne Aplin For the Homer News • March 18, 2020 5:30 am

    We’ve probably already met, but you didn’t realize it. We’re the other national wildlife refuge headquartered on the Kenai Peninsula….

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    Norwegian musher wins Alaska’s Iditarod sled dog race
    Norwegian musher wins Alaska’s Iditarod sled dog race
    March 18, 2020 5:30 am

    ANCHORAGE (AP) — Norwegian musher Thomas Waerner easily won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race across Alaska, one of the…

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    ACS sweeps Southcentral titles
    ACS sweeps Southcentral titles
    By Jeff Helminiak • March 18, 2020 1:30 am

    Both Homer basketball teams placed third in the Southcentral Conference Championships this past weekend in Anchorage.

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    Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion                                 Seward’s Sam Koster passes around Kenai Central’s Kayden Daniels in front of a big crowd March 28, 2020, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. The state announced Friday there will be no after-school activiities until March 30, 2020, due to the new coronavirus.
    Schools, sports, after-school events canceled
    By Associated Press • March 18, 2020 1:30 am

    The closures of part of an effort to contain the new coronavirus outbreak.

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    Soldotna’s Bradley Walters won the boys varsity race during the Government Peak Invitational on Friday. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman)
    Area skiers, bikers excel at Tour of Anchorage
    By Jeff Helminiak • March 11, 2020 1:30 pm

    Kenai Peninsula endurance athletes put together a host of top finishes Sunday at the Tour of Anchorage, a series of…

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    Sports in brief
    Sports in brief
    By Megan Pacer • March 11, 2020 5:30 am

    Upcoming events

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