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    Bailey Lowney shows a group of women an example of the kind of skates needed for roller derby during an informational meeting Friday, June 29, 2018 at Alice’s Champagne Palace in Homer, Alaska. Lowney, a former derby player, and several other local women are working to form Homer’s first roller derby team. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Roller derby comes to Homer
    By Megan Pacer • July 4, 2018 1:25 pm

    If women in Homer have been looking for a way to combine a love of comradery, female empowerment and smashing…

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    <span class="neFMT neFMT_PhotoCredit">Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News</span>                                Homer’s Janelle Moerlein crosses the Homer Spit Run finish line with Renn Marden on Saturday, June 30 at Land’s End Resort in Homer. Read the results of this year’s Spit Run 10K and Cosmic Hamlet Half Marathon on Page A6.
    Hundreds turn out for Homer Spit Run
    By Megan Pacer • July 4, 2018 1:21 pm

    Mother nature must have known there would be visitors in town over the weekend, because she pulled out all the…

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    Homer to host first ever End of the Road Pickleball Tournament
    Homer to host first ever End of the...
    By Staff report • June 21, 2018 11:17 am

    The inaugural End of the Road Pickleball Tournament and Clinics will be held this coming Monday through Saturday at Homer…

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    Area athletes help Alaska invasion of Hawaii triathlon
    Area athletes help Alaska invasion of Hawaii triathlon
    By Jeff Helminiak • April 5, 2018 12:33 pm

    The Lavaman Triathlon, held Sunday at the Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii, would seem to make…

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    Jennifer Bando skis to the finish line of this year’s Sea to Ski Triathlon at the Roger’s Loop Trailhead on Sunday, March 25, 2018 in Homer, Alaska. Bando finished first for the female individual participants with a time of 1 hour, 17 minutes, 48 seconds. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer High senior wins Sea to Ski Triathlon
    By Megan Pacer • March 30, 2018 11:26 am

    Some outdoor enthusiasts are satisfied with a traditional swim, bike, run style triathlon. Not Homerites. While there is the standard…

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    Charlie Edwards of the Optimist holds his trophy after winning this year’s Winter King Salmon Tournament on Saturday, March 24, 2018 on the Spit in Homer, Alaska. His winning fish weighed 24.6 pounds. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Thousands head to Kachemak Bay for Winter King...
    By Megan Pacer • March 29, 2018 10:29 am

    More than 1,200 anglers descended on Homer’s harbor on Saturday to try their luck in the 2018 Winter King Salmon…

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    32 turn out for Homer Epic
    32 turn out for Homer Epic
    By Megan Pacer • March 22, 2018 11:06 am

    For the better part of this past Saturday, 32 gluttons for punishment embarked on the Homer Epic through the Kenai…

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    Skiers participating in the 42 Kilometer race take off from the starting line in this year’s Kachemak Bay Nordic Ski Marathon on Saturday, March 10, 2018 at the McNeil Canyon Ski Area outside of Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Location switch produces once-in-a-lifetime Kachemak Nordic Ski Marathon
    By Megan Pacer • March 15, 2018 1:13 pm

    “Are you kidding me?” puffed a skier as he pushed his way through the thick, soft snow at the McNeil…

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    Skiers line up and take off one by one at the fourth race of the Besh Cup series Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 at the Lookout Mountain Trails near Homer, Alaska.
    Local skiers perform well in Besh Cup
    By Staff report • January 25, 2018 11:21 am

    Skiers from all over the state descended on the Lookout Mountain Trails outside Homer over the weekend for the third…

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    The group heads rides along snow in a creek valley. (Photo courtesy Bjorn Olson)
    Fat tire bikes keep adventurers active during winter...
    By Megan Pacer • January 3, 2018 5:00 pm

    The bigger the better, right? When it comes to bike tires, plenty of people in Homer would have to agree….

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    Scribner wins Elks Winter King Derby
    Scribner wins Elks Winter King Derby
    By Staff report • October 17, 2017 10:21 pm

    Rough seas didn’t keep anglers from braving Kachemak Bay for a chance to win the 2017 Homer Elks Lodge #2127…

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    Victor Samoei runs in the Kenai River half-marathon on Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017 near Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion)
    Homer’s Annie Ridgely wins Kenai half marathon
    By Jeff Helminiak • September 28, 2017 9:42 am

    One did it using a handcycle after breaking his back seven years ago. Others competed after coaching at — or…

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    Idaho resident Jack Mills (second from right) poses with his winning 240-pound halibut along with the rest of the crew in Homer, Alaska. Mills won the 2017 Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby, and a prize for $15,241.10. (Photo courtesy Homer Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center)
    Idaho resident wins Jackpot Halibut Derby
    By Megan Pacer • September 28, 2017 9:42 am

    A lucky Idaho resident is walking away with this year’s Jackpot Halibut Derby top prize. Sam Mills, of St. Maries,…

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    • Halibut and black cod fisheries get off to slow start
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