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    Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion 
The author gets warm with a mask at Alaska’s Matanuska Glacier on Sunday, March 7, 20201.
    Out of the Office: Warming up to masks
    By Jeff Helminiak • March 17, 2021 2:30 am

    A March 3 lead paragraph in a news story in The New York Times asked, “When can I throw away…

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    Dallas Seavey poses with his dogs after winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race race near Willow, Alaska, early Monday, March 15, 2021. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
    Dallas Seavey wins Iditarod, matches most wins by...
    By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press • March 17, 2021 2:30 am

    ANCHORAGE — Ever since Dallas Seavey became the youngest musher to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 2012,…

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    A section of Nordic ski trail is groomed in this undated photo in the Homer, Alaska area. (Photo by Kenny Daher)
    Alternative offered for annual ski marathon
    By Megan Pacer • March 3, 2021 2:30 am

    Skiers invited to traverse 42-kilometer course all month long

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    A day on Kachemak Bay. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    Out of the Office: Water taxi talking
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • February 17, 2021 2:30 am

    Reporters spend a lot of time talking to people: people they don’t know, people they do know, people who really…

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    Phil Basargin 5-year-old Maxim Basargin around the ice Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 during the Skate the Lake event on Beluga Lake in Homer, Alaska. The free skating event was hosted for the community by the Homer Hockey Association. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homerites take to the lake in skate event
    By Megan Pacer • February 10, 2021 2:30 am

    Homer Hockey Association hosted Skate the Lake for the community

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    The top three fish of this year’s Winter King Salmon Tournament hang on a wall before a closing ceremony announcing the winners on March 24, 2018 on the Spit in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament moved to April
    By Megan Pacer • January 20, 2021 2:30 am

    The annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament returns this year after a one-year hiatus, and has been pushed back to…

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    From left to right, Reid Rauch, Ellis Lorentz, Sawyer Johnson, Wylder Johnson, Selma Johnson, Renn Lorentz and Che Lorentz celebrate at the Ski Your Age event held Dec. 26, 2020 at the Lookout Mountain Trails near Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Lila Johnson)
    Young, old turn out for Ski Your Age
    By Staff report Homer News • December 30, 2020 2:30 am

    Each year, a number of outdoor enthusiasts take to the snow to see if they can ski their own age…

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    Homer’s Buckelew wins Kenai River Marathon
    Homer’s Buckelew wins Kenai River Marathon
    By Jeff Helminiak • September 30, 2020 1:30 am

    Parks, Wilson take half marathon

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    Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers are still not strong in Fishing Hole
    Reeling ‘Em In: Silvers are still not strong...
    By Nick Varney • July 29, 2020 5:30 am

    While Turk and I were watching the water evaporate at The Fishing Hole early last week, a guy let fly…

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    Eve Brau, Ivy Bloom, Maggie LaRue, Kenneth Schneider, Mary Bowe, Flynn Bloom, Elsie Smith, Hannah LaRue, Ryan Eckert, Melanie Fay, Tommy Bowe, Joe Ravin, Douglas Dean, Michael Swoboda, Jordan Raymond and James Reid celebrate their victory as the winners of the Homer Softball League’s championship tournament the weekend of July 25-26, 2020 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Heath Smith)
    Nadpoles win Homer Softball League championship tourney
    By Staff report Homer News • July 29, 2020 2:30 am

    The Nadpoles team came away victorious this past weekend as the winners of the Homer Softball League’s championship tournament.

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    Visitors camp on Friday, July 3, 2020, on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska, in a vegetated area closed to camping between the Homer Shores Boardwalk, seen here in the background, and the Central Charters Boardwalk. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Camping in prohibited areas is becoming an issue...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 15, 2020 2:30 am

    To tourists, a stretch of grassy, beachfront land on the Homer Spit near the Central Charters Boardwalk looks like the…

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    Ninilchik Rodeo returns to its roots over July Fourth weekend
    Ninilchik Rodeo returns to its roots over July...
    By Megan Pacer • July 8, 2020 5:30 am

    The annual Ninilchik Rodeo, held every July Fourth weekend, celebrated 60 years this past weekend under blue skies and soaring…

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    Jeff Helminiak / Peninsula Clarion                                The women’s field takes to the course Tuesday, July 4, 2017, at the Mount Marathon Race in Seward. Eventual winner Allie Ostrander is to the right of Christy Marvin (1).
    Mount Marathon Race canceled for 2020
    By Jeff Helminiak • June 3, 2020 1:30 pm

    The 93rd running of the race up and down the 3,022-foot mountain is rescheduled for July 4, 2021.

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    • Halibut and black cod fisheries get off to slow start
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