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    Soldotna’s Kent Petersen crosses the finish line of the Spit Run 10k to the Bay on Saturday, June 29, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer, Anchorage runners dominate this year’s Spit Run
    By Megan Pacer • July 3, 2019 5:30 am

    Smoke drifting over from the Swan Lake Fire near Sterling obscured the normally picturesque view of Kachemak Bay that local…

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    Undaunted by the rugged course, athletes young and old participate in the 2019 Clam Scramble, a 5K fun run held Saturday, June 15, 2019 in Ninilchik, Alaska. Kylee Verkulien, 157, leads this group of runners through the cold and fast-moving water at the mouth of Deep Creek. (Photo by McKibben Jackinsky)
    Clam Scramble draws more than 130 runners, walkers
    By McKibben Jackinsky • June 19, 2019 5:30 am

    A lot can happen between the start and finish of a 5K run — and did for more than 130…

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    Reeling ’Em In: Blackmouths getting bigger at Fishin’ Hole
    Reeling ’Em In: Blackmouths getting bigger at Fishin’...
    By Nick Varney • June 12, 2019 5:30 am

    Last week I wrote that the blackmouths being caught at the Spit’s fishing lagoon were fairly small tipping the scales…

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    Homer athletes place in annual Tri-The-Kenai
    Homer athletes place in annual Tri-The-Kenai
    By Joey Klecka • June 12, 2019 2:30 am

    Construction on Gas Well and Kalifornsky Beach roads is finished, so let the bikers reign again!

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    Homer hosts first NYO Games invitational
    Homer hosts first NYO Games invitational
    By Megan Pacer • April 3, 2019 5:30 am

    For the first time since the lower Kenai Peninsula organized a Native Youth Olympics Games program, it hosted its own…

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    Anglers return in their boats to the Homer Harbor from Kachemak Bay at the end of the Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament held Saturday, March 23, 2019 in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Eagle River woman is first to win Winter...
    By Megan Pacer • March 27, 2019 5:30 am

    Editor’s note: This article has been updated to note that in 1999 a woman won the Homer Elks Winter King…

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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)
    Winter King Tourney set for this weekend
    By Megan Pacer • March 20, 2019 5:30 am

    The annual Winter King Salmon Tournament is back and bringing more than 1,000 fishermen and women down to Homer’s harbor…

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    A participant in the annual Homer Epic completes the race through the Caribou Hills on foot Saturday, March 16, 2019 near Homer, Alaska. (Photo courtesy Chuck Lindsay)
    Homer Epic draws dozens of runners, bikers and...
    By Megan Pacer • March 20, 2019 5:30 am

    The Homer Epic 50- and 100-kilometer races were held Saturday near Homer. They started in McNeil Canyon, went into the…

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    A curling stone is swept across the ice during a Learn to Curl clinic Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 at Kevin Bell Ice Arena in Homer, Alaska. The clinic was a fundraiser for the Homer Curling Club. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Former Olympic curler helps supports Homer club
    By Megan Pacer • January 16, 2019 6:32 pm

    A year after the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, when the U.S. men’s curling team scored an unexpected victory over…

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    Resurrect Art Coffee House in Seward, Alaska. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)
    Tangled up in blue: Squeaky boards
    By KAT SORENSEN Peninsula Clarion • January 16, 2019 4:50 pm

    There are a few squeaky floorboards in Resurrect Art Coffee House.

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    Piles of racing bibs wait to be claimed by contestants Saturday afternoon at the snowmachine drag races at Freddie’s Roadhouse near Ninilchik. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)
    Freddie’s Roadhouse drag races give racers a boost
    By Joey Klecka • January 9, 2019 11:15 pm

    Competition is the tide that raises all boats, or in this case, all sleds.

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    Ashley Camp from Vancouver, British Columbia, poses on July 29 with her 221.4 pound and 76-inch halibut caught while fishing with Midnight Sun Charters and Captain Brian Nollar on the Belle Ile. Camp is the 2018 winner of the Homer Jackpot Halibut Derby. (Photo provided)
    Camp wins halibut derby
    By Staff report Homer News • September 19, 2018 2:18 pm

    With the end of the 33rd Annual Jackpot Halibut Derby on Saturday, Ashley Camp of Vancouver, British Columbia, held her…

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    Reeling ‘em in: Nick answers the big question: What’s so addicting about fishing?
    Reeling ‘em in: Nick answers the big question:...
    By Nick Varney • September 5, 2018 7:31 pm

    Now that the tourists are in full migration south and the cranes are giving last minute flight training to their…

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