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    Reeling ’em in: Silver fishing gives flash of fall
    Reeling ’em in: Silver fishing gives flash of...
    By Nick Varney • August 29, 2018 7:31 pm

    Now that we are teetering on the precipice of September’s slide into fall, it’s time to concentrate on the silvers…

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    Anchorage resident Brian Shumaker and Kristin Faulkner, who used to swim for Homer High School before she went to college and then moved to New York, race each other to the finish line of the Homer Mariner Triathlon at Homer High School on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 in Homer, Alaska. The two remained on each other’s tail throughout much of the race before Shumaker passed Faulkner at the last second to claim first overall. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Homer Tri on deck this weekend
    By Staff Report Homer News • August 29, 2018 5:12 pm

    The annual Homer Mariner Triathlon is coming up this weekend and promises as much fun and friendly education as ever.

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    Reeling ‘em in: Setnetting is a memorable, mud-humping epoch
    Reeling ‘em in: Setnetting is a memorable, mud-humping...
    By Nick Varney • August 22, 2018 7:31 pm

    Every year, the opening day of the Kachemak Bay Coho Salmon Gillnet Fishery brings back some epic memories, especially about…

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    Reeling ‘em in:
    Reeling ‘em in:
    By Nick Varney • August 15, 2018 7:31 pm

    Last Saturday the Nick Dudiak Lagoon was opened to snagging at noon and the weather was perfect for it. The…

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    Reeling ‘em in: Wear your PFD and learn to swim
    Reeling ‘em in: Wear your PFD and learn...
    By Nick Varney • August 8, 2018 7:31 pm

    I’ve been asked several times if I can recollect landing my first fish. Nope, although I vividly recall the procedures…

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    Reeling ‘em in: Silvers being snobby at the hole
    Reeling ‘em in: Silvers being snobby at the...
    By Nick Varney • August 1, 2018 7:31 pm

    I dropped in on my favorite fishing spot inside the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon to pick up a couple of…

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    Drifwood and rock is used to line the gardens at the Jeff and Ranja Dean farm off East End Road in Homer, Alaska. It was one of five gardens featured in the July 29, 2018 Homer Garden Tour. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Gardens glow in annual tour
    By Michael Armstrong • August 1, 2018 1:36 pm

    Despite a forecast of clouds and rain, the sun shined Sunday on the Homer Garden Club’s 12 annual Homer Garden…

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    Reeling ‘em in: Experiment to catch wily silvers
    Reeling ‘em in: Experiment to catch wily silvers
    By Nick Varney For the Homer News • July 25, 2018 7:31 pm

    Now that the silvers are running into each other and showing off at the Nick Dudiak Fishing Lagoon, I’ve received…

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    Reeling ‘em in: Spiny dogfish are deserving of...
    By Michael Armstrong • July 18, 2018 4:28 pm

    I received some inquiries about my recent social slights concerning those sweet little spiny dogfish (small sharks) that are pulverizing…

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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 4:25 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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