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People hold flags of the participating teams of the 2023 Arctic Winter Games.
    Peninsula athletes compete, make connections at Arctic Winter...
    By Jacob Dye • February 16, 2023 2:30 am

    Fifteen athletes represented the Kenai Peninsula in the 2023 Arctic Winter Games earlier this month as part of Team Alaska….

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    Members of the Kenai Central High School cheerleading team (back row, left to right): Kaitlyn Taylor, Sylvia McGraw, Malena Grieme, Maya Montague, Cali Holmes and Genesis Trevino; (front row, left to right): Makenzie Harden, Ella Romero and Brooklyn Reed stand for a photo at the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Monday, Jan. 1, 2023, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. (Photo courtesy Brianna Force)
    Hard work and good attitudes pay off
    By Jacob Dye • January 11, 2023 5:30 pm

    Kenai Central Cheerleading performs at Citrus Bowl in Florida

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    Homer hoists the Division III state championship trophy Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, at Service High School in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
    State champions
    By Jeff Helminiak • October 21, 2022 2:30 am

    Homer shocks Houston for school’s 1st state football title

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    Grace Christian’s David Sliwinski and Homer’s Seamus McDonough both make their last push to the finish chute during the Region 3/Division II race on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)
    SoHi’s Jedlicki, Seward’s Ingalls nab 1st region titles
    By Jacob Dye • October 7, 2022 1:30 am

    The Region 2 and Region 3 cross-country running championships were held at Tsalteshi Trails behind Skyview Middle School on Saturday

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    The Kevin Bell Arena ice rink nears completion on Sept. 29, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. The Homer Hockey Association announced Wednesday that the arena was closed indefinitely due to insufficient insurance coverage. (Photo by Charlie Menke/ Homer News)
    Homer hockey arena closed due to insufficient insurance
    By Jacob Dye • October 6, 2022 1:30 am

    The board of directors discovered that their liability insurance policy is inactive

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    Lance Mackey sits with his lead dogs Larry, right, and Maple after crossing the finish line of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March 18, 2009, in Nome, Alaska, to win his third Iditarod in a row. Mackey, a four-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race winner and one of mushing’s most colorful and accomplished champions who also suffered from health and drug issues, died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, his father and kennel announced on Facebook. He was 52. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
    Cancer claims 4-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey
    By Mark Thiessen Associated Press • September 14, 2022 2:30 am

    Officials with the world’s most famous sled dog race said Iditarod Nation was in mourning

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    Skyler Rodriquez, left, and Leif Restad, right, swim across Kachemak Bay near Homer, Alaska, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Kayakers Brita Restad, left, and Autumn Daigle, right, helped guide them. (Photo by Ella Blanton Yourkowski)
    Homer youth swim across Kachemak Bay
    By Charlie Menke • August 31, 2022 2:30 am

    Local swim team members accomplish daring goal.

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    Kenai Central High School’s Gregory Fallon and Grace Christian School’s Robbie Annett run toward the finish line at the 2022 Ted McKenney XC Running Invitational at Skyview Middle School on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
    McKenney Invite welcomes over 25 schools
    By Ashlyn O'Hara • August 24, 2022 2:30 am

    Kenai’s Boonstra, Homer’s McDonough lead area runners

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    Dave Hancock throws in the weight-for-distance event at the Kachemak Bay Highland Games on Saturday, July 2, 2022, at Karen Hornaday Park in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong)
    Fraley wins Highland games
    By Michael Armstrong • July 6, 2022 2:30 am

    Participants from Alaska and even Hawaii competed in the 2022 Kachemak Bay Highland Games last Saturday and Sunday. Zach Fraley…

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    Former Homer High School athletic director poses on Friday, July 1, 2022, at the high school athletic field in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Work ethic, grit and teamwork
    By Camille Botello • July 6, 2022 1:30 am

    After two decades, Homer athletic director says goodbye to program he helped build

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    Silas Firth, left, Emily Knight, center, and Craig Albers, right, run past lupines in the 2022 Homer Spit Run 10k and Half Marathon on Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
Silas Firth, left, Emily Knight, center, and Craig Albers, right, run past lupines in the 2022 Homer Spit Run 10k and Half Marathon on Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
    Markelz wins Spit Run 10k
    By Michael Armstrong • June 29, 2022 2:30 am

    2022 Spit Run honors former Homer mayor, avid runner

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    More than 140 runners participated in the 10K to the Bay run on Saturday, June 26. The race began at Homer High School and finished at Land's End on the Spit. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Spit Run 10K and Half Marathon is next...
    By Michael Armstrong • June 16, 2022 2:30 am

    The Annual Homer Spit Run – 10k Run to the Bay and the Cosmic Hamlet Half Marathon will be held…

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    Representatives of Team Sweaty Bettys were awarded the traveling trophy at the awards event on Saturday, June 4 at SPARC. Pictured here from left to right, and joined by their children for the photo, team members: Jen Liston, Mary Liston, Devry Garity, Lilia Johnson, Juley Kalugen. (Photo provided)
    Sweaty Bettys win Homer Steps challenge
    By Staff report Homer News • June 15, 2022 2:30 am

    Out of 658 participants on 60 teams who walked a total of 168,440,076 steps in the annual Homer Steps Walking…

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