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Eskelin, Tonione, Hogue, Showalter win Psychocross

A new format led to drama and excitement in the 2017 edition of Psychocross, a mountain bike race…

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Students dismissed 90 minutes early on Wednesday

Students will be heading home 90 minutes earlier on Wednesday. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will release…

Sterling Judo Club members swept a division at the 2017 state championships: Axel Coxwell, 2nd; Peyton Williams, 1st; and Liam Way, 3rd.

Life

Sterling Judo Club resumes training

Mark your calendars for September 12, the startup date for Sterling Judo Club’s resumption of instruction and practice…

Life

Notes from the Recycling Bin

Did you know … Beer is over 90 percent water. Great beer begins with clean water. Two-thirds of…

Life

It is what it is: From the press box to the cheap seats

For the first time since I was in high school, I’ve been attending high school sporting events as…

A participant in Sunday’s Out of the Darkness Kenai Walk adorned a bib saying who she was walking for — Mason Vig and too many students. The walk started at the Kenaitze Fishery Site in Kenai, Alaska and continued down the beach for one mile. (Photo by Kat Sorensen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Community walks ‘Out of the Darkness’ for suicide awareness

Suicide rates in Alaska are at a 20-year high and it is the leading cause of death among…

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American Legion looking for volunteers for 9/11 memorial

Monday marks the sixteenth year since the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, and…

Soldotna’s Cy Updike and Cody Quelland work to bring down Palmer running back Larry Cutsforth during a 28-10 win over the Moose on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, at Palmer High School. (Photo by Tim Rockey/For the Frontiersman)

Sports

Friday football: Stars top Palmer; Kodiak holds off Kards

PALMER — The Soldotna Stars earned their 54th straight victory over the last team to beat them, the…

Kenai Central senior Addison Gibson leads a trio of Kards early in the varsity girls’ race of the Wasilla Invitational Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, at the Government Peak Recreation Area near Palmer. Gibson finished second. From left are Jaycie Calvert, Brooke Satathite and Riana Boonstra. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

Sports

Weekend cross-country roundup

The Soldotna boys and Homer girls cross-country teams notched victories Friday at the Frank Dieckgraeff Invitational, with Homer’s…

Sports

Night races set for tonight, Saturday at Twin City Raceway

The Kenai Peninsula Racing Lions – Circle Track Division will host night races tonight and Saturday at Twin…

News

Railbelt utilities make progress to pool resources

Leaders of Alaska’s largest electric utilities hope to have a green light from state regulators to form new…

Life

Voices of Faith: The Sine Wave of Life

A sine wave is a mathematical curve that, when graphed, has a smooth repetitive oscillation. Basically it is…

Letters to the Editor

Letter: Traffic cones there for workers’ safety

Traffic cones there for workers’ safety I am writing this letter on behalf of all the people that…

Opinion

Editorial: Protecting the next generation

Gov. Bill Walker recently proclaimed Sept. 9 to be Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day in Alaska. The…

Life

An Outdoor View: How to catch silvers

Early this week, I was fishing for Kenai River silvers from a neighbor’s dock in Sterling. It felt…

Large gulls congregate in a field off of Ciechanski Road in search of food.

Life

Refuge Notebook: Mystery solved!

Earlier this spring, while passing a recently fallowed hay field, I noticed some large white birds wandering through…

Life

Here’s the Thing: Keeping it real

Life looks different for me depending on the area we’re talking about. Do you ever feel like a…

Life

Learning for Life: Smart snacking for kids

Smart snacking for kids Children have smaller stomachs than adults and seem to be in constant motion, which…

A tea ceremony in Akita with local students participating. (Photos courtesy of Yasuko Lehtinen)

News

Students return from Akita Sister City Youth conference

Following the amazing performance of the Kanto Performers from the Kenai Peninsula Borough’s Sister City of Akita, Japan…

Shayne Pond and Marjorie Dempster receive big checks from the Central Peninsula Hospital Auxiliary.

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Hospital honors volunteers, awards scholarships

Central Peninsula Hospital honored its many volunteers with a summer barbecue August 16 and the auxiliary presented two…