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Nikiski grad Thompson earns academic honor

Nikiski grad Thompson earns academic honor

Rachel Thompson, a 2015 graduate of Nikiski High School, earned honorable mention on the Pac-12 Conference All-Academic team. Thompson was one of nine from the… Continue reading

Nikiski grad Thompson earns academic honor
Bird’s eye view: Homer man releases Kenai River aerial photography book

Bird’s eye view: Homer man releases Kenai River aerial photography book

From a Homer man’s passion for flying comes a book for those passionate about the Kenai River. Last weekend, Ian Reid of Eagle Eye Gallery… Continue reading

Bird’s eye view: Homer man releases Kenai River aerial photography book
Nikolaevsk set for Mix Six state tourney

Nikolaevsk set for Mix Six state tourney

The Nikolaevsk volleyball team will open play at the Mix Six state tournament at Dimond High School today after winning the Warriors’ sixth straight Denali… Continue reading

Nikolaevsk set for Mix Six state tourney
Soldotna wrestlers top Homer in dual meet

Soldotna wrestlers top Homer in dual meet

The Soldotna wrestling team celebrated senior night by defeating Homer 47-32 on Tuesday at Soldotna Prep, but the matchup with the most pedigree didn’t even… Continue reading

Soldotna wrestlers top Homer in dual meet
Crawford, Aldridge take Freezer Food Series victories

Crawford, Aldridge take Freezer Food Series victories

Mike Crawford and Morgan Aldridge were the winners of the first Freezer Food Series race of the season Sunday at Tsalteshi Trails. Crawford won the… Continue reading

Crawford, Aldridge take Freezer Food Series victories
Murray stars again as Ice Dogs complete 3-game sweep of Brown Bears

Murray stars again as Ice Dogs complete 3-game sweep of Brown Bears

The Jax Murray show continued Sunday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. For the third straight night, Division I Arizona State University recruit netted the… Continue reading

Murray stars again as Ice Dogs complete 3-game sweep of Brown Bears
Ice Dogs’ Murray in last minute of overtime Friday, Saturday to topple Bears

Ice Dogs’ Murray in last minute of overtime Friday, Saturday to topple Bears

Fairbanks Ice Dogs forward Jax Murray scored the game-winning goal in the last minute of overtime Friday and Saturday to lead the Ice Dogs to… Continue reading

Ice Dogs’ Murray in last minute of overtime Friday, Saturday to topple Bears
SoHi basketball to host Holiday Luau fundraiser

SoHi basketball to host Holiday Luau fundraiser

The Soldotna High School basketball programs will hold their Holiday Luau fundraiser on Dec. 8 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Soldotna High School… Continue reading

SoHi basketball to host Holiday Luau fundraiser
Turkey Trot tops big Thanksgiving week for Freedom House

Turkey Trot tops big Thanksgiving week for Freedom House

It’s been a big Thanksgiving week for Freedom House, which operates faith-based recovery homes in Soldotna. Freedom House opened a women’s recovery home in May… Continue reading

Turkey Trot tops big Thanksgiving week for Freedom House
Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Ice Dogs

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Ice Dogs

Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich and Fairbanks Ice Dogs head coach Trevor Stewart both are from Elk River, Minnesota, and are good… Continue reading

Series preview: Brown Bears vs. Ice Dogs
Andy Walker fits in fast with Brown Bears

Andy Walker fits in fast with Brown Bears

Before trading for Andy Walker prior to this season, Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich looked at the forward entering his last year… Continue reading

Andy Walker fits in fast with Brown Bears
Homer wrestlers blow past Kenai

Homer wrestlers blow past Kenai

The host Homer wrestling team racked up 10 forfeits in notching a 75-6 victory over Kenai Central on Wednesday. Of the four matches that were… Continue reading

Homer wrestlers blow past Kenai
Soldotna wrestlers topple Nikiski

Soldotna wrestlers topple Nikiski

Soldotna coach Neldon Gardner looked at the four forfeits his team would be giving up Tuesday night in a dual meet at Nikiski and had… Continue reading

Soldotna wrestlers topple Nikiski
Freezer Food Series trades darkness for daylight

Freezer Food Series trades darkness for daylight

The Freezer Food Series has come out of the darkness and into the light. Last year’s maiden voyage of the running, biking and skiing races… Continue reading

Freezer Food Series trades darkness for daylight
Lancer Smith lives up to billing as toughest wrestling tourney

Lancer Smith lives up to billing as toughest wrestling tourney

WASILLA — The Lancer Smith Memorial is billed as the toughest wrestling tournament in the state. Saturday, the event, once again, lived up to its… Continue reading

Lancer Smith lives up to billing as toughest wrestling tourney
Ostrander nabs 6th at NCAA Division I Cross Country nationals; McCormick, Bergholtz run at regions; Thompson’s season ends in net

Ostrander nabs 6th at NCAA Division I Cross Country nationals; McCormick, Bergholtz run at regions; Thompson’s season ends in net

Allie Ostrander, a 2015 graduate of Kenai Central, finished sixth in the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin. Ostrander, a… Continue reading

Ostrander nabs 6th at NCAA Division I Cross Country nationals; McCormick, Bergholtz run at regions; Thompson’s season ends in net
New Slikok system offers multiuse, ‘swoopy’ singletrack

New Slikok system offers multiuse, ‘swoopy’ singletrack

In preparation for the arrival of the Arctic Winter Games to the Kenai Peninsula in 2006, Dale Bagley, then the borough mayor, and Tsalteshi Trails… Continue reading

New Slikok system offers multiuse, ‘swoopy’ singletrack
True Tales Told Live to cap Startup Week

True Tales Told Live to cap Startup Week

The first True Tales Told Live of the season will cap off Startup Week at 6 p.m. Friday at Odie’s Deli in Soldotna. True Tales… Continue reading

True Tales Told Live to cap Startup Week
Magicians sweep Brown Bears

Magicians sweep Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears were swept by the Minnesota Magicians on Friday and Saturday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in North American Hockey… Continue reading

Magicians sweep Brown Bears
Homer takes 4th at ACS Invite

Homer takes 4th at ACS Invite

Bethel won the ACS Denali Auto Glass Invite on Saturday at Anchorage Christian Schools. The Warriors scored 154.5 points, while Homer led the Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading

Homer takes 4th at ACS Invite