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What New Year’s resolutions are you making?

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What New Year’s resolutions are you making?

In celebration of New Year’s 2019, the Clarion spoke with members of the community on their plans for…

SoHi girls capture Clarke Cochrane title

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SoHi girls capture Clarke Cochrane title

The Soldotna girls won’t be coming home empty-handed from their weekend trip to Ketchikan.

Weekend pucks: Brown Bears finish 2018 in Wisconsin

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Weekend pucks: Brown Bears finish 2018 in Wisconsin

The Kenai River Brown Bears returned from their 13-day holiday break to forge a weekend split in Janesville,…

Weekend hoops: SoHi girls go to Ketchikan title game

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Weekend hoops: SoHi girls go to Ketchikan title game

For the second time in two days, the Soldotna boys hoops team went to overtime, but on this…

Local hoops results at holiday tournaments

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Local hoops results at holiday tournaments

Holiday vacation doesn’t mean there’s nothing happening for prep basketball teams.

Larger, 8-team Southcentral Conference ready to rock

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Larger, 8-team Southcentral Conference ready to rock

The hoops field is getting crowded in the Class 3A Southcentral Conference.

Season preview: SoHi hoops facing challenges as lone 4A peninsula team

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Season preview: SoHi hoops facing challenges as lone 4A peninsula team

Upon waving goodbye to its crosstown rival in the N0rthern Lights Conference, the Soldotna Stars suddenly have no…

Rows of toys ready to be claimed by needy families sit on the backroom shelves of the Kenai Salvation Army Family Services store. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Holidays bring out giving spirit

Three years ago a fresh start and a new mental outlook led Soldotna’s Matt Brown to realize what…

SoHi hockey blanks Kenai

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SoHi hockey blanks Kenai

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to score on the Soldotna Stars these days.

Catriona Reynolds finishes off a victory in the 10-mile bike at the Mouth to Mouth Wild Run and Ride on Monday, May 28, 2018, at the Kenai beach. On Reynolds’ tail is Sky Carver. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai, Soldotna biking community awarded

Kenai and Soldotna were both recently awarded bronze-level status by the League of American Bicyclists for meeting standards…

Friday peninsula hoops roundup

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Friday peninsula hoops roundup

The Soldotna girls kept their opening weekend of basketball rolling Friday night with a dominant 62-29 win over…

State wrestling sees final Hutchison appearance; Homer boys capture state title

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State wrestling sees final Hutchison appearance; Homer boys capture state title

More than two decades after the first Hutchison stepped onto an Alaska state wrestling mat, the last one…

Unpredictable state wrestling tourney set to kick off

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Unpredictable state wrestling tourney set to kick off

The wars waged by the Homer and Bethel wrestling programs through each of the last three years at…

Candy Cane Scramble relocated

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Candy Cane Scramble relocated

Despite the week’s snowfall in Kenai and Soldotna, the Candy Cane Scramble prep ski race, originally scheduled for…

Nikiski girls head coach Rustin Hitchcock talks to his team Thursday against Kotzebue at the Craig Jung Kenai River Challenge at Kenai Central High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hitchcock wins in Nikiski head coaching debut

The Rustin Hitchcock era officially opened Thursday afternoon at Kenai Central High School.

“Inspecting Carol” a show within a show

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“Inspecting Carol” a show within a show

The story is well known. A greedy, desolate man learns to share the joys of Christmas with friends…

Kenai hockey loses to Juneau to stay winless in 2018

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Kenai hockey loses to Juneau to stay winless in 2018

Playing a nonconference opponent from Southeast Alaska gave the Kenai Central hockey team a chance to break their…

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Goff, Aldridge win Freezer Food Series #3

The third race of the Freezer Food Series went to Sean Goff, who won Sunday afternoon at the…

Homer teammates Josh Bradshaw (left) and Mose Hayes square off in the 152-pound championship Saturday at the Kachemak Conference wrestling tournament at Grace Christian High School in Anchorage. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer wrestling wins 4th straight region crown

There’s a reason why Saturday’s Kachemak Conference wrestling finals looked more like a Homer Mariners practice room than…

Nikiski’s Koleman McCaughey (top) wrestles with Kenai’s Tucker Vann in a dual meet Nov. 27, 2018, at Kenai Central High School. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Clarion)

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Wrestling teams unfazed as conference tournament moved after quake

The 7.0 earthquake that momentarily stopped Southcentral Alaska in its tracks last Friday left a different kind of…