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Soldotna’s Ellie Burns reaches for a block on Palmer's Paige Marshall during a loss to Palmer in the first round of the Northern Lights Conference tournament Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Palmer High School in Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Ron Jones/matsusports.net)

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Hoops roundup: Nanwalek, Ninilchik win at state

The Nanwalek and Ninilchik basketball teams picked up victories at state, while the Soldotna girls and boys lost…

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Barak Braslavski checks Minnesota Wilderness forward William Persson behind Brown Bears goalie Bryant Marks on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Wilderness topple Brown Bears

The Minnesota Wilderness defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 3-1 on Thursday at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex…

Ninilchik’s Justin Trail saves the ball in front of Kenai Central’s Luke Armstrong and Eli McCubbins on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ninilchik boys seek to cap perfect season

The Ninilchik boys basketball team will look to cap a perfect season with a title at the Class…

Seward’s Lena Jagielski passes under pressure from Jolie Widaman, Katelyn Morrison and Adarra Hagelund on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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SoHi girls, boys seek state berths at NLC tourney

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Brown Bears to host Wilderness

The Kenai River Brown Bears will host the Minnesota Wilderness tonight at 7 p.m., then Friday and Saturday…

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Nanwalek loses opener at state

The Nanwalek boys fell to Scammon Bay 66-48 on Wednesday in the first round of the Class 1A…

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Nanwalek boys ready for 1st state appearance

The Nanwalek boys basketball team will make its first appearance at a state basketball tournament tonight when the…

The Ninilchik boys celebrate the Interior Conference title Friday, March 11, 2022, in Tok, Alaska. (Photo provided by team)

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Ninilchik boys win Interior Conference

The Ninilchik boys basketball team won the Interior Conference championship game Friday in Tok to advance to the…

Kenai Central's Emma Beck keeps the ball from Olivia Glasman on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at the Peninsula Conference tournament at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Grace Christian sweeps Peninsula Conference titles; Kenai girls, Homer boys take 2nd

The Grace Christian girls and boys basketball teams claimed Peninsula Conference titles Friday at Kenai Central High School.

The Kenai River Brown Bears celebrate a goal by Carter Cloutier (21) against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday, March 11, 2022, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Brown Bears, Ice Dogs split series

The Kenai River Brown Bears and Fairbanks Ice Dogs split a pair of North American Hockey League games…

The author unloading helicopter H551 on Mt. Hoffman, Yosemite National Park. (Photo by NPS)

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Learning the ropes on the Wildland Firefighter Apprenticeship Program

It’s a sunny day in May 2020 at the Crane Flat Helibase. Myself and four other “rookie” (new)…

Skiers take off for the men’s 40K freestyle race at Sunday’s Tour of Tsalteshi event just outside of Soldotna on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Back in rhythm

At the beginning of February, I began reading “If Beale Street Could Talk” by James Baldwin.

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Brown Bears ready to host Ice Dogs

The Kenai River Brown Bears host the Fairbanks Ice Dogs tonight and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the…

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Ninilchik boys make championship game

The Ninilchik boys defeated Tok 87-43 on Thursday to move to the championship game of the Interior Conference…

Kenai Central's Bridger Beck battles Homer's Ryan Carroll and Noah Irons for the ball Thursday, March 10, 2022, at the Peninsula Conference tournament at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai, Grace to play for girls, boys titles

The girls and boys championship games will both feature Kenai Central and Grace Christian today at the Peninsula…

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Brand-new Peninsula Conference tourney debuts

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Ninilchik’s Justin Trail drives to the basket against Kenai Central on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ninilchik boys take top seed into Interior Conference tournament

The Ninilchik boys basketball team takes the top seed and an undefeated overall record into the Interior Conference…

Ninilchik's Justin Trail saves the ball in front of Kenai Central's Luke Armstrong and Eli McCubbins on Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Ninilchik boys top Kenai, complete perfect regular season

The visiting Ninilchik boys basketball team defeated Kenai Central 70-37 on Saturday in nonconference action to finish the…

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Hoops roundup: Lumen Christi sweeps Peninsula Conference titles again, Nanwalek boys clinch historic state berth

Lumen Christi swept the Peninsula Conference titles for the second straight year Friday at the conference tournament at…

Mt. Chiginagak on Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge 30 miles southeast of Ugashik. (Photo by B. Wishnek/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Protecting Alaska from invasive species: A common goal near and far

Many regard Alaska for its wild and free landscapes and its importance to fish, wildlife, plants and people.…