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SoHi girls, Nikiski boys fall in Joe Floyd semifinals

Both the Soldotna girls and Nikiski boys lost in the semifinals of the 54th Annual Joe Floyd Christmas…

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SoHi girls, Kodiak boys reach Joe Floyd semis

The Soldotna girls and Nikiski boys basketball teams each played their way into the semifinals of the 54th…

Patrick Lewis hikes out of the Grand Canyon on a recent five-day trip to the National Park. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled Up In Blue: We’ll meet again someday

Over the five years that I’ve written Tangled Up In Blue, a lot has happened that seems so…

A scud (Gammarus lacustris) collected from North Vogel Lake. Trout and other fish depend on invertebrates like this scud for food. (Photo by Matt Bowser/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Checking on the little things that fish need

Whether or not we care about these tiny animals themselves, fish depend on them as food.

Brown Bears forward Cole Dubicki and Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel forward Ethan Benz tangle for the puck Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Dubicki gets Midwest Division Star of Week

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Cole Dubicki was named the Bauer Hockey Midwest Division Star of the Week…

Olympic gold medalist Lydia Jacoby waves to the crowd in Seward during her celebratory parade on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Jacoby withdraws from worlds due to close contact

Seward High School senior Lydia Jacoby had to withdraw from the 2021 FINA Short Course World Championships in…

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Kenai grad Danielson leads area at Besh Cups

Karl Danielson, a 2018 graduate of Kenai Central now skiing for the Alaska Pacific University Nordic Ski Center,…

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Friday hoops roundup

The Redington boys and Juneau-Douglas girls go into the final day of the Craig Jung Kenai River Challenge…

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Kenai hockey sweeps Kodiak

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Juneau girls, Redington boys win Craig Jung tourney

The Juneau-Douglas girls and Redington boys both clinched titles Saturday at the Craig Jung Kenai River Challenge at…

Soldotna High School's Trinity Donovan wins her third straight wrestling title during the state girls tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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6 Peninsula wrestlers claim state titles

By CAMILLE BOTELLO

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Jr. Blues top Bears in extra time Friday, Saturday

The Kenai River Brown Bears lost in a shootout Friday and in overtime Saturday at the Springfield (Illinois)…

Allie Ostrander, third from left, competes in the women’s 3000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials on Thursday, June 24, 2021, in Eugene, Oregon. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Ostrander takes step back from professional running

Allie Ostrander announced on Instagram this week that she has decided to end her contract with Brooks Running…

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Bears shut out Jr. Blues

The Kenai River Brown Bears went on the road to defeat the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues 6-0 on…

Kenai Central's Owen Whicker and Soldotna's Ezekiel Miller wrestle at Kenai Central High School on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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SoHi hunts for state wrestling title

Every half point mattered for the Soldotna wrestling team Friday and Saturday at the Northern Lights Conference tournament…

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Tourneys kick off prep hoops season

The Kenai girls, Redington boys, Juneau-Douglas girls and Nikiski boys opened their seasons with victories Thursday at the…

Skating on Jean Lake on Nov. 21, 2021. (Photo courtesy Sabine Poux on Ashlyn O’Hara’s camera)

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Out of the Office: Solace in skating

I’m used to the cold, but Alaska’s darkness has proved difficult to get used to.

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Nikiski JV basketball knocks off CIA

The host Nikiski junior varsity girls basketball team notched a 31-28 overtime victory over Cook Inlet Academy on…

A flowering roundleaf orchid (Galearis rotundifolia). A splash of bright color on a green ground cover. (Photo by Samuel Artaiz/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: A needle in a peatland haystack

Touching down, we could feel the widened skids sink, yet securely, on what was a soggy layer of…

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Mt. Edgecumbe cancellation forces hoops schedule changes

The Mt. Edgecumbe boys basketball team will not be able to travel to the Kenai Peninsula this week…