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Kenai National Wildlife Refuge staff groom Marsh Lake Trail for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. (Photo provided by USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: When life gives you lemons, make a trail

The cross-country ski trails adjacent to the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters and Visitor Center at the top…

The author gets warm with a mask at Alaska’s Matanuska Glacier on Sunday, March 7, 20201. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Warming up to masks

A March 3 lead paragraph in a news story in The New York Times asked, “When can I…

Kenai Central's Bridger Beck and Anchorage Christian Schools' Matt Sanders battle for the rebound at the Southcentral Conference tournament Thursday, March 11, 2021, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer, Kenai girls to square off for state berth

Homer boys win on 1st day of conference tourney

Homer head coach Chad Felice prepares his team March 4, 2021, against Kenai Central at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Area squads ready for Southcentral tourney

A lot has happened in the world, to say the least, between 2020 and 2021 Southcentral Conference matchups…

Peter Morgan of the Kenai River Brown Bears celebrates his goal with teammates Ryan Reid, Porter Schachle, Cody Moline and Dylan Hadfield on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, against the Springfield (Illinois) Jr. Blues at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Brown Bears hold off Ice Dogs

The Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Fairbanks Ice Dogs 6-4 on Tuesday at the Breezy Point Hockey…

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Brown Bears’ Pavicich commits to UMass

Kenai River Brown Bears goalie Luke Pavicich, 18, committed to Division I University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Hockey East…

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Hoops roundup: Homer boys topple Seward

The visiting Homer boys basketball team used a strong second half to topple the Seahawks on Saturday in…

Homer’s Sophie Ellison drives to the basket against Kenai Central’s Logan Satathite on Thursday, March 4, 2021, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hoops roundup: Kenai boys topple Homer

The host Kenai Central boys wrapped up their regular season with a 61-47 victory over Homer on Thursday.

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Ninilchik boys top Nikolaevsk, improve to 12-1

The host Ninilchik boys defeated Nikolaevsk coed 98-55 on Wednesday.

Blood stars (top left) and leather stars (top right) were less impacted by the disease and are more likely to be seen today. Sunflower sea stars (bottom left), mottled sea stars (lower center, this one showing symptoms of disease) and ochre sea stars (lower right) used to be common, but were most affected by the disease and have become more rare. (Photos courtesy of Mandy Lindeberg, NOAA, and Brenda Konar, University of Alaska Fairbanks)

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Refuge Notebook: The fall of sea stars

Sea stars are a keystone species. As a top predator, they can restructure intertidal communities. For example, by…

Patrick Lewis and Kenzie Barnwell ski the trails in Anchorage, Alaska, on Feb. 7, 2021. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled Up in Blue: Ski season

Nordic skiing has been a great equalizer for me this winter. I often spend my days doing laps…

Soldotna’s Zac Buckbee defends against Homer’s Parker Lowney during a Tuesday, March 2, 2021 basketball game in the Alice Witte Gymnasium in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Hoops roundup: Soldotna girls finish undefeated on peninsula

The visiting Soldotna girls completed an undefeated season on the Kenai Peninsula with a 39-22 victory over Homer…

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Theo Thrun brings the puck up the ice on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, against the Minnesota Magicians at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Jets top Brown Bears again

The visiting Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 4-2 on Sunday at the Breezy Point…

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Ninilchik girls use late comeback to top Kenai C team

The Ninilchik girls basketball team used a late comeback to defeat host Kenai Central’s C team 32-29 on…

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Hoops roundup: Homer boys defeat Seward

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Kenai Central's Gregory Fallon skis down a hill in the 10-kilometer freestyle Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, at the state Nordic ski meet at Government Peak Recreation Area just north of Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman)

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Kenai skiers clean up at Division II state level

The Kenai Central ski team cleaned up at the Division II level at the state Nordic ski meet…

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Laudon Poellinger jumps on the boards to celebrate his first-period goal against the Fairbanks Ice Dogs with Brandon Lajoie and Ryan Reid at the Soldotna Sports Center in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Jets defeat Brown Bears

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Hoops roundup: Soldotna girls move to 13-0

The host Soldotna girls basketball team cruised past Kenai Central on Thursday to improve to 13-0 and 4-0…

Kenai Central's Tyler Hippchen competes at the state Nordic ski meet Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, at Government Peak Recreation Area just north of Palmer, Alaska. (Photo by Tim Rockey/Frontiersman)

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SoHi’s Cox, Kenai’s Boonstra lead area skiers at state

Soldotna senior Quinn Cox and Kenai Central sophomore Jayna Boonstra led the Kenai Peninsula on Thursday on the…

Soldotna's Erika Arthur skis to victory Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, at the second day of Kenai Peninsula Borough ski meet at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Area ski teams set for state

Kenai Central coach Brad Nyquist and Soldotna coach Isaac Erhardt have no idea what to expect from the…