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Tyler Hippchen competes at the Kenai Klassic on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at the Kenai Nordic Trails in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai’s Hippchen, Boonstra lead after 1st day of boroughs

Kenai Central’s Tyler Hippchen and Jayna Boonstra got off to a great start Saturday at the Kenai Peninsula…

Nikiski's Brady Bostic faces pressure from Soldotna's Daniel McRorie on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hoops roundup: Soldotna sweeps Nikiski

The host Soldotna boys basketball team used a stifling half-court trap to stop Nikiski 45-30 on Saturday.

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Brandon Lajoie (arm raised) celebrates his first-period goal Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, against the Maine Nordiques at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Magicians take 2 from Bears

The host Minnesota Magicians defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 2-1 on Friday and 5-1 on Saturday in…

A day on Kachemak Bay (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Out of the Office: Water taxi talking

Reporters spend a lot of time talking to people: people they don’t know, people they do know, people…

Salt marshes are important food sources for brown bears. As we see an earlier start to the growing season or increased plant growth, bears will likely benefit from them even more. (Photo by Michael Hannam/NPS)

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Refuge Notebook: Could bears benefit from changing coastal marshes?

Flying over the Cook Inlet coast, you can look down and see expansive salt marshes where mountain rivers…

Travis Temple. (Photo by Travis Temple)

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No peninsula riders will start Iron Dog

Soldotna’s Temple wants to make area a player in race again

Kenai Central's Emma Back brings the ball up the floor against Soldotna's Autumn Fischer on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hoops roundup: Stars girls pull away from Kenai late to stay unbeaten

The Kenai Central girls basketball team gave Soldotna its stiffest test of the season Thursday. The Stars passed…

Owen Rolph. (Photo provided by Owen Rolph)

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Kenai swimmer Rolph commits to Old Dominion

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Nikiski's Austin Stafford drives on Seward's Max Pfeiffenberger and Trey Ingalls on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, at Nikiski High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hoops roundup: Seward, Homer notch sweeps

After starting their season 0-5, the Seward girls basketball team is now on a two-game winning streak.

Elizabeth Moffet skis up a hill during the Kenai Klassic on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at the Kenai Nordic Trails in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna’s Cox, Delker take Kenai Klassic

Soldotna’s Quinn Cox and Katie Delker swept the individual titles Saturday at the Kenai Klassic at the Kenai…

Soldotna's Maleda Denbrock drives on Homer's Ryan Carroll on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak)

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Soldotna girls stay perfect

Seward boys hand Kenai its 1st loss; Seahawks get 1st win on girls side

Homer’s Casey Otis takes the puck through a group of Soldotna Stars during a Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021 hockey game at the Kevin Bell Arena in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Kenai, SoHi hockey top Homer

The visiting Kenai Central and Soldotna hockey teams were able to notch wins over Homer this weekend.

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Brandon Lajoie pulls up against the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Brown Bears swept in Minot

The host Minot (North Dakota) Minotauros swept the Kenai River Brown Bears on Friday and Saturday.

Sensei Robert Brink at the Sterling Elementary School gym during promotion awards in May 2019. (Photo provided by Robert Brink)

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Sterling’s Brink inducted into U.S. Judo Hall of Fame

Sterling’s Robert Brink has been inducted into the U.S. Judo Hall of Fame as part of the Class…

A red-breasted nuthatch looks over its shoulder between bites of suet in a hanging-cage style feeder. (Photo by Todd Eskelin/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Social distancing is not just for humans

Salmonella is a type of bacteria that hits our news feeds often. Infections in human foods cause illness…

There are plenty of ways to travel in the winter. The author is seen here Nordic skating on Trail Lake in Moose Pass, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled Up in Blue: 29 years

For my 17th birthday I received a pair of figure skates that are probably collecting dust somewhere. My…

Kenai Central's Emma Beck is fouled by Nikiski's Lillian Carstens and guarded by Avery White on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, at Nikiski High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hoops roundup: Kenai boys, SoHi girls stay perfect

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Kenai Central's Landen Cialek attacks the net with Homer's Fiona Hatton defending Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Central hockey celebrates senior night by topping Homer

The Kenai Central hockey team celebrated senior night with a 4-2 victory over Homer on Tuesday night at…

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Hoops roundup: SoHi girls, Kenai boys move to 5-0

The host Soldotna girls moved to 5-0 by defeating Kenai 54-35 on Tuesday. The Kardinals fall to 2-3.

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SoHi’s Cox, Kenai’s Boonstra ski to top in Seward

Kenai Central’s Jayna Boonstra and Soldotna’s Quinn Cox did the best in a unique format at the Mile…