The Seward and Kenai Central cheerleading squads pose after the March Madness Alaska state cheerleading competition at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage on March 20. Kenai, in the top row, is Samuel Ward, Hannah Olson, Nia Calvert, Arielle Hamar, Karley Harden, Sirinda Rongsakul, Morgan Mallory, Rileigh Pace, Keelin McGraw and Valerie Brophy. The Seward squad, bottom row, is Emilia Whitcomb, Kyrsten Johnson-Gray, Gaia Casagranda and Jessica Batubara. (Photo provided by Kenai Central)

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Seward wins Division II state cheerleading crown; Kenai 2nd

The Seward cheerleading squad took first in Division II, while Kenai Central was second, on March 20 at…

Painting Lines

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Painting Lines

I have been drawing those lines my whole life.

Results posted for final snowmachine drag races of season

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Results posted for final snowmachine drag races of season

Freddie’s Roadhouse, located at Mile 16 Oilwell Road in the Caribou Hills near Ninilchik, ended the snowmachine drag…

Former Congressman John Dingell Jr., who passed away last month, with Regional Director Tom Melius and John Hartig, former manager of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, in 2017 (Photo by USFWS).

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Refuge Notebook: The passing of a conservation hero

Last month, John D. Dingell Jr. passed away. He represented Michigan in the U.S. House of Representatives from…

Anchorage’s Lars Arneson, a 2009 graduate of Cook Inlet Academy, passes Seward’s Erik Johnson to take seventh place at the Mount Marathon Race on July 4, 2018, in Seward. Johnson finished eighth.(Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Runners with peninsula ties win Crazy Lazy V

The mountain running season kicked off Saturday with Crazy Lazy V in Palmer, a six-mile run that starts…

Nikiski falls in 3A hoops title game to ACS

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Nikiski falls in 3A hoops title game to ACS

On the opening tip of Saturday’s Class 3A girls state title game, the Nikiski girls basketball team had…

3A state hoops: Nikiski girls clinch finals showdown, Kenai finishes 3rd

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3A state hoops: Nikiski girls clinch finals showdown, Kenai finishes 3rd

The Nikiski girls used a powerful fourth quarter to pick up a 62-54 tournament semifinal victory over Barrow…

4A state hoops: SoHi boys, girls finish 5th after semifinal losses

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4A state hoops: SoHi boys, girls finish 5th after semifinal losses

In a tournament full of upsets, the Class 4A boys state basketball championships have been anything but predictable.

West Valley boys soccer topples Soldotna

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West Valley boys soccer topples Soldotna

The West Valley boys soccer team defeated Soldotna 4-0 on Friday at The Dome in Anchorage.

Saturday: Ice Dogs beat Bears, clinch Ravn Cup

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Saturday: Ice Dogs beat Bears, clinch Ravn Cup

The Fairbanks Ice Dogs defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 5-1 on Saturday in North American Hockey League…

SoHi squads win 1st day of 4A state hoops

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SoHi squads win 1st day of 4A state hoops

Survive and advance.

3A hoops: Kenai, Nikiski

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3A hoops: Kenai, Nikiski

It wasn’t pretty, but the Nikiski girls are moving on in the Class 3A state championship tournament.

In this scene from Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1962 film ‘Ivan’s Childhood,’ two characters kiss over a ravine in a birch forest.

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Tangled up in Blue: In the birch grove

I’m ready for the snow to melt. I don’t want my fellow winter recreation enthusiasts to hate me…

Refuge notebook: 2 refuges on the Pacific Flyway share similarities, differences

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Refuge notebook: 2 refuges on the Pacific Flyway share similarities, differences

In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island, off the coast of Florida, as the first federal refuge.…

West Valley boys soccer topples Kenai

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West Valley boys soccer topples Kenai

The Kenai Central boys soccer team opened up its season with a 7-1 loss to West Valley at…

Ice Dogs defeat Brown Bears

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Ice Dogs defeat Brown Bears

The Fairbanks Ice Dogs defeated the Kenai River Brown Bears 5-2 on Thursday in North American Hockey League…

Nikiski, Kenai girls off to 3A state tourney

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Nikiski, Kenai girls off to 3A state tourney

Two peninsula programs travel to the Class 3A girls state championship tournament this weekend with dreams of cutting…

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Trey LaBarge jumps between Cole Thiessen and Shane Hathaway of the Topeka (Kansas) Pilots on Friday, Feb. 2, 2019, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Brown Bears ready to host Ice Dogs in final 3 home games of season

Kenai River Brown Bears interim head coach Dan Bogdan has any number of motivational ploys at his disposal…

Nikiski’s Bethany Carstens drives in a nonconference game at Soldotna High School this season. (Photo by Joey Klecka/Peninsula Carion)

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Carstens repeats as Class 3A Player of the Year

Nikiski senior Bethany Carstens repeated as the Class 3A Player of the Year in Knight’s Taxidermy/Alaska Association of…

SoHi teams ready for deep 4A state fields

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SoHi teams ready for deep 4A state fields

The trajectories that have taken the Soldotna boys and girls basketball programs to the Class 4A state tournament…