Ninilchik fighter wins Bellator MMA debut

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Ninilchik fighter wins Bellator MMA debut

Mixed martial arts pro fighter Austin Vanderford picked up another career win Friday night at Bellator 215 in…

SoHi girls sweep Wasilla; Stars boys pick up Saturday split

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SoHi girls sweep Wasilla; Stars boys pick up Saturday split

When it’s your year, it’s your year. And right now, the Soldotna girls are having a year.

SoHi boys, Homer girls win borough ski meet relays

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SoHi boys, Homer girls win borough ski meet relays

Saturday’s Kenai Peninsula Borough Nordic ski championships offered a small dose of redemption for the Soldotna boys team…

Brown Bears shut out Steel

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Brown Bears shut out Steel

The Kenai River Brown Bears continued the upswing they had been on before former head coach Josh Petrich…

Nikiski girls, Seward boys notch blowout wins

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Nikiski girls, Seward boys notch blowout wins

Friday’s Southcentral Conference matchup between host Nikiski and Seward featured a pair of blowouts — one not-so-surprising and…

Weekend hoops roundup: Kenai girls top Palmer, Seward; Seward boys beat Kenai

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Weekend hoops roundup: Kenai girls top Palmer, Seward; Seward boys beat Kenai

The host Kenai Central girls basketball team notched a 49-37 nonconference victory over Palmer on Friday.

The sign announcing the start of the Alaska Highway in Dawson’s Creek, British Columbia. Taken in August of 2018. (Photo by Brian Mazurek)

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Out of the Office: What a long, strange trip it’s been

If there’s one lesson I’ve learned this past year, it’s that sometimes you have to change your life,…

A “listening session” was held and recorded in Cooper Landing this week as part of an organized effort to record community residents’ observations of change on the Kenai Peninsula. (Photo provided by Kenai National Wildlife Refuge)

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Refuge notebook: Voices of the Kenai

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Steel defeat Bears in OT

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Steel defeat Bears in OT

The Kenai River Brown Bears of Dan Bogdan got off to a quick start, but lost a 2-1…

Hoops roundup: Kenai edges Homer boys in conference clash; Nikiski girls top Wasilla

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Hoops roundup: Kenai edges Homer boys in conference clash; Nikiski girls top Wasilla

The Kenai Central boys keep adding to the deepening battle for Southcentral Conference supremacy that appears headed to…

SoHi JV squads take down CIA

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SoHi JV squads take down CIA

The Soldotna JV programs both prevailed over the Cook Inlet Academy teams Tuesday night in nonconference play.

DiMarzio, Aldridge win Freezer Food Series ski race

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DiMarzio, Aldridge win Freezer Food Series ski race

Chuck DiMarzio and Morgan Aldridge won the final Freezer Food Series race of the season Sunday at Tsalteshi…

Brown Bears, Petrich broke up amicably

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Brown Bears, Petrich broke up amicably

To hear both sides tell it, former Kenai River Brown Bears head coach Josh Petrich and the organization…

Brown Bears head coach Petrich resigns for personal reasons

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Brown Bears head coach Petrich resigns for personal reasons

Kenai River Brown Bears coach Josh Petrich has resigned for personal reasons, effective immediately, the organization announced in…

Saturday prep hoops roundup

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Saturday prep hoops roundup

The Soldotna and Kenai Central girls wrapped up play at the Lady Lynx Prep Shootout at Dimond Saturday…

Palmer girls, Colony boys take Region III ski meet

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Palmer girls, Colony boys take Region III ski meet

The 19-year streak of at least one peninsula team winning a Region III nordic ski championship was broken…

Friday prep hoops roundup

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Friday prep hoops roundup

A day after their perfect season came to an end, the Soldotna girls lost again in a 58-42…

Fat Freddie’s 3: Caribou Hills never fail to tire, inspire

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Fat Freddie’s 3: Caribou Hills never fail to tire, inspire

Fat bike racers hard at work in the third annual Fat Freddie’s Bike Race and Ramble. Snowmachiners whirring…

Brown Bears split with IceRays

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Brown Bears split with IceRays

The Kenai River Brown Bears split with the Corpus Christi (Texas) IceRays this weekend at the Soldotna Regional…

Peninsula ski teams shooting for 20th straight Region III crown

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Peninsula ski teams shooting for 20th straight Region III crown

The stage is set for an unpredictable snow showdown this weekend at the Region III cross-country ski meet…