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Aerial photo of the Kenai River in Alaska. (Photo by Dave Merz/FWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Flying a remote sensing mission on the refuge

Editor’s Note: This is the fourth and final part of a series the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is…

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Week 7: Area football fans can attend 3 impactful games

Week 8 features three games with postseason implications on the central peninsula, and thanks to the desire to…

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Tsalteshi ready to host region meet

A Region 3 cross-country meet at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna is such a pleasant experience in…

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CIA soccer moves to Borealis semis

Noah Castenholz had a hat trick in the first half and the Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team…

Community soccer players after a special match celebrating the life of Drew Brown at Homer High School Field on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. (Photo by Uliana Reutov)

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OOTO: Our Soccer Community

Imagine a park ranger, a lawyer, a teacher, an artist, a fisherman, a student, an engineer and more…

Nikiski's Alexa Iyatunguk leaps to block a ball on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 at Nikiski Middle/High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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SoHi volleyball sweeps Nikiski’s homecoming match

The Nikiski Bulldogs were swept by the Soldotna Stars in Nikiski’s homecoming volleyball game Thursday.

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Soldotna volleyball tops Homer

The Soldotna volleyball team went on the road to notch a 3-1 nonconference victory over Homer on Tuesday.…

Kenai Central quarterback Bridger Beck throws under pressure from Houston's Keldin Nicoll on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2022, at Ed Hollier Field at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Houston gets 1st victory in program history at Kenai

The scary thing for the rest of Division III is the Kenai Central football team did very little…

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Homer volleyball defeats Seward

The Homer volleyball team improved to 2-1 in the Southcentral Conference and 2-2 in nontournament play with a…

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CIA coed soccer finishes perfect in conference

The Cook Inlet Academy coed soccer team won home games Friday and Saturday to finish the regular season…

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Thomason, Aldridge stay on top of cyclocross series

Eric Thomason and Morgan Aldridge remained the only winners this year in the Chainwreck Cyclocross Series at Tsalteshi…

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Jets bounce back to topple Bears

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears dropped a 5-1 decision to the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets on Friday in…

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Seward volleyball tops Nikiski

The host Seward volleyball team topped Nikiski 26-24, 25-23, 21-25 and 25-19 on Friday in Southcentral Conference action.

Soldotna's Wyatt Faircloth rushes against Wasilla on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Wasilla, Alaska. (Photo by Jeremiah Bartz/Frontiersman)

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Soldotna football rolls past Wasilla, stays perfect

Another trip to the Mat-Su, and another big win for the Soldotna Stars.

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Colony swimmers sweep Kenai Invite

The Colony girls and boys swimming and diving teams swept the Kenai Invitational on Friday and Saturday at…

Homer’s Carter Tennison runs with the ball, pursued by Nikiski’s Drake Brankel, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, at Nikiski High School in Nikiski, Alaska. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Homer football comes back to defeat Nikiski

Homer won out in a nonconference match in Nikiski on Friday. The final score was 46-36.

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Brown Bears take series from Jets

The visiting Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets 4-3 in overtime Saturday in North American…

The daddy longlegs Nelima paessleri is abundant in Kenai Peninsula forests. It commonly enters crawl spaces in the fall. (Photo by Matt Bowser/UWFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Daddy longlegs of home, garden and mountains

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in 2005. It is republished with some updates.

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Homer’s McDonough, Seward’s Ingalls win borough titles

Homer’s Seamus McDonough and Seward’s Hailey Ingalls won individual titles at the Kenai Peninsula Borough Championships in Homer…

Kenai River Brown Bears goalie Bryant Marks saves a shot by Jack Ring of the Fairbanks Ice Dogs on Friday, March 12, 2022, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Bears top Jets; Marks commits to UAA

The Kenai River Brown Bears defeated the host Janesville (Wisconsin) Jets 2-1 in overtime Thursday in North American…