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Out of the Office: Finding inspiration over the hill

I’m standing atop a newly discovered snow mound, a sense of triumph installed in me. I feel the…

Homer’s Brayden Woods wrestles to a 6-1 loss to Wrangell’s Keegan Hanson in the Division II finals at 152 pounds Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at the state wrestling tournament at the Alaska Airlines Center in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Soldotna girls, Seward boys win state wrestling titles

Kenai Peninsula sweeps Most Outstanding Wrestler awards

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Homer at 25th Annual Grace Grizzly Classic

A snowmachine rider takes advantage of two feet of fresh snow on a field down Murwood Avenue in Soldotna, Alaska on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (Jake Dye/Peninsula Clarion)

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Snowmachine use closed in parts of Chugach National Forest, opened in refuge

On the refuge, all areas “traditionally open to snowmachine use” are now open

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Northern Lights Conference: Mariners lose to Palmer

Palmer 6, Homer 1

Homer’s Brayden Woods wrestles Nikiski’s Frank St. Denis in the championship at 152 pounds at the Kachemak Conference wrestling tournament at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska, on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. Woods won by pin. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai boys, Redington girls wear Kachemak wrestling crowns

The Kenai Central boys and Redington girls won Kachemak Conference titles Saturday at Kenai Central High School.

Students from Nikiski Middle/High School and Kenai Middle School join Jesse Bjorkman, Ken Felchle and volunteers from the Kenai Peninsula Chapter of Safari Club International on an educational moose hunt in Nikiski, Alaska, on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (Photo provided by Jesse Bjorkman)

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Lessons in big game hunting

Students learn to ethically and responsibly harvest a moose and process its meat for food

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SoHi girls, boys wrestlers take 2nd at Grace

Local squads tune up for conference tourneys

Young samplings are better than a muffin to this moose on the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. (Photo by Colin Canterbury/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: We stand on the shoulders of giant moose

This story starts 2,500 miles southeast as the raven flies from Kenai National Wildlife Refuge to the heart…

10&U Homer Glacier Kings compete against the KPHA Ice Hawks at the Kenai Multi-purpose Facility on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2023. (Photo courtesy Callie Steinberg)

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Homer Glacier Kings youth 10-U hockey team takes on Kenai

The Glacier Kings Swept the Ice Hawks in two friendly exhibitions over the weekend

Kenai Central’s Jacob Watt and Homer’s Zane Barth battle for the puck Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, at the Kenai Multi-Purpose Facility in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai Central hockey team tops Homer

The Kenai Central hockey team defeated Homer 7-0 on Thursday in Northern Lights Conference play at the Kenai…

The 2023-2024 Homer Elk’s Lodge Hoop Shoot competition, from left to right: Max Fefelov, Dylan Waltenbough, Dottie Sylce, Andrew Marley, Rio Waltenbough, John Chapple V, Tayla Darr. Back: Heath Smith Elks Hoop Shoot Director, on Saturday, Nov. 24th, in Homer, Alaska.

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Homer Elks Lodge hosts Hoop Shoot free-throw contest

After over 50 years of national contests, the free-throw contest has continued to rouse competition

Seward’s Katie Van Buskirk races in the pace at the Turkey Skate on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023, at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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SoHi’s Boonstra, Kenai’s Chase Laker win Turkey Skate to start ski season

Kenai Central’s Chase Laker and Soldotna’s Tania Boonstra won the Turkey Skate on Tuesday at Tsalteshi Trails just…