Kenai’s Amber Nash defends Homer’s Sophie Ellison during the conference game in Kenai on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. (Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kenai girls, Homer boys notch wins

The Kenai girls basketball team won their senior night conference matchup against Homer on Saturday, 43-34, putting the…

Soldotna’s Tanner Inman looks to drive on Homer’s Mel Morris on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Hoops roundup: SoHi, Kenai hoops get sweeps

The Soldotna girls basketball crew pulled out a nonconference win against Homer on Thursday night, 39-34, lifting the…

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Anita Harry, Merlin Cordes and Corise Story were inducted into the Alaska School Activities Association Hall of Fame Friday night during the Sons of the American Legion Homer Winter Carnival basketball tournament. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)

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ASAA Hall of Fame inductees honored

Story, Cordes and Harry were recognized for their years of excellence.

Soldotna's Jordan Ruffner starts the girls 5-kilometer classic mass start race Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at the Region III ski championships at Tsalteshi Trails just outside of Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Camille Botello/Peninsula Clarion)

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Palmer girls, Colony boys wear region ski crowns

Palmer’s Rosie Whittington-Evans and Colony’s Jayden Rice each took home skimeister awards and led their teams to first-place…

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Out of the Office: Catching COVID

I caught COVID a couple of weeks ago and it sucked. I’m not sure how I was exposed,…

A hairy woodpecker on the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge in Texas. Notice the bill is as long as the head? (Photo by Laurie Sheppard, USFWS National Digital Library)

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Refuge Notebook: Woodpecker doppelgangers

I was listening to the distinct sound of a woodpecker drumming a few days ago and caught a…

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The Kenai National Moose Range’s three LeTourneau crushers off of Mystery Creek Road, March 14, 1978. (Photo provided by USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: Forest regeneration efforts benefit moose on wildlife refuge

From time to time, we reshare past Refuge Notebook articles. We selected this article as part of our…

Dr. Alan Boraas leads a tour of Kalifornsky Village, a former Native settlement, in April 2014. Boraas was a professor of anthropology at Kenai Peninsula College, an honorary member of the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and the driving force behind the creation, maintenance and expansion of the Tsalteshi Ski Trails.
(Photo courtesy of Jenny Neyman)

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Out of the Office: Best ski of the year

Memory is strongly tied to place. That’s why I can never take the ski from Arc Lake to…

The Hidden, Engineer and Skilak lakes in Skilak Wildlife Recreation Area can be seen from Hideout Hill in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on Nov. 17, 2021. The refuge is celebrating its 80th winter. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Celebrating in the snow

Refuge announces February activities

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Homer takes 3rd; Kenai tops SoHi for 4th

The Homer hockey team defeated North Pole 4-0 on Saturday at the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center…