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SoHi, Homer soccer teams lose Saturday road games

The Soldotna and Homer girls and boys soccer teams all took losses Saturday on the road. Colony girls 1, Soldotna 0 The visiting Stars stand… Continue reading

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Soccer roundup: SoHi girls notch 1st win

The Soldotna girls soccer team defeated North Pole 2-1 on Friday at Palmer High School in nonconference play to move to 1-0-1 on the season.… Continue reading

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SoHi baseball sweeps Kodiak

The Soldotna baseball team started off the Southcentral Conference season by sweeping host Kodiak on Thursday. The Stars took the first game 10-0, before winning… Continue reading

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Kenai Central's Cali Holmes tries to clear the ball from Soldotna's Caleigh Glassmaker and Caylee Uribe-Koivisto on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Soccer roundup: SoHi boys win; Kenai, SoHi girls tie

The Soldotna and Kenai Central soccer teams got in a good dress rehearsal for conference play with nonconference games Thursday at Soldotna. The girls played… Continue reading

Kenai Central's Cali Holmes tries to clear the ball from Soldotna's Caleigh Glassmaker and Caylee Uribe-Koivisto on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
The bridge at Tonsina Point. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

Out of the Office: Tackling Tonsina

I’m reluctant to hike alone in Alaska. As much as I like being by myself and wandering in the woods, my concerns about encountering wildlife… Continue reading

The bridge at Tonsina Point. (Ashlyn O'Hara/Peninsula Clarion)
YCC Enrollees harvest beetle-killed spruce for a facility enhancement project. (Photo by Nick Longobardi/FWS)

Refuge Notebook: Youth Conservation Corps: A legacy of hard work and good times

Do you know a local high school student who likes to work hard in the outdoors, doesn’t mind getting their hands dirty, and is looking… Continue reading

YCC Enrollees harvest beetle-killed spruce for a facility enhancement project. (Photo by Nick Longobardi/FWS)
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Homer soccer sweeps Nikiski

The Homer and Nikiski soccer teams opened up their seasons with the host Mariners notching a Peninsula Conference sweep Tuesday night. The Mariners girls registered… Continue reading

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Kenai River Brown Bears forward Nick Stevens runs into Minnesota Magicians goalie Josh Langford on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Brown Bears win season finale

If there’s such a thing as a perfect way to end a 14-41-3-2 season, the Kenai River Brown Bears found it Saturday night in front… Continue reading

Kenai River Brown Bears forward Nick Stevens runs into Minnesota Magicians goalie Josh Langford on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
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Homer softball drops final 2 at Kodiak tourney

The Homer softball team dropped two games Saturday in the Emerald Isle Invitational in Kodiak. Saturday, the tournament featured bracket play and Homer lost 10-7… Continue reading

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Soldotna's Kaytlin McAnelly won the Alaska Airlines Pentathlon on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at the Big C Relays at The Dome in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo provided)

Soldotna trio leads area Saturday at Big C Relays

Soldotna High School’s Kaytlin McAnelly, Dylan Dahlgren and Jordan Strausbaugh led the Kenai Peninsula on the second day of the Big C Relays on Saturday… Continue reading

Soldotna's Kaytlin McAnelly won the Alaska Airlines Pentathlon on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at the Big C Relays at The Dome in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo provided)
Andrew Marley, the 2021 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner, at left, holds his prize winning 25.62-pound white king salmon on Saturday, April 17, on the Homer Spit in Homer. Helping him are his father, Jay Marley, center, and older brother Weston Marley, right. The family team included Erica Marley, not shown, all fishing on the Fly Dough. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

Winter King postponed to Sunday

The 28th annual Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament has been postponed to Sunday

Andrew Marley, the 2021 Homer Winter King Salmon Tournament winner, at left, holds his prize winning 25.62-pound white king salmon on Saturday, April 17, on the Homer Spit in Homer. Helping him are his father, Jay Marley, center, and older brother Weston Marley, right. The family team included Erica Marley, not shown, all fishing on the Fly Dough. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)
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Magicians topple Brown Bears

The Kenai River Brown Bears dropped a 5-3 decision to the Minnesota Magicians on Friday in North American Hockey League play at the Soldotna Regional… Continue reading

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Kenai Central's Chloe Goldsby and Soldotna's Zayra Poage battle for the ball Friday, April 8, 2022, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Kenai Central hosts soccer jamboree

A soccer jamboree kicked off Friday at Kenai Central High School with a series of short games to get Kenai Peninsula teams ready for the… Continue reading

Kenai Central's Chloe Goldsby and Soldotna's Zayra Poage battle for the ball Friday, April 8, 2022, at Kenai Central High School in Kenai, Alaska. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
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Homer softball gets 1st wins of season

The Homer softball picked up its first two wins of the season Friday at the Emerald Isle Invitational in Kodiak. The Mariners improved to 2-5… Continue reading

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Soldotna girls win distance medley relay

The prep track season began Friday with the Big C Relays at The Dome in Anchorage. The relays continue today. The Soldotna girls distance medley… Continue reading

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Homer softball drops 3 games at Kodiak tourney

The Homer softball team went 0-3 Thursday at the first day of the Emerald Isle Invitational in Kodiak. The Mariners lost 8-7 to Eagle River,… Continue reading

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The west fork of the Moose River in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, March 23, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

Out of the Office: Precipice

On Oct. 31, 2021, I ran down to Headquarters Lake in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge hoping to see some signs that the lake would… Continue reading

The west fork of the Moose River in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, March 23, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)
A brown bear on the refuge captured on a trail camera, an example that den entrance and emergence varies and you can expect to see bears at any time of the year. (Image by Colin Canterbury/FWS)

Refuge Notebook: Sharing the landscape as bears wake up this spring

Snow and extreme cold were early this year. The conditions made for fantastic cross-country skiing, and the early deep snow turned icy with repeated warming… Continue reading

A brown bear on the refuge captured on a trail camera, an example that den entrance and emergence varies and you can expect to see bears at any time of the year. (Image by Colin Canterbury/FWS)
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Kodiak softball takes 2 from Homer

The visiting Homer softball team dropped a pair of Northern Lights Conference contests Wednesday in Kodiak. The Bears toppled the Mariners 20-12 and 15-0 as… Continue reading

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Soldotna senior Rhys Cannava, with parents Joe and Dana Cannava, signs her National Letter of Intent on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo provided)

Cannava signs to play soccer at Fort Lewis College

Soldotna senior Rhys Cannava, with parents Joe and Dana Cannava, signs her National Letter of Intent on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo provided)

Soldotna senior Rhys Cannava, with parents Joe and Dana Cannava, signs her National Letter of Intent on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at Soldotna High School in Soldotna, Alaska. (Photo provided)