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Soldotna football topples Homer

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Soldotna football topples Homer

Stars win on senior night

Tangled Up in Blue: Last looks

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Tangled Up in Blue: Last looks

From a splendidly placed saddle near Callisto Peak, you can see Bear Glacier and it’s iceberg-laden lagoon.

Refuge Notebook: Kenai birches came from Asia

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Refuge Notebook: Kenai birches came from Asia

Evidence still needed to show what Kenai birch conclusively is

Back in service

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Back in service

Volleyball returns to central peninsula as Kenai sweeps Nikiski

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Reeling ‘Em In: Nick wraps up his summer fishing column

It was a short, strange, summer but it looks like the season for doubling the layers of my…

Rally aims to save Seawolves

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Rally aims to save Seawolves

Hockey could be cut after 2020-21 season

Prep sports roundup

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Prep sports roundup

Seward, Homer compete in football, volleyball, cross-country

Out of the office: Checking items off the list

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Out of the office: Checking items off the list

Hail to the king

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Silver action is picking up in Anchor River

Varney reports on fishing

Refuge Notebook: Mosquito serves as unofficial Alaska state bird

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Refuge Notebook: Mosquito serves as unofficial Alaska state bird

Insect makes life in backcountry tough

Homer, Seward face off in cross-country, volleyball

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Homer, Seward face off in cross-country, volleyball

The Homer and Seward cross-country teams opened up the cross-country season with a dual meet Friday in Seward.

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Reeling ‘Em In: Try out Nick’s smokin’ salmon brine recipe

I was watching some cool looking, single engine, private jets rocketing out of the airport the other day…

Refuge Notebook: Landslides awakening in our glaciated mountains

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Refuge Notebook: Landslides awakening in our glaciated mountains

In 2015, a slope above Taan Fiord — an arm of Icy Bay not too far from Yakutat…

Fireweed dots the landscape on Skyline Trail on Sunday, August 16, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Tangled Up in Blue: Something about Taylor Swift

I had an interesting style during my middle and high school years, to put it softly. I showed…

Eagle River’s Zach Krajnik and teammates celebrate the second-period goal of Michael Spethmann against the Chippewa (Wisconsin) Steel on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at the Soldotna Regional Sports Complex. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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UAA proposes cutting 4 sports, including hockey

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The University of Alaska Anchorage will drop its men’s hockey program and three other…

Sun dapples the mountains near the U.S. Forest Service Trail River Campground on July 22, 2020, near Moose Pass, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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COVID camping is about slowing down and relaxing

Recreating during a pandemic presents some challenges. Is the great outdoors great enough? How do you social distance…

Nick Varney

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Reeling ‘Em In: Skill level of some fish filletters is surreal

Last weekend as I was cruising the Homer Spit’s cleaning tables to see what was flopping on the…

Refuge Notebook: Fire: The Common Denominator

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Refuge Notebook: Fire: The Common Denominator

At first glance, the boreal forest of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and the pine rocklands of Key Deer…

Konrath-Bera, McDonough triumph at Res Pass

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Konrath-Bera, McDonough triumph at Res Pass

Jacob Konrath-Bera, Laura McDonough, Chad Trammell and Meg Inokuma took titles at the Resurrection Pass Ultras on Saturday.

Runners take off at the start of the Salmon Run Series in Soldotna, Alaska, on July 8, 2020. (Photo by Jeff Helminiak/Peninsula Clarion)

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Salmon Run Series wraps up

The Salmon Run Series completed its fifth and final race of the summer this week. The series went…