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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: A time of traditions

Tradition is what makes our holidays special.

Brown Bears remain in 1st after series with Jets

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Brown Bears remain in 1st after series with Jets

The Kenai River Brown Bears remain in first place in the North American Hockey League Midwest Division after…

Refuge Notebook: The Refuge Notebook passes millennium milestone

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Refuge Notebook: The Refuge Notebook passes millennium milestone

“Welcome to Refuge Notebook. This is day one, page one of a new weekly column devoted to life…

Resurrection Bay is photographed from Seward, Alaska, in March, 2018. (Photo by Erin Thompson/Peninsula Clarion)

News

Board of Fisheries discusses aquatic plants

Two proposals were on the docket.

Minister’s Message: Remembering the greatest gift of all on Christmas

Life

Minister’s Message: Remembering the greatest gift of all on Christmas

Christmas is about the gifts. But not the kind that can be purchased with a credit card.

Ann Berg

Life

Pioneer Potluck: Reminiscing about Christmas Past

This article was co-authored by daughter Susan Jordan.

This Dec. 3, 2019 photo shows Santa Claus arriving in Napakiak, Alaska, on an Alaska National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The Guard brought its Operation Santa Claus to the western Alaska community, which is being severely eroded by the nearby Kuskokwim River. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Santa, soldiers bring joy to Alaska village

The Alaska National Guard gave folks a reason to smile, thanks to its “Operation Santa Claus” program.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to members of the media before welcoming Juneau residents to the Governor’s Open House on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)                                Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks to members of the media before welcoming Juneau residents to the Governor’s Open House on Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

Opinion

Dunleavy: Operation Lady Justice brings violence against women front and center

Alaskan women are killed by men at the highest rate in the country.

Students from Kenai Central and Nikiski Middle/High School are recognized as Students of the Month at the Kenai and Soldotna Chambers of Commerce Luncheon at the Kenai Visitor and Cultural Center on Dec. 4, 2019. From left: Kenai Central High School Principal Briana Randle, Hunter Beck, Scott Cunningham, Damaris Severson, Tucker Mueller, Bryan McCollum, Kaycee Bostic, Kaitlyn Johnson and Nikiski Middle/High School Principal Dan Carstens. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

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Schools briefs for the week of Dec. 15-22

What’s happening this week

Big Jim (left) and Little Jim show off some of the furs from a recent winter’s trapping season, circa late 1950s. (Photo courtesy of Mona Painter)

Life

The two Jims, part two: Coming home and battling a bully

In their early days in the Cooper Landing area, the Jims needed a place to live.

Prep hockey: Homer sweeps, Kenai splits on road

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Prep hockey: Homer sweeps, Kenai splits on road

The Palmer Moose scored twice in the third period to pick up a 4-2 Railbelt Conference hockey win…

An American red squirrel eating white spruce seeds. (Photo by Courtney Celley/USFWS)

Sports

Refuge notebook: Squirrels are incredible

I recently took a family vacation to my home state of Minnesota to visit family and friends. We…

Ann Berg

Life

Homesteading in Nikiski without power

In our younger days I cooked every meal on the woodstove, as we lived here for 5 years…

The gear hound evolves

Life

The gear hound evolves

Maybe it started when I was a little kid, and the Sears catalogue would show up in the…

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News

Schools briefs for the week of Dec. 9-13, 2019

What’s happening this week.

Landsat 8 data showing the head (SE Corner) of the Swan Lake Fire on June 8, 2019. (Photo provided by John Morton)

Sports

Refuge Notebook: Managing Wildfire with Data

When you think of data-driven careers, the natural resource field is probably not the first profession that comes…

Minister’s Message: How Christmas got its festive trees and twinkling lights

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Minister’s Message: How Christmas got its festive trees and twinkling lights

There is a tradition of lights and trees going back to before my ancestors converted to Christianity

Pigskin Pick ‘Em: Hitting the final quarter of the year

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Pigskin Pick ‘Em: Hitting the final quarter of the year

We’ve reached the home stretch of the NFL season with 75% of the schedule completed after the 13th…

Ann Berg

Life

How Pioneer Potluck got started

Recipes for tomato salsa, crockpot moose roast and curried seafood salad

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News

Police say Seward homicide victim was lured, beaten

Five people have been charged in the Aug. 25 death of Preston Atwood.