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First view of Lower Fuller Lake and the lower point of Round Mountain. Photo from standing on the bridge. (Photo by Nick Longobardi/USFWS)

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Refuge Notebook: The joy of unexpected rewards on Fuller Lakes Trail

With summer traffic in full force, it took what seemed like an eternity to make it from Fred…

Lydia Jacoby of the United States, sees the results after winning the final of the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo / Martin Meissner)

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Seward buzzing over Jacoby’s victory

SEWARD — An Olympic buzz permeates an Alaska coastal community thousands of miles away from Japan and nearly…

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Opinion

Letters to the editor: Different ways people vote

Different ways people vote

Scrambled Eggs A La Escoffier (Photo by Tressa Dale)

Life

Scrambled eggs the Escoffier way

For the last few months of culinary school, my class was given the opportunity to occupy the kitchen…

Point of View

Opinion

PRO Act is needed labor law reform

Young people across the peninsula need middle-class jobs that provide fair wages, good benefits, safe workplaces and a…

Kenai Courthouse is photographed on February 26, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

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Court reports, July 25

The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court:

Alaska State Troopers logo.

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Police Reports, July 25, 2021

Information for this report was taken from publicly available law enforcement records and contains arrest and citation information.…

Will Morrow (courtesy)

Life

Once bitten

Just keep moving.

Biologist Daneil Rapp reaches way into a burrow to investigate its contents. (Photo by Sarah Youngren/USFWS)

Sports

Refuge Notebook: The life of a biologist

It’s summer in Alaska when the daylight hours are long and nearly countless wildlife is reproducing. Nearly countless,…

Point of View

Opinion

Point of View: Fix the Permanent Fund dividend now

The other day I was discussing politics with an old friend who told me I perceived the technicolor…

Mindful ramen. (Photo by Tressa Dale/For the Clarion)

Life

Take guilt off menu with mindful ramen

I do a lot of preaching about healthy eating, but I have a dirty secret: deep down, I’m…

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Opinion

PRO Act will harm Alaska workers, businesses

As Alaskans first and foremost, but also as small business owners who’ve worked across the state in a…

Kenai Courthouse is photographed on February 26, 2019 in Kenai, Alaska. (Clarion file)

News

Court Reports, July 18

The following dismissals were recently handed down in Kenai District Court:

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Police Reports, July 18, 2021

Information for this report was taken from publicly available law enforcement records and contains arrest and citation information.…

Bonnie Marie Playle (file)

Life

July Musings

July is the seventh month, and is called “Dog Days” because it’s the warmest month in the Northern…

2007 photo by Clark Fair 
Sometimes called “Murder House” in the years after the killing, this dilapidated Quonset hut was the scene of the crime.

Life

A killing close to home

By Clark Fair

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Opinion

Soldotna police, fire departments make for special memorial

Recently we attended the funeral for Lee Aley, it was an intimate family and friend affair, and on…

Volunteer campground hosts meet with Refuge Rangers at Hidden Lake Campground. (Photo by Berkley Bedell/USFWS)

Sports

Refuge Notebook: How campers make good neighbors

There’s just something about dinner roasted over an open fire (maybe a s’more or two for dessert), birds…

This rich Parmesan risotto makes a creamy base for mushrooms and kale. Photographed July 10, 2021, in Nikiski, Alaska. (Photo by Tressa Dale/Peninsula Clarion)

Life

Kale salad? Not so much

A cream risotto makes an indulgent base for the nutritional green

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at an Anchorage news conference on Dec. 11, 2020. (Courtesy photo/Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

Opinion

Dunleavy: Still fighting for Alaskan families

“I was left with little choice but to veto both the PFD and legislative per diem.”