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In the early 1890s, one of the few men willing to stand up against the bullying and brutality of Alex Ryan was the Russian Orthodox priest, Father Alexander Yaroshevich. (Photo from the Alaska Digital Archives)

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Exerting control in Old Kenai — Part 1

This is a complex tale of a changing Kenai and of four men — not just the two…

In this Feb. 11, 2019 file photo, protesters hold up flags during a public hearing on a draft environmental plan on proposed petroleum leasing within Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Anchorage, Alaska. Conservationists will try to persuade a U.S. judge to stop the Trump administration from issuing leases to oil and gas companies in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Anchorage Daily News reported that the videoconference Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in U.S. District Court in Anchorage is expected to determine whether the Bureau of Land Management can open bids in an online lease sale scheduled for Wednesday. The agency has offered 10-year leases on 22 tracts covering about 1,563 square miles in the coastal plain, which accounts for about 5% of the refuge’s area. (AP Photo/Dan Joling, File)

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Alaska court hears challenge to Arctic refuge oil leases

U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason said she would try to issue a decision by late Tuesday.

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Opinion

Opinion: Let’s keep the pot from boiling over

We need to put our differences aside, and work together.

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Voices of the Peninsula: Start New Year with ‘Dry January’ sobriety challenge

In American culture, we view the start of the New Year as a time to make life changes,…

Tim Quinn looks for birds in Kachemak Bay during the Christmas Bird Count on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Jim Herbert)

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Annual Christmas Bird Counts log 4 new species, falls one short of record

Despit COVID-19 restrictions, birders show up for annual December tradition to count birds in Homer.

Kate Troll (Courtesy Photo / Kate Troll)

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Opinion: I appreciate Murkowski’s climate and energy leadership

The real sleeper is the relief and hope this bill offers for a rapidly warming Earth.

Caribou graze on the greening tundra of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska in June 2001. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

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Alaska Voices: Alaska Friends stand against ANWR development

‘Let Love be the first motion.” — John Woolman, early Quaker

The finished product should have a light, flaky crust and moist fillings, as seen here on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2020 in Crystal Falls, Michigan. Finished off with a Michigan made beer, it’s hard to find a better second lunch/early dinner on Christmas Day. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)

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Kalifornsky Kitchen: Pasties two ways

Peninsula Clarion columnist Victoria Petersen and Homer News reporter Megan Pacer team up to make the traditional hand…

(Peter Segall / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Governor’s DHSS plan offers chance for API improvement

We can have a higher standard for psychiatric patient care.

My makeshift Christmas tree only had a few ornaments this year, but brought a lot of joy. (Photo by Kat Sorensen)

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Tangled Up in Blue: Happy Holidays

I just wrapped up celebrating Christmas 2020, a holiday marked by familial Zoom calls, small gatherings and a…

Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

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Life in the Pedestrian Lane: And the Winner Is …

I hope Joy is the one universal tradition we all maintained throughout this season, difficult though it may…

Two cookie boxes our household received from nearby friends, photographed on Dec. 21, 2020, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kalifornsky Kitchen: Spread Christmas cheer with cookies

I’ve always enjoyed holiday baking and sharing, but wanted to do it on another level this year.

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Opinion

Voices of the Peninsula: Alaska open for business?

By selectively refusing to follow procedure in Cook Inlet, Dunleavy is forcing the total closure of federal waters…

Former Gov. Frank Murkowski speaks on a range of subjects during an interview with the Juneau Empire in May 2019. (Michael Penn / Juneau Empire File)

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Opinion: Now’s the time for an ANWR lease sale

We cannot wait another 25 years.

Will Morrow (courtesy)

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Food for thought

I’ve found that the best way for me to cope with stress is a nice dose of nature…

Sorin Sorensen. (Photo provided)

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Kenai’s Sorensen commits to DI Long Island

When Long Island University decided to create a men’s swim team, the coaches put out a nationwide search…

A vial of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is seen at Central Emergency Services Station 1 on Friday, Dec. 18 in Soldotna, Alaska. (Ashlyn O’Hara/Peninsula Clarion)

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Fairbanks health system reports vaccine reaction in employee

By BECKY BOHRER

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Opinion: Climate change forces difficult choices

When you read about or hear about climate change, what typically goes through your head?

A Northern Hawk Owl clutching a red-backed vole near Watson Lake on Nov. 30, 2020. (Photo by Colin Canterbury/USFWS)

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Northern Hawk Owls frequent Swan Lake Fire burn

In a gliding dive it swooped down from atop an aspen and disappeared, plunging into the fresh snow…

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Minister’s Message: Just be in heavenly peace …

I don’t know what your to-do lists look like these days, but I hope and pray that you…