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Dutch babies, golden, eggy, puffy pancakes most often baked in a cast-iron skillet, can be paired with sweet or savory ingredients. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)
Dutch babies, golden, eggy, puffy pancakes most often baked in a cast-iron skillet, can be paired with sweet or savory ingredients. (Photo by Victoria Petersen/Peninsula Clarion)

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Kalifornsky Kitchen: Puffy pancakes help fill downtime at home

Dutch babies are a golden, eggy, puffy pancake that can be served sweet or savory.

Storybooks, radio connect children isolated in Homer

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Storybooks, radio connect children isolated in Homer

The public library in Homer is partnering with a radio station to bring a story hour to preschoolers

Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Opinion

Opinion: PFD paid now, long-term fiscal plan for security in crisis

Alaska is in a perfect political storm of trouble.

Chris Maisch, Division of Forestry director

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Alaska Voices: Alaskans must prepare now for summer wildfire, COVID-19 battles

Remember how terrible last summer’s wildfires were — the smoky skies, the traffic jams, the evacuations, the damaged…

Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

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Opinion: We’re living in an inverted version of ‘The Lottery’

When I venture out needlessly, I throw viral stones at you.

Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers

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Point of View: Parents — You are essential workers

Parenting is always a full-time job, and under typical circumstances can be challenging.

Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake Fire

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Refuge Notebook: Recreational safety after the Swan Lake Fire

Residents of the Kenai Peninsula are all too familiar with wildfire after the summer of 2019. Not only…

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Minister’s Message: Create in me a clean heart, O God

Youth are highly valued and loved by God.

The Homer News offices at 3482 Landings Street, as seen on March 17, 2020, in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Michael Armstrong/Homer News)

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Homer News, Peninsula Clarion and Juneau Empire win awards

A Facebook live announcement was held and the results released on April 18.

Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people

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Voices of the Peninsula: Making friends and connecting to people

Without my foreign exchange year I am convinced that I would not have become the person I am…

Photo courtesy Office of the Governor                                Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks during an April 14 press conference in Anchorage.

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Questions raised over process proposed to disburse aid funds

Dunleavy has asked the Legislative Budget and Audit Committee to review his plan to distribute funds

One of the kits used to collect samples that are tested for COVID-19 is seen here at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)                                One of the kits used to collect samples that are tested for COVID-19 is seen here at Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska on April 7, 2020. (Photo by Brian Mazurek/Peninsula Clarion)

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Dunleavy is no friend to health care

The profound effects of underfunding Alaska’s health care system are just now coming to light.

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Rags or riches?

The often-stated premise, “easy come, easy go” applies to Alaska’s budgetary history in spades.

Church of the Rock Homer Pastor Aaron Weisser, Ph.D. (Photo courtesy Aaron Weisser)

Opinion

Point of View: Opportunities for kindness and caring have never been as ripe

It has been truly amazing to see so many people from our community rally to support each other.

Charles Rex Arbogast / associated press                                 Petroleum storage tanks at the BP Indiana Tank Field are seen behind a security gate Tuesday in Whiting, Indiana. The world is awash in oil, there’s little demand for it and we’re running out of places to put it

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Oil hits new lows as economic pain deepens

U.S. benchmark crude was trading as low as $6.50 a barrel Tuesday.

Opinion: Now’s the time for nondiscrimination

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Opinion: Now’s the time for nondiscrimination

I believe all businesses should make clear that discrimination is wrong.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy speaks at a press conference in Anchorage on Thursday, March 26, 2020. (Courtesy photo | Office of Gov. Mike Dunleavy)

Opinion

Opinion: The experts Dunleavy ignored

Dunleavy has handled the pandemic admirably, but the financial crisis is a different story.

Trevor Storrs is the President/CEO of the Alaska Children’s Trust (ACT). (Courtesy photo)

Opinion

Alaska Voices: Together we can prevent child abuse

All the safe havens, like school and after-school programs, are no longer accessible to children.

Virginia Walters (Courtesy photo)

Life

Life in the Pedestrian Lane: Lessons of social isolation

We went from learning to wash our hands to eye-measuring 6 feet for social distancing.

Laden with a game bag full of black bear meat, Dan France heads for camp near the Tustumena Glacier, 1963. Zebra Mountain and the glacier can be seen in the background. (Photo courtesy Fair Family Photo Collection)

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A Sheepish Tale

In August 1963, my long-time neighbor and my father flew into the Tustumena benchlands.